{"id":15718,"date":"2024-01-19T17:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15718"},"modified":"2024-01-19T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:10:07","slug":"minister-joseph-hamilton-emphasizes-occupational-health-and-safety-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-joseph-hamilton-emphasizes-occupational-health-and-safety-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Joseph Hamilton Emphasizes Occupational Health and Safety Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton has highlighted the continued emphasis on training individuals to become Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Officers and first responders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the televised program &#8220;Budget in Focus,&#8221; Minister Hamilton emphasized the critical role of occupational health and safety in national development, especially with the growth of industries such as construction, manufacturing, and oil and gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton stressed the need for a shift in the education system to ensure that professions in the OHS field are developed to meet the increasing demand for such personnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry plans to provide continuous training for OHS officers and also work on raising awareness among the general population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be a particular focus on accidents within homes, with plans to initiate a program extending health and safety practices into households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Delecia-Hamilton-on-OHS-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Labour aims to increase sensitization and training efforts in sectors like mining, forestry, and agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Delecia-Hamilton-on-OHS-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton emphasized the importance of having trained personnel in these sectors, especially as first responders, to effectively handle work-related incidents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry intends to collaborate with the Ministry of Health to enhance first responder capabilities at various sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An allocation of 500 million dollars has been set aside for the Labour Ministry, facilitating the expansion of training initiatives across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton has highlighted the continued emphasis on training individuals to become Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Officers and first responders. Speaking on the televised program &#8220;Budget in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15722,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15718\/revisions\/15722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}