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FOREWORD
In this manual we have put forward tentatively, a minimum job standard
for each occupation in the spinning branch of the Textile Industry in the hope
that a minimum level of skill and knowledge, which should be acceptable to all
concerned, may be drawn up. Anyone who has attained this level will find
himself equal to the job assigned to him. As to the training of personnel in
the textile field, one has to bear in mind that the trainees should have sound
institutional instruction in the first place and practical on-the-job training in the
second place. We, however, hope that these minimum job standards will be of
value when we attempt the following;
(i) to introduce a generally acceptable skill level for the principal jobs in
the spinning mills in Hong Kong,
(ii) to set skill levels so that Government or private bodies could act on
them and design textile courses to be offered at training centres.
(iii) to render assistance to managements of textile mills in mapping out
training courses for principal-job holders in the industry,
(iv) to help managements determine whether a candidate for a particular job
is competent or whether a worker in the mill is eligible for promotion
to a job requiring a higher level of skill, and
(v) to standardize the nomenclature already in use by the spinning industry.
The skill levels in these minimum job standards are based on general conditions
in the spinning industry in Hong Kong. As conditions of manufacture
such as machinery, raw materials and the like vary from mill to mill, so the
skill levels recommended should be taken as a guide and not as rigid rules to
be followed by every mill.
As the make of machinery improves and technical know-how advances, the
Committee may find it necessary to review from time to time the minimum job
standards and duties set forth in the manual in order to bring them up-to-date.
The Committee holds that a good worker should possess not only technical
skill but civil spirit also. It is hoped that in framing training syllabuses, equal
attention should be given to the cultivation of civil spirit, for the two complement
each other. Only then will the relationship between the management and the
employees grow co-operative and friendly.
Fei LEE
Chairman
Textile Industrial Committee
of the
Industrial Training Advisory Committee