The Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Exposure Standards of Chemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations (USECHH Regulations) have been in force since 2000. The main provisions contained in these regulations involve health risk assessment of chemicals hazardous to health.

The Department has also taken the initiative to issue a "Manual on Simple Risk Assessment and Control for Chemicals (SiRAC)" to facilitate assessments carried out according to the 'Control Banding' system which aims to propose simple controls for all industries, especially small and medium-sized industries (SMIs) which usually do not have expertise in occupational safety and health (OSH).

In line with the SiRAC implementation plan, there is a requirement for existing clampers or other OSH practitioners after the USECHH amendment in the industry to attend training on health risk assessment according to the SiRAC method. This training is important to ensure that clampers and other OSH practitioners can carry out assessments according to the correct SiRAC method.

To provide more systematic training to existing clamps or other OSH practitioners in the industry and subsequently guarantee the quality of the training provided, accredited training centres are very much needed. Therefore, to ensure that the standard of training provided by training centres can be controlled and meet the set objectives, recognition will be given to training centres that meet the criteria set out in this guide.