Sands training course for gaming practitioners launches

Yesterday’s inauguration ceremony

The Venetian Macao hosted the inauguration ceremony yesterday for Sands China team members participating in the company’s “Professionalism Training for Gaming Practitioners.”
Co-organized by the Macao Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM), the Labor Affairs Bureau (DSAL), and Sands China Ltd, the training is the first course of its kind in the region for gaming employees.
Six hundred Sands China team members are attending the training that focuses on four core values of professional ethics, professional conduct, professional awareness and professional skills.
The trainees are divided in classes of 30 team members and will undergo 14 hours of training over two full days: which started yesterday and runs through today.
Attending the ceremony, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong expressed hope that such trainings would be provided to employees in other industries and enterprises.
“The gaming operators should actively create conditions for gaming practitioners to improve their quality and image,” he said in his speech.
“I hope this program will serve as a pioneer to spearhead other industries and more enterprises toward providing more training courses […] in a bid to optimize the development of Macau’s human resources and enhance the overall quality of our local talent,” he added.
Sands China Ltd president and chief operating officer, Wilfred Wong, wished the trainees success, adding that training is another way for members to “increase and strengthen their caliber, paving an ever-brighter career path ahead of them.”
“This training initiative is a wonderful opportunity for our team members,” he claimed. “Professionalism is a critical component for Macau’s development as a world center of tourism and leisure.”
The president of FAOM’s executive board, Chiang Chong Sek, said that the Union’s Employment Support Department has held several job fairs in a bid to support employees by incorporating vocational training within job matching sessions.
He added that since the gaming industry structure and employment conditions have changed, they are keen to develop a collaboration between labor, management and the government. Lynzy Valles