On April 28, 2022 in Hanoi, the National Council on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) held a periodical dialogue in 2022 with representatives of employers and employees. The issue of elevator safety has attracted the attention of the forum.
Opening the dialogue, Mr. Le Van Thanh – Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs), Standing Vice Chairman of the National Council on OSH suggested the members find ways to solve difficulties together, problems when implementing legal policies in the field of OSH. At the same time, making improvements to contribute to the development of more and more perfect mechanisms and policies…
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh- Standing Vice Chairman of the National Councilon OSH inaugurated the dialogue
In the dialogues, notably, the management of machines and equipment with strict requirements on OSH, especially the issues of elevators, were discussed and discussed by many delegates.
Chairman of the Vietnam Elevator Association (VNEA) Nguyen Hai Duc emphasized that there have been consecutive elevator accidents with serious nature and consequences. One of the causes of accidents comes from the fault of elevator technicians.
Therefore, it is necessary to re-establish order in the management of training, testing for elevator professional certificates to improve the quality of maintenance, repair, inspection, and ensure the rights and safety of employees. and the people. VNEA President proposed the initiative to “digitize” the profiles of elevator technicians, including personal information, process, training majors, certificates, etc. This information is encoded with a QR code so that consumers can easily look up by scanning with a mobile phone…
VNEA President Nguyen Hai Duc emphasized the importance of religious training,
Elevator technical test
Along with that, there are specific and appropriate sanctions and guiding documents to carry out supervision and require enterprises and employees to comply. VNEA leaders also said that the Association is developing and standardizing training programs, actively cooperating with training institutions across the country to improve the quality of human resources in the elevator industry. Multi-stakeholder coordination is very important. It is the state management agency, businesses, employees and especially consumers. Close coordination will reduce the burden on management agencies, help employees have a better working environment, consumers choose the correct service providers…
It is expected that in June 2022, VNEA will organize a national conference to discuss solutions to improve the quality of human resources in the elevator industry…
Elevator students
Periodic dialogue on policies to share information and enhance understanding between employers, employees, trade unions, representative organizations of employers and management agencies Government.
It is known that after 5 times of holding dialogues from 2017 to 2021, at the national level, many problematic policy contents have been revised and supplemented to promptly remove difficulties for businesses. At the provincial level, a lot of information has been shared and answered. Most recently, after the 2021 dialogue, Council members actively advised the Government, ministries and sectors to issue many new policies.
Thereby, it has helped to solve many difficulties and problems of enterprises and employees. This is also a practical activity to respond to the World Day of Occupational Safety and Health (April 28) and is one of the highlights of the National Action Month on Occupational Safety and Health.
All recommendations and dialogue results will be reported to the Prime Minister.
