Introduction

To continuously enhance the safety awareness and technical standards of electrical workers as well as cultivating a work safety culture in organisations, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) has been collaborating with trade associations over the years to organise different types of publicity activities. The Outstanding Registered Electrical Worker Awards Scheme is among one of them. The Scheme aims to select outstanding electrical workers in the trade to recognise their excellent performance, and allow trade members to learn about how the award winners promote and implement a work safety culture in their work as well as their daily work experience and insights through sharing for reference by the trade. This year, apart from staging the Outstanding Registered Electrical Worker Awards Scheme, the EMSD will also collaborate with the Hong Kong and Kowloon Electrical Engineering and Appliances Trade Workers Union, the Hong Kong Electrical Contractors’ Association and the Association of Electrical Contractors to organise for the first time the Outstanding Registered Electrical Contractors Competition, with a view to further encouraging registered electrical contractors (RECs) to improve quality control and work processes, thus fostering the trade to set an example and enhance professional standards.

Objectives

1. To constantly encourage registered electrical workers (REWs) and RECs to promote a work safety culture;
2. To continuously enhance the technical standards of electrical workers;
3. To promote trade paradigms and invite electrical workers and electrical contractors to share their insights/give demonstrations for trade members’ reference.

Categories

• "Large Enterprise" category and

• "Small and Medium Enterprise"^** category

Eligibility and Enrolment

Participation is in the form of a team, which shall comprise either two or three members (regardless of their position) and be nominated by the RECs under which they are employed. Each company can nominate one team representing the company in the competition, and there must be at least one REW in a team. Each participating team is required to submit a separate form, together with a proposal on electrical work safety/quality control ("proposal") from the management perspective expressed in any format* for assessment by the adjudication panel. The "proposal" should be able to improve the overall quality of electrical work or the level of work safety and achieve desirable results (for example, the safety level and quality output can be maintained or even enhanced while saving time or materials in the processes) for reference by the trade.

* The "proposal" can be submitted in the form of a written report (no more than 200 words), a PowerPoint presentation (no more than 10 pages) or a short video (approximately 3-5 minutes in length) in Chinese or English. You may also submit it together with photos or audio-visual materials (if any). For submission by e-mail, the size of each mail item shall not exceed 5MB.

Interested parties should send the completed enrolment form [PDF format (147KB)] to the Electricity Legislation Division of EMSD by mail/fax/e-mail (Address: 7/F, EMSD Headquarters Building, 3 Kai Shing Street, Kowloon / Fax: 2895 4929 / E-mail: competition.eld@emsd.gov.hk) on or before the deadline (20 September 2019).

Written Test in the First Stage

Eligible individual participants or representatives from participating Registered Electrical Contractors will be notified in writing. Participants / representatives who receive the written notice are advised to read the Instructions to Participants before they attend the written test.

Second Stage of Testing

Format and Assessment

There are two stages of testing in the competition.

First Stage

The first stage is a written test. Each participating team is required to send one member to answer the multiple-choice questions on electrical work safety. The written test, which consists of two modules with 40 multiple-choice questions in total, is carried out to ascertain that the representative of the participating company possesses a relevant level of knowledge in electrical safety (module 1) and electrical technology (module 2).

After ascertaining that the representative of the participating company possesses a relevant level of knowledge in electrical safety and electrical technology, the "proposal" submitted by the team at the time of enrolment will be subject to preliminary selection by the adjudication panel so as to select eligible and relatively outstanding submissions (generally no more than six) for entry to the test in the second stage.

Second Stage

The testing in the second stage is divided into two parts. Part A is case analysis while Part B is an interview. For case analysis in Part A, the team’s representative will be presented with different cases of electrical safety incidents. He/she is required to analyse the cases and propose amendments. Assessment will be made based on the analysis of the representative.

Part B is an interview. The representative of the participating team is required to further elaborate on the "proposal" submitted at the time of enrolment to the adjudication panel, which will assess whether the "proposal" is widely applicable.

Participating teams that wish to give a more detailed explanation of their "proposals" are welcome to present them in any format (such as submission of a more detailed document/report) to the adjudication panel during the interview. If participating teams choose to submit the revised "proposals" in the form of a written report, a PowerPoint presentation or a video, such information may be submitted in Chinese or English two weeks before the interview date (you may also submit it together with photos or audio-visual materials (if any). For submission by e-mail, the size of each mail item shall not exceed 10MB). Assessment will be made based on the content of the "proposals".

Winning teams will be selected among the shortlisted teams based on their elaboration on the "proposals" as well as their performance in the test in the second stage.

The adjudication panel is composed of seven members nominated by each of the following organisations:

• Hong Kong and Kowloon Electrical Engineering and Appliances Trade Workers Union

• Hong Kong Electrical Contractors' Association

• Association of Electrical Contractors

• The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Electrical Division)

• Building Services Operation and Maintenance Executives Society

• Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education

• EMSD

Prizes

Announcement of Results

The prize presentation ceremony of Outstanding Registered Electrical Worker Awards Scheme cum Outstanding Registered Electrical Contractors Competition had been held during the Annual Technical Seminar on 27 November 2019.

Names of the winners are published below:

Pamphlet and Supplement

• Pamphlet of the Prize Presentation Ceremony
  [PDF format (6.81MB)]
  • [Text Version] [PDF format (263KB)]
• Supplement of Sky Post on 23 January 2020
  [PDF format (8.76MB)]
  • [Text Version] [PDF format (286KB)]

Terms and Conditions

1. The organiser reserves the right to change the rules, prizes and other arrangements without prior notice.
2. Entry of false or incorrect information on the enrolment form, if found, may result in disqualification of the participants/participating teams.
3. The competition in a particular category of the Outstanding Registered Electrical Contractors Competition will be cancelled or combined with another category without prior notice if the number of participating teams is less than ten.
4. To facilitate exchange among trade members, all winners and winning teams are required to attend the Annual Technical Seminar cum Prize Presentation Ceremony to be held in November 2019. Apart from receiving prizes, they may also be invited to share their "insights"/"demonstrations"/"proposals".
5. After the prize presentation ceremony, all winners and winning teams are required to participate in the publicity activities (such as talks/shooting of publicity videos) arranged by the organiser to share their "insights"/"demonstrations"/"proposals".
6. All EMSD staff and family members of the adjudication panel are not allowed to participate in the selection and competition.
7. The organiser reserves the right to make final decisions on matters or any disputes related to the selection and competition.
8. The winners and winning teams may be interviewed by the Electricity News or other media.
9. The organiser and co-organiser may publish the list of winners (including the names of the winners and the organisations under which they are employed) in their publications or websites without prior notice.
10. The qualification of participating RECs or REWs will not be affected by the results of the selection/competition.
11. All the information collected and the answer sheets used in the written test in the first stage will be destroyed after the selection.

Enquiries

For enquiries, please contact the organising committee of the Outstanding Registered Electrical Worker Awards Scheme cum the Outstanding Registered Electrical Contractors Competition at 2808 3438.