About the same time, the JPO Training Day package was rolled out Force-wide to introduce the language of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) and to establish the roles and responsibilities of staff within the revised Force Safety Management System.

Internal OSH training on General Risk Assessor and Accident and Incident Investigation, commenced in May 2005 with the voluntary OSH Instructor Cadre coming under the management of Support Wing, targeting all confirmed officers from Inspector to Chief Inspector. This training was supplemented by training on Display Screen Equipment Risk Assessment and Manual Handling Risk Assessment in early 2006.

The OSH Project Manager, Superintendent Rod Mason of Occupational Safety and Health Division, Support Wing, recalled that in introducing the Force to a new system designed to document the assessment of risk and demonstrate the efforts taken to reduce and control such risks, an enormous administrative burden had been created for frontline managers. He outlined the predictive nature of the Force Safety Management System which is supported by a review of assessment following any injury to staff, to try to ensure that, as far as practicable, the perceived problems do not come about, and in the event that they do, that they are addressed to reduce the likelihood of reoccurrence.

February 2007 saw the completion of training of over 2,500 officers at ranks of Inspector to Chief Inspector on General Risk Assessment, an additional 500 officers as Display Screen Equipment Risk Assessors and a further 500 as Manual Handling Risk Assessors.

Chief Inspector Paul Edmiston, attached to the OSH Instructor Cadre from the outset, commented: "As the training was compulsory for all students, some had preconceived attitudes towards OSH. As the students were at an equal rank to the Instructors, lively debates were resulted. What has been rewarding, however, is that by the time they completed the course, nearly all students understood the value of good safety management in reducing risk and injury to our staff, and playing their part to demonstrate the reality of being a caring organisation."

With all OSH training targets achieved, the responsibility for future OSH training was passed from Assistant Commissioner (Support) Blaine Hoggard to Police College Director Robin Tse Shu-chun at a meeting chaired by Mr Dowie on February 28.

With all OSH training targets achieved, the Police College has taken on the responsibility for further OSH training in the future