Macau Yearbook 2013 - Macao Yearbook

EconomySkills EvaluationIn 2012, the Labour Affairs Bureau issued a total of 763 vocational skill certificates of variouskinds. Among the recipients, 36.8 percent were in the engineering and maintenance industry, 18.6percent were in the building industry, 17.7 percent in the floral industry and 14.2 percent in thehotel and catering industry.With regard to Guangdong-Macao vocational skill development and cooperation, the tworegions conducted a series of meetings on the implementation of “One Examination, ThreeAccreditations”, and came to agreement on the classification of the vocational skill assessment offacility management occupation into three skill levels, namely assistant facility management officer,facility management officer and senior facility management officer”. They also agreed to implementthe “One Examination, Two Accreditations” programme for assistant facility management officer,and the “One Examination, Three Accreditations” for the senior facility management officer.Moreover, three electrician-trainers from the Labour Affairs Bureau passed the examinationand became qualified assessors in China national examinations for professional qualifications(maintenance electrician). The Bureau also held training workshops for senior maintenanceelectrician assessors and on electronic skills for electricians in Macao, enabling local assessors tolearn about the overall operations of senior maintenance electrician skill national assessment, aswell as the skills of matching assessment equipment to particular assessments.Vocational Skill CompetitionsThe Labour Affairs Bureau fosters vocational skill development and interest skills training among theyoung people by participating in or organising vocational skill competitions. Also it further enhancedexchange and cooperation with vocational training organisations worldwide, thereby learning fromadvanced training experiences and skills, increasing public awareness of the importance of vocationaltraining, and promoting the development of vocational skill training in Macao.In November 2012, the Labour Affairs Bureau led a delegation to participate in the SeventhGuangzhou/Hong Kong/Macao/Chengdu Youth Skills Competition 2012, with the aim to allowyoung people in the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao to learn from each other throughexchange, thereby improving their vocational skills and promoting cooperation and developmentin the area of vocational training. The competition included five contests, namely smart homeappliance installation, shop window decoration and demonstration, mechatronic engineering,web page design and catering services. Contestants from Macao won two first-runner-up and onesecond-runner-up prizes in the first three contests.Labour RegulationsThe Labour Relations Law (Law No. 7/2008) is the legal basis of industrial relations. It definesthe rules and regulations on working hours, working at night and on shifts, weekly rest days,mandatory holidays, annual leave, absence from work, maternity leave, remunerations, terminationof employment, contract types, administrative infractions, and procedures and penalties for minorcontraventions. The law further protects and balances the legal interests and rights of employers187