The Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme (RSTCS) will co-organise the Seminar on Security of Payment Provisions in Public Works Contracts for the Construction Industry with the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Federation (RSTCF). The Seminar will introduce the Security of Payment (SOP) framework and provisions as well as details of SOP and preparation work that specialist trade contractors and subcontractors should be aware of. Register now! (The seminar will be conducted in Cantonese)

The Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme (RSTCS) organises a series of technical webinars to showcase professionalism and share the latest technology deployment of specialist trades. The upcoming webinar will feature Suspended Ceiling and Plastering. Register now! (The webinar will be conducted in Cantonese)

The Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme Leadership Summit will be held on 24 November 2022 with the theme of “Ignite Innovative Skills”. Leaders of registered specialist trade contractors and HKIC representatives will share their views on technological transformation of human resources, technologies integrating with specialist skills to demonstrate modern construction techniques in order to capitalise future opportunities. Electronic certificates with two Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours will be issued to participants who attend more than 80% of the Summit. The CPD hours can be used to fulfill the RSTCS renewal requirement.

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The Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme (RSTCS) will co-organise the Seminar on Tips on Payment Provisions with the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Federation (RSTCF) and the Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers (HKICM) to share the tips and advice on the Payment Provisions with some virtual case studies . Register now! (The seminar will be conducted in Cantonese)

The Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme (RSTCS) organises a series of technical webinars to showcase professionalism and share the latest technology deployment of specialist trades. The upcoming webinar will feature Building Drainage Installation. Electronic attendance certificate with 1.5 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours will be issued to participants attending more than 80% of the Seminar. Register now! (The webinar will be conducted in Cantonese)

The Technically Competent Persons Registration Scheme (TCPRS) will organise the Webinar on Construction Site Supervision – Occupational Safety and Construction Safety Regulatory Requirements. Representatives of the Buildings Department and the Labour Department will explain legislative requirements of site safety supervision carried out by TCPs, share lesson learnt from fatal accidents, explain safety legislation and regulatory provisions. Electronic attendance certificate with 1 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours will be issued to participants attending more than 80% of the Seminar. Register now! (The webinar will be conducted in Cantonese)

“Life First, Say No to Danger!” Construction safety is of paramount importance that all construction practitioners must be vigilant to. All industry stakeholders should take up roles and responsibilities to ensure safety for construction operations. The Development Bureau, Construction Industry Council, the Labour Department and the Hong Kong Construction Association jointly organised a webinar to share and review scaffolding works in terms of repair, maintenance, alteration and addition, as well as recent accidents. A webinar replay is provided to raise safety awareness among industry stakeholders of the workflow concerned. Participants with 80% attendance will attain corresponding CPD hours to fulfill the requirements of Continuous Professional Development for registration renewal of Registered Specialist Trade Contractors. Enroll now! (Webinar conducted in Cantonese)

During the construction stage, industry players have to handle contract management, variation management and disputes. If there are any issues in relation to the contract, being the front-line players for work execution, subcontractors are prone to contract sum disputes. In this webinar, representative from Rider Levett Bucknall will share how variation should be managed and representative from Deacons will introduce arbitration and execution of the proposed Security of Payments Legislation. Electronic attendance certificate with 1 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hour will be issued to participants attending more than 80% of the Webinar. Register now! (The webinar will be conducted in Cantonese)

To demonstrate the industry’s commitment to create a corruption-free business environment in the construction industry and promote integrity management among stakeholders, the Construction Industry Council (CIC), the Development Bureau (DEVB) and the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will jointly organise the event, "Building a Clean and Fair Construction Industry Through Collaboration - Anti-Corruption Summit and Commitment to Action Agenda". At the summit, industry leaders will exchange experiences in integrity management and anti-corruption in order to promote the implementation of the “Action Agenda” by industry stakeholders. Electronic attendance certificate with 2 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours will be issued to participants attending more than 80% of the Seminar. Register now! (The webinar will be conducted in Cantonese)

The Development Bureau, Construction Industry Council, Labour Department and Buildings Department were jointly organised a webinar, speakers shared the safety of working at height from different perspectives. This webinar will refresher the last event, with a view to enhancing the safety awareness of the industry stakeholders on the safety of related process. Participants with over 80% attendance will be issued an 1.5 hours electronic copy of attendance certificate to meet the CPD requirement for RSTC registration renewal. Register now! (The webinar will be conducted in Cantonese)

To strengthen the governance capability of registered companies and enhance vigilance in identifying common bribery traps in the industry to prevent violations of anti-bribery legislations by practitioners, representative of ICAC will introduce integrity risk management, explain the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance and share recent case, as well as disseminate corruption prevention advisory service (CPAS) to all industry practitioners. This webinar is recognised by the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme (RSTCS) as a valid continuous professional development (CPD) training and Integrity Training. Participants with over 80% attendance will be issued an electronic copy of attendance certificate to meet the CPD requirement for registration renewal. Register now! (The webinar will be conducted in Cantonese)

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Our guest speaker from Occupational Safety & Health Council will share the nine OSHC SME Sponsorship Schemes and occupational safety and health (OSH) services in order to encourage SMEs to implement OSH enhancement programmes as a means to raise their construction safety and competitiveness. The webinar is recognized continuous professional development (CPD) training under the Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Scheme. Participants with over 80% attendance will be issued an electronic copy of attendance certificate to meet the CPD requirement for registration renewal. Register now! (The webinar will be conducted in Cantonese)