Vice-Chairmen's Messages
副主席之話
Upholding Retail Education and Professionalism
2015 has been an eventful year for the Association and
the retail industry. While a number of unfavourable factors
continue to hinder the growth of the retail trade, the
Association is standing side by side with our members
and fellow retailers to face the challenges.
The Association holds fast to our vision to uplift the retail
industry’s professionalism. Despite the slowdown in
business, we should not lose sight of our competitive
advantage in providing excellent service to our customers.
During the reporting year, I took up the responsibilities
as the Chairman of the Retail Industry Training Advisory
Committee (ITAC) to promote the Qualifications
Framework (QF) to fellow retailers. And, I am pleased
to have witnessed the launch of the Recognition of Prior
Learning (RPL) under the retail QF in December 2014.
Working alongside the QF Secretariat, the Association
is encouraging retailers to support their staff to apply
for RPL, which provides an alternative route for them to
obtain QF-recognized qualifications for the knowledge,
skills and experience already acquired. Through RPL,
retail companies can reduce their duplication in training for
existing staff while individuals can decide on their training
needs according to the RPL skill clusters. We expect
more retail companies and practitioners to apply RPL to
gain recognition of their relevant working experience in the
future.
提高零售業教育及專業水平
2015年對協會及零售業而言是重要的一
年。儘管多項不利因素繼續窒礙零售業的
增長，協會依然一如既往，與協會會員及
零售同業並肩迎接挑戰。
協會以堅定的信念，致力提高零售業的專
業水平。儘管零售業務增長放緩，但我們
為顧客提供優質服務時不應忽視本身的競
爭優勢。於本報告年內，本人肩負起零售
業行業培訓諮詢委員會（諮委會）主席的
職責，向零售同業推廣「資歷架構」。本
人亦欣然見證著零售業資歷架構下的「過
往資歷認可」機制於2014年12月面世。
協會與資歷架構秘書處攜手合作，鼓勵零
售商支持員工申請「過往資歷認可」，為
他們另闢途徑，讓員工已積累的知識、技
能和相關工作經驗獲資歷架構認可。透過
「過往資歷認可」，零售企業可減少為現
有員工重複提供培訓；另一方面，員工可
按照「過往資歷認可」的技能，決定自己
的受訓需要。協會預期更多零售企業及從
業員將申請「過往資歷認可」，使相關的
工作經驗獲認可。
Mr. Henry Yip
葉焯德先生
Vice-Chairman's
Message
副主席之話
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