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CultureSAFE
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- A perspective of
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 CONGRATULATIONS

Our heartiest congratulations to

Mr Seah Liang Bing, PBM, PSISO on
CONTENTS being conferred the Public Service Medal
CONGRATULATIONS
02 Our heartiest congratulations to
(Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) by His Excellency
Mr Seah Liang Bing, PBM, PSISO
on being conferred the Public Service
President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam,
Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) President of the Republic of Singapore!
02 Mr S Damodaran was awarded The
Singapore Standards Merit Award
The SISO Executive Committee, its members and the Secretariat congratulate
NEWS Mr Seah Liang Bing, PBM, PSISO on being conferred the Public Service Medal
03 Singapore to Host the 21st World Congress (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) by His Excellency President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam,
on Safety and Health at Work in 2017 President of the Republic of Singapore, at the National Day Awards 2014.
03 SISOs New Premises at Connection One
FEATURE ARTICLES Mr. Seah is SISOs Honorary Assistant Secretary and actively contributes in
05 Accidents are Preventable Really! many capacities. He was SISOs past Honorary Secretary as well as the Honorary
07 2009 Fast Track Forward 2014 Treasurer and has served in the Executive Committee since 1994. Currently, Mr. Seah
09 The CultureSAFE Programme represents SISO in the Workplace Safety and Health Councils (WSHC) Marine Industries
- A Perspective of WSH Culture Committee and SPRINGs Technical Committee on Personal Safety and Health, responsible for
Building in Singapore
developing and reviewing workplace Personal Safety and Health standards. Mr Seah is a veteran
UPDATES / REPORTS SISO member of more than 20 years.
17 SISO Members Networking Night
23 Seminar on Understanding the Role National Day Awards are a means of recognising various forms of merit and service to the nation.
and Responsibilities of WSHOs as The PBM is awarded to persons that have rendered commendable public service in Singapore
WAH Assessors
23 Overall Workplace Injuries and in the eld of arts and letters, sports, the sciences, business, the professions and the labour
Fatalities Increase in First Half of 2014 movement. Mr Seah, who is also the 1st Vice Chairman of the Geylang Serai Citizens Consultative
Committees (CCCs), was awarded this prestigious Medal for his tireless work and dedication to
COURSES
the Geylang Serai constituency, Marine Parade GRC. The Citizens Consultative Committees are
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at the apex of all grassroots organisations in Singapore.
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MEMBERS
29 Welcome New Members (June - July 2014) Mr S Damodaran awarded the
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04 SIM University
06 CEJN Safety
08 QSS Safety Products (S) Pte Ltd
10 Kings Safetywear Ltd
12 Leeden Ltd
14 BIS International Pte Ltd
18 Deb Singapore Pte Ltd
20 Drager Safety Asia Pte Ltd
22 PDS International Pte Ltd
24 MSA S.E . Asia Pte Ltd
26 Kimberly-Clark Singapore Pte Ltd
28 Honeywell Safety Products
30 UVEX Safety Singapore
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Editorial and SISO

Design Direction: Mailing Address
Oculus Design Blk 167 Jalan Bukit Merah On 5th August 2014, Mr S Damodaran (fth from the left), our Executive Committee member
Pte Ltd #02-13, Connection One,
Tower 5, Singapore 150167 was awarded the Singapore Standards Merit Award 2014. Mr Damodaran received the Award
at the Quality and Standards Conference 2014 which was organised by SPRING Singapore. The
Ofce Tel: 6777 5185
Fax : 6777 6896 Award is in recognition of his untiring effort in representing SISO as a member of one of the
Email: info@siso.org.sg Committees formed by SPRING Singapore - the Working Group for Singapore Standards 588
Website: www.siso.org.sg
Opening Hours: 9am 6pm on Personal Equipment for Protection Against Falls - Rope Access Systems.
(Monday Friday)
Lunchtime: 1pm 2pm
Congratulations, Mr Damodaran, for your outstanding contributions!

OFFICE BEARERS 2014 2016 Committee Members: Ex-Ofcio:

President Competency Standards & Practices Chan Yew Kwong
Seet Choh San seet@siso.org.sg Eric Law ericlaw@siso.org.sg Occupational Safety and Health Division
Ministry of Manpower
Vice President Communications & Outreach
Bernard Soh bernardsoh@siso.org.sg Ong Pak Shoon pakshoon@siso.org.sg Hon. Legal Advisor:
Hon. Secretary Government & International Affairs Lee Kwok Weng
Andrew H S Tan andrew@siso.org.sg Niranjan Arun Masurekar niri@siso.org.sg
Hon. Asst. Secretary Membership & Activities Editorial Committee:
Seah Liang Bing liangbing@siso.org.sg S Damodaran damos@siso.org.sg Ong Pak Shoon pakshoon@siso.org.sg
Quek Chin Tuan quekct@siso.org.sg
Hon. Treasurer Professional Development Anurupa Sarkar
Roger B C Lim roger@siso.org.sg Tan Yen Ping yenping@siso.org.sg Kent Chai
Executive Manager: Dennis Tay
Quek Chin Tuan quekct@siso.org.sg Jason Tee
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03.
Singapore to host the
21st World Congress on Safety and
Health at Work in 2017
The World Congress is a knowledge-
exchange platform attended by safety
and health experts, business leaders,
government decision makers, social
partners and everyone with an interest
in occupational safety and health. At
the closing ceremony of the XX World
Congress in Frankfurt, Germany, which
was held on 27 August 2014, Singapore
took over hosting duties from Germany.

SPS Hawazi Daipi, who led the Ministry

of Manpower (MOM) delegation at
the XX World Congress, delivered a
speech at the ceremony. He highlighted
Singapores commitment to occupational
safety and health. Singapore has a key
interest in protecting workers; in turn
they can return home safely to their
families every day. He also shared that
as a nation, we believe in Vision Zero:
that all injuries and ill-health arising
from work are preventable. During the
ceremony, a welcome video to invite the
conference delegates to Singapore was
also screened.
Over the course of the World Congress,
MOM delegates participated actively in talks
and presentations. They were also on the
judging panels for poster exhibitions and
a cinema showcase. A booth on Singapore
and her achievements in Occupational
Safety and Health was also set up. At the
International Media Festival on Prevention
2014, an integral part of the World
Congress, three local lms were shortlisted,
including WSH Councils TV commercial,
This Could be You. The lm won the
coveted International Media Award (Silver)
under the Film category alongside six other
winning entries.
The XXI World Congress on Safety and
Health at Work will be held at Sands Expo
and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands,
from 3 to 6 September 2017. This marks
the rst time that the Congress is held in
Southeast Asia.
(Source: Ministry of Manpower)

SISOs New Premises at Connection One

SISO moved ofce from Bestway Building to Connection One on 5 July. For those who havent had the opportunity to visit SISOs new ofce at
Block 167, Jalan Bukit Merah, #02-13, Connection One, Tower 5, here are some pictures of how the new ofce looks like:

Main Entrance Wall and side entrance at lobby of Connection One, Main Entrance Lobby
Tower 5

Mission Wall, viewed from Lounge Area Wisdom Classroom: 40-seat capacity Catalyst Classroom: 24-seat capacity

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FEATURE
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05.
By Victor Yeow
victor_yeow@hotmail.com
A. First things rst
While the topic title may sound like a clich,
it is also entirely true. So whats new you
say? Well, I would like to suggest just three
simple truths:
1. Unless the mindset changes, the reality
will not.
2. It is not Management and it is not
Workers but leaders at all levels.
3. Silver bullets only work with vampires;
to prevent accidents, we need a multi-
pronged and coordinated approach.
It is essential that these three points
be understood and practised for safer
workplaces.
B. Let me explain.
1. Unless the mindset changes, the
reality will not.
I believe that it starts with our belief system
and how we think about safety and accidents
happening. Like quality, environmental
issues, customer service or just about
anything at all, until and unless we ALL
truly believe accidents are preventable, we
inevitably expect them to happen; and so
they will, just like a self-fullling prophecy.
The impact of this psychological rst step is
a key to making change happen.
It is imperative that everyone believes it
and walks the talk. Singularly, this can be
called safety consciousness and collectively
this can be seen as safety culture. Why
else would the Australian or Japanese
workplaces for example be generally safer
than the typical Singaporean workplace?
After all, we have the same systems,
procedures and equipment they have! Belief
in practice makes these things come alive.
And this too can be an equally powerful
self-fullling prophecy, but it is one for the
greater good.
It is often said that while perfection may
be elusive, excellence can certainly be
achieved daily and this is what it is all
about. Excellence in safety is believing and
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Accidents are
Preventable Really!
expecting zero accidents each and every day
because of our safety practices.
2. It is not Management and it is not
Workers but leaders at all levels
The next point is also very important to
understand if we are really serious about
preventing accidents. The common belief is
that when anything goes wrong, the tendency
is to put management or worker, or both,
under suspicion. In reality, it is leadership at
all levels that is collectively responsible for
ensuring that workplace safety is effective.
This point has inherently two truths
behind it:
a) Leadership at all levels refers to every
person who sets targets, makes decisions,
decides priorities, holds responsibility
for performance and results, approves
schedules and budgets, ensures training,
supervision and resources are available
and gives instructions or guidance on
a daily basis. When we use the word
Management, we may miss out a
whole bunch of people known otherwise
as assistant managers, engineers,
supervisors, foremen, chargehands,
team leaders, etc. Therefore, blaming
Management as the source of accidents
is too general and too wide to be really
useful or effective in problem solving.
We need to pin-point the person/s
responsible whose role and duty it is to
ensure accidents do not happen. We need
to look at all operational levels.
b) Workers alone do NOT perform any
of the tasks mentioned above. They just
basically follow instructions given to
them. As such, blaming workers is not
being very helpful either. Of course if
indeed, an accident occurs because of one
persons actions or inactions, there should
be personal accountability in place.
This point highlights and focuses attention
on roles, responsibilities and accountability.
So the responsibility for safety lies in the
hands of easily identiable leaders and at
each level such leaders should have their
roles and accountabilities for safety practice
and performance clearly spelt out.
Management or Workers as general
responsibility holders are simply not helpful
or effective enough.
3. Silver bullets only work with
vampires; to prevent accidents, we
need a multi-pronged approach
The third point happens typically when an
accident occurs and we believe it could have
been prevented only if we had, for example,
tighter supervision, more training or even
better equipment, etc. Singular causes for
accidents are usually only direct causes,
immediate causes or apparent causes. They
are seldom, if ever, the root cause of accidents
which is what we need to get at if we are
serious about preventing the same accident
from happening again. Or if it happens,
then the injury should be less severe; the
occurrence should also be less frequent.
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07.
2009 Fast Track Forward 2014
The Progression of Commercial Diving Safety in Singapore
By Darren Brunton
darren@kbassociates.org
Some of you may recall the last article I
wrote on commercial diving safety. The
article was in issue 04, published in the
fourth quarter of 2009! So ve years
later and where are we on Singapores
commercial diving safety?
In the 2009 article What is it & What are
the Safety Issues, I started with news of
both recreational and commercial diving
incidents and fatalities. Fast forward to 2014
and I could start this article the same way.
Now if we were to compare the commercial
diving industry incident and fatality rate
with that of the construction industry, there
will obviously be a vast difference in the
statistics working at height is a serious
concern with regard to worksite injuries
and fatalities. With this comes the high-
prole and industry buy-in to Singapore
Standards and codes of practice. There is a
structured approach to improve safety at the
worksites in this and many other such areas
that affect the broader and well-known
worksites.
On the opposite side of such a high-prole
safety awareness campaign for WAH is the
Out of sight, Out of mind work of the
commercial diver. The diving work is often
done at remote worksites, with no client or
management oversight and control. Divers
also often come under peer pressure from
clients and management to get the job done.
In the 2009 article, I raised several key
points that needed to be considered and
addressed for safety practitioners who work
with commercial divers (in the shipyards,
marine/coastal projects, power plants, etc.)
The key points mentioned previously were:
Hazards of Diving these are
the dynamic hazards involved when
working underwater and working under
pressure.
Work Hazards where many are
similar to that of a construction site
worker; the added element of being in
the subsea environment changes these
common hazards to high-risk hazards.
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Training and Competence required
by all professional industries so why
should commercial diving, being the high
risk work activity it is, be any different?
Following a training and competency
standard allows for safer diving practices
as well as opportunities for professional
career development.
Lessons Learnt looking back at the
history of commercial diving accidents in
Singapore and around the world, and how
these lessons must be learnt to prevent
diving fatalities.
Equipment Using the correct PPE
for the type of work being carried out
is a legal requirement in all worksites.
Diving equipment is the divers PPE, so
the correct diving equipment should be
used for the work task. For example, a
self-contained underwater breathing
apparatus is great for recreational diving
but inappropriate for commercial diving!
Regulatory Control and Compliance
Singapore Standard SS511:2010 Code
of Practice for Diving at Work and
the Technical Advisory for Inland /
Inshore Commercial Diving Safety and
Health provide clear requirements for
planning, implementing and carrying out
a commercial diving operation here in
Singapore.
Regulatory Enforcement with the
more recent commercial diving fatalities
that have occurred here in Singapore,
we can expect that the regulator will be
following up on investigation results with
appropriate actions.
The Main Challenge getting the
buy-in from industry and individual
commercial divers to follow standards and
work safely.
There are two other pointers that I am
revisiting. They are: Future Challenges for the
Commercial Diving Industry; and Training.
Training Since 2009, along with the
revision of the SS511 and the issuance
of Technical Advisory from WSHC, a
Competence, Training and Assessment
Guidance (CTAG) document has been
developed. Within the CTAG, training
requirements for the commercial diver and
diving supervisor are laid out.
Based on these documents and the SS511,
KBA Training (KBAT) Centre has completed
the Assessment Only Pathway (AOP) for
a group of 19 commercial divers and six
diving supervisors working for a local diving
contractor. KBAT has also completed two
full eight-week training courses for 18 divers
from a prominent shipyard in Singapore.
Along with this, KBAT has run three diving
supervisor training courses. Commercial
Diving Assocation (CDAS) had previously
Continued on page 13
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09.
The CultureSAFE Programme
- A Perspective of WSH Culture Building in Singapore

By Fung Chan Hua

Senior Assistant Director,
Workplace Safety and Health
Council
Fung_Chan_Hua@wshc.gov.sg

1. Introduction
In 2009, the Workplace Safety and Health
(WSH) Council of Singapore formulated a
10-year strategic road map, titled WSH 2018,
for national WSH development. One of the
four strategic outcomes in this road map is to
foster a progressive and pervasive workplace
safety and health culture for sustainable WSH
performance.

The WSH 2018 also identies all other

national programmes and initiatives.
Concerted effort is mapped out for various Figure 1: The National Strategy for WSH Culture Building
stakeholders to raise WSH awareness,
capabilities, and standards. This is to achieve
better WSH outcomes in terms of accident
prevention and increased productivity.

2. The National Culture Strategy

To achieve the strategic outcome of a
progressive and pervasive WSH culture
for Singapore, a national strategy for WSH
culture building has been drawn up to build
capabilities, create the right environment, and
sustain the progress made along the journey.
This strategy provides a long-term framework
for sustainable WSH culture building in
Singapore. (See Figure 1)

3. The CultureSAFE Programme and

5-Step CultureSAFE Cycle
Under the strategy
on building capability
for WSH culture to
evolve, WSH Council
developed and
introduced the CultureSAFE programme
in September 2012. This is a platform for
organisations to embark on a WSH culture-
building journey beyond WSH infrastructure.
It also provides competency that focuses
on cultivating the right WSH mindset
and attitudes in every employee, from top
management down to the last worker.
WSH culture is part of an organisations
culture for business excellence that
requires continuous efforts in meeting the
ever-changing demand for any business.
Hence, the CultureSAFE programme aims
to help organisations build and sustain a
progressive and pervasive WSH culture
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Figure 2: The 5-Step CultureSAFE Cycle
via the CultureSAFE cycle, a typical
change management cycle for continual
improvement. The cycle adopts a one-time
Management Engagement Session, and
thereafter, a ve-step cyclical approach.
(See Figure 2)
Companies are encouraged to sustain
WSH culture building in workplaces by
implementing this cycle continuously.
Through this ve-step cycle, CultureSAFE
measures a companys WSH culture and
benchmarks it against other companies by:
(1) Diagnosing the current state of WSH
culture;
(2) Reporting strengths and pointing the
areas for improvement;
(3) Planning for culture shifts;
Figure 3: The 6 Attributes of WSH CultureSAFE Model
(4) Implementing action plans and initiatives;
and
(5) Reviewing and evaluating the progress in
culture building
4. CultureSAFE Model and Index System
4.1 A Structured Framework for WSH
Culture
As part of the CultureSAFE programme,
WSHC developed a CultureSAFE Model to
serve as a common structured framework in
addressing various aspects of WSH culture
faced by every company in Singapore.
The CultureSAFE Model comprises six
organisational attributes indicating the
WSH practices, perceptions and beliefs of its
stakeholders. (See Figure 3).
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Go for the leading indicators
that will lead to desired outcomes
rather than wait for reports from
lagging indicators because no
one can change the past. Making
the desired future happen is the
more sensible approach.
Anyone who has done accident
investigation before will know that it is
often a combination of factors that results
in the occurrence of an accident. The most
common factors are people, equipment
and systems. As such, a singular magic
pill or solution will usually be much less
effective and a multi-pronged approach
more productive.
It is also very crucial psychologically that
when a safety problem is being tackled
the solution must be comprehensive
and effective. Temporary or piecemeal
solutions do not work in a sustainable
manner and should not be used because
people will lose trust.
C. Bringing it all together three
points for safer workplaces
RIGHT EFFECTIVE
MINDSET LEADERS
MULTI-PRONG
APPROACH
This third point shows that the action
strategy needs to be comprehensive in
approach. To prevent accidents, nurture the
right mindset at the workplace so that every
person believes accidents are preventable
and that they have a personal responsibility
towards it. Right from the top- to the
lowest-level worker, Safety First cannot
have two meanings; everyone must walk
the talk. Have leaders at all levels display
commitment to safety by role modelling,
prioritising and leading their teams to work
safely each and every day. Communicate and
train everyone to take a combined approach
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Accidents are Preventable Really! (contd)
to safety with a proper understanding and
practice of systems, equipment and people.
Specic actions and behaviours should
be identied as KPIs for performance
measurement with a balance of both
leading and lagging indicators. Leading
indicators are desired actions and
behaviours that shape results or outcomes
(for example, using RAs and SWPs daily as
operational documents in practice) which
will later form our lagging indicators (for
example, LTI statistics). Hence, when
we can observe more leading indicators
present and in action, we can be sure that
our workplaces are becoming safer and
fewer accidents will occur. This is the safety
Cause and Effect logic.
SAFETY GAP
HAZARDS WORKERS
ACCIDENTS
In the illustration above, we see a clear
relationship between workers on one side
and hazards/accidents on the other. It is
separated by a Safety Gap; obviously the
wider the Gap is, the further away hazards
and accidents will be from the worker.
This Safety Gap can increase or decrease
depending on how we manage (or do not
manage) safety in any workplace using the
above three simple perspectives.
So how do we make use of the three simple
points to make the Safety Gap as wide as
possible, keeping hazards and accidents far
away from each worker?
Continued from page 05
Step 1 - Let everyone from top to bottom
believe that accidents are indeed preventable
and should be. Have a permanent agenda
for management meetings to talk about
safety. Let there be a Safety Champion at top
management level who is responsible for and
looks after the role. In many organisations I
have come across, the safety person does not
even attend management meetings (unless
he has to answer for a problem!).
Step 2 Cascade this belief into required
actions and quantiable goals so that
leaders at all levels have specic roles and
responsibilities and are held accountable for
outcomes. It is critical that belief goes from
our minds into our actions and behaviours.
Set the goals and KPIs so that performance
can be measured and recognised. Too often
when inspections are done, only faults are
being highlighted and doing the right thing
is taken for granted. It is an acknowledged
management principle that only behaviour
that is recognised is repeated.
Step 3 Adopt a holistic and multi-pronged
approach involving people, systems and
equipment. This approach has a start point
but no end point as it continuously strives for
improvements. This involves safety goals and
KPIs for everyone, proactive communication
and training schedules, effective operational
supervision done daily, development and
use of various safety checklists, equipment
servicing, maintenance and safety checks,
up-to-date and operational RAs and SWPs,
housekeeping practices for everyone and all
departments, safety leadership displayed at
all levels, etc. Go for the leading indicators
that will lead to desired outcomes rather
than wait for reports from lagging indicators
because no one can change the past. Making
the desired future happen is the more
sensible approach.

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appointed KBAT as its approved training
provider. More recently the Ministry of
Manpower (MOM) has approved KBAT
as an Approved Training Provider (ATP)
for both the commercial diver training
and diving supervisor training. This will
now allow commercial diver and diving
supervisor training to be available here in
Singapore. Both training will be held to
a national standard approved by MOM
and endorsed by CDAS with funding
available from Shipbuilding and Marine
Engineering Employees Union (SMEEU).
Obviously, this is one of the main steps
in the direction for commercial diver
safety here in Singapore. Upon successful
completion of the training, the diver
will have been suitably exposed to many
aspects of working underwater and is
aware of the risks and hazards involved.
He will achieve an understanding of
fundamental diving theory and the safety
management tools that need to be in place
before getting into the water as a working
diver.
Self-preservation being the number one
safety consideration for any diver
The commercial diver training, available in
Singapore and conducted to the Ministry
of Manpower standards, is based on four
levels:
Level 1 - Commercial SCUBA
Training (Where I have stated SCUBA
is not suitable for commercial diving work;
there are benign conditions where the use
of commercial SCUBA may be allowed.
Additionally, commercial SCUBA involves
the use of safer equipment.) the minimum
equipment required for CSCUBA is a
full-face mask, hard wire communications
and a life line. Each diver has a secondary
bailout cylinder as well as primary
breathing cylinder. Diving operations can
only be carried out provided a robust risk
assessment has been conducted; hazards
identied are of an acceptable level; and
mitigated CSCUBA may be an option.
The diver remains on a life line, has direct
communication to the diving supervisor
on the surface, and the dive is conducted
in a benign environment. The prime
limitation of this type of equipment is the
air supply the diver carries. This level of
training is also required before one can
progress on to level 2.
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Continued from page 07
2009 Fast Track Forward 2014 The Progression of
Commercial Diving Safety in Singapore (contd)
Level 2 - Surface Supplied Diving of safety management expected of any
Equipment allows the diver to dive to worksite. They include: suitable planning;
a maximum depth of 30m using a diving minimum manning levels/dive team size;
helmet / full-face mask, with air supply worksite procedures; risk management;
provided from the surface, an emergency risk assessment; Lock Out Tag Out;
cylinder that the diver carries on his back management of change; competent
(bailout), hard wire communications and personnel; competent supervision of the
video capability to the diving supervisor on dives (from the surface and not in the
the surface. At the end of the day, there is water); suitable diving site work platform
no commercial diving project conducted / vessel; and emergency procedures (that
in Singapore that should not be using this work when required). The list goes on.
equipment and method of diving.
Commercial diving sites in Singapore
Level 3 & 4 Commercial Diving today in general would not even get past
Supervisor the diving supervisor is the rst item as stated above. So, we do
the person in charge of the safety of the have a great deal of work to do so that
divers on the work site. His roles and commercial divers can go to work, work
responsibilities, attitude to safety and with the right PPE (diving equipment),
knowledge of diving operations play a key follow safety procedures and execute risk
factor in safe diving operations. management all these so they can go
home to their families.
Today, in many dive sites the diving
supervisor will be in the water diving with These standards and compliance
the diver! This is not permitted as stated requirements are REAL! Clients
in the regulations and codes of practice. It need to play their part and meet their
is one of the prime reasons why divers get responsibilities of ensuring a safe
injured. worksite. They can do so by establishing
a level playing eld during the
Future Challenges for the tendering for project and only selecting
Commercial Diving Industry diving companies that adhere to the
In 2009, the commercial diving industry requirements of the commercial diving
formed the CDAS. The association standards.
membership consists of commercial diving
contractors, individuals, diving equipment Writer Mr Darren Brunton is also the
providers/ manufacturers, commercial diver Chairman of the IOSH Singapore Branch
training providers, and hyperbaric medical
practitioners.
The associations executive committee has
been working on worksite issues in ship
yards and within the anchorage as well as
diving safety issues. Working with WSHC, Self-preservation being
the committee has also been involved with the number one safety
establishing the Singapore Commercial
Diver Training Standards. CDAS has consideration for any diver.
recently arranged a Commercial Diving
Safety Seminar where approximately 130
delegates attended to learn more about
the future of commercial diving here in
Singapore. CDAS will be planning more
of such networking and seminar events
in future. It will continue to encourage
individuals, contractors, clients and
individuals working within the commercial
diving industry to join the association so
it can develop the safety awareness and
worksite issues with relevant clients and
authorities.
Since 2009, there have been more
commercial diving fatalities. Now that
standards are in place and an association
is working on behalf of its members to
promote safe diving operations, it is up
to the industry to carry out diving work
while complying with standards. This is
not a case of buy the equipment and work.
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Figure 4: The Culture Index system of CultureSAFE Model
These attributes have been specied to
address two key aspects of WSH culture,
namely: organisational commitment
(attributes on governance, work management
system, competent & learning organisation
and communication & reporting); and
stakeholder commitment (attributes
on leadership & commitment as well as
ownership & teamwork). Each attribute is
broken down into detailed descriptor(s)
termed as dimension(s). With specic survey
instrument and assessment toolkits, the
dimensions are further developed to measure
the scope and extent of the attributes in terms
of the various practices, perceptions, and
beliefs.
4.2 The Index System
The WSH culture index may then be used to
identify the level of WSH culture maturity
achieved, namely Reactive, Participative,
Proactive, Progressive and Exemplary levels
(See Figure 4). The maturity level description
is supplemented further by a concise phrase
to characterise briey the predominant traits
of the specic maturity level of WSH culture
achieved by the organisation.
A WSH CultureSAFE Index may thus be
dened as a measure of the state of WSH
culture achieved by an organisation that is
expressed as a numeric value and/or level of
maturity and/or text descriptor.
4.3 Assessment Methodology
A WSH culture assessment is used to
determine the WSH beliefs, values and
practices of stakeholders in an organisation.
To this end, a perception survey questionnaire
is developed for determining the mindset
and attitude of stakeholders along a set of
organisational attributes and dimensions of
WSH culture that have been ascertained to be
correlated with superior WSH performance.
In other words, the CultureSAFE Model is
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The CultureSAFE Programme
- A Perspective of WSH Culture Building in Singapore (contd)
made up of a collection of cultural aspects
in terms of attributes and dimensions that
could be quantied subsequently through
surveys.
To clarify the data derived from the
perception questionnaire, post-survey
interviews may also be conducted with a
selected set of respondents. In addition, to
substantiate the subjective data elicited,
evidence-based data may also be collected
via inspections of the workplace and
documentation reviews. These inspections
allow verication of the consistency of actual
WSH behaviours and practices with the
ndings of the perception survey.
In CultureSAFE programme, organisations
are required to collect two classes of
information for assessing the WSH culture
prevailing in their organisations.
(See Figure 5)
Two Data Sources of WSH Culture
Assessment
Perception Survey
Questionnaires developed to collect data
in determining the WSH beliefs, values
and practices of stakeholders in an
organisation.
Evidence-based Assessment
This is used to clarify and validate the
data collected from the perception
survey through the use of verication
interviews, documentation reviews and
workplace inspections.
4.4 Assessment Toolkits
An electronic toolkit (known as E-Tool)
has been developed, allowing participating
companies to perform Step 1 and Step
2 of the ve-Step CultureSAFE cycle on
iWSH Portal, WSHCs Internet webpage.
This E-Tool consists of the instruments
for WSH culture assessment such as the
questionnaires for surveys of managers,
supervisors and workers on WSH culture;
and evidence-based assessment toolkits
for verication interviews, documentation
reviews, and workplace inspections.
Hard copies of the survey questionnaires are
also available in eight languages (English,
Figure 5: Two Data Sources of WSH Culture Assessment
Continued from page 09
Chinese, Malay, Tamil, Thai, Bangla, Hindi
and Burmese) for employees who do not
have email accounts with the company. This
will ensure that majority of the employees
are included in the survey for determining
the culture prole of the company.
Secure access to the CultureSAFEs E-Tool
will be given to participating companies of
the CultureSAFE programme and companies
can assign a coordinator to use the E-Tool for
Step 1 and Step 2 of the CultureSAFE cycle.
With all the required data input to the
E-Tool, a WSH culture prole and various
WSH culture indices would be generated for
the participating company. The company
may then analyse these results and formulate
appropriate action plans to enhance the
existing culture strengths and close the
culture gaps respectively (Step 3, 4 and 5
of the CultureSAFE cycle). Companies are
encouraged to continue the CultureSAFE
cycle by performing the Step 1: Diagnostic
assessment again using the same E-Tool via
iWSH Portal regularly.
5. WSH Culture Building Initiatives
As each and every company has its unique
business requirements for focusing on
specic initiatives and programmes of
culture building and development, the
CultureSAFE programme does not specify
programmes or initiatives that are to be
undertaken. From Step 3: Action Plan
onwards, every company is strongly
recommended to devise programmes and
initiatives that can close the WSH culture
gaps as derived from the CultureSAFE Model
and Index as reected in Step 1 and Step 2
of the CultureSAFE cycle. Recommended
programmes and initiatives that can help
companies to strengthen their WSH cultures
are highlighted in the iWSH Portal.
WSH Council, together with WSH
Institute, will continuously organise various
programmes and initiatives in terms of
raising the industry capability, awareness
and promotion, and setting higher WSH
standards for WSH culture building at
various industry sectors in Singapore.
Selected programmes and initiatives are
as follow:
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SNAPSHOTS
16.

@ SISO COURSES

Risk Management
Risk Management : Mr Danny Toh) 5 - 6 June 2014 (Trainer: Mr S Damodaran)
29 - 30 May 2014 (Trainer

Risk Management
17 - 18 July 2014 (Train
er: Ms Soh Guat Hiong)

Techniques to Implement
Continual Workplace
Improvement for WSH Pro ighway
fessionals from Nicoll H
10 July 2014 (Trainer: Mr Leon
Man agem ent Lessons Culture
ard Tay) Safety and
ign, Systems
Collapse - Des r: Dr Goh Yang Miang)
(Traine
14 August 2014

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 ing Course Safety Committee Training Course
mittee Train
Safety Com14 (Trainer: Mr Dennis Tan)
10 - 12 June 2014 (Trainer: Mr Indy Lim)
21 - 23 May 20

Safety Committee Training Course

30 June - 2 July 2014 (Trainer: Mr Ngiam Bo Han) Safety Committee Training Course
aran)
30 July - 1 August 2014 (Trainer: Mr S Damod

SISO Members Networking Night

By Quek Chin Tuan
Executive Manager, SISO
quekct@siso.org.sg

About 30 SISO members turned up for the SISO Members

Networking Night on 14 August 2014. This was the rst networking Members relaxing and exchanging views at the new lounge during the Networking Night
event held at the new SISO premises at Connection One.

The networking nights highlight was a feedback session on the

Revision of The Code of Practice for WSH Risk Management. The
feedback session was led by Mr Seet Choh San, President of SISO,
who kicked off the proceedings by giving an overview presentation
on Risk Management 2.0. The presentation was followed by a
spirited discussion on the proposed revision of The Code of
Practice on WSH Risk Management. By the end of the two-hour
session, numerous valuable suggestions and comments from the
participating members were generated.

Feedback session on the Revision of Code of Practice for WSH Risk Management

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5.1 WSH Leadership Guide
Compiled by the Workplace Safety and
Health Institute of Singapore, a WSH
leadership guidebook titled Towards
Vision Zero: A Guide for Business Leaders
towards a Safer and Healthier Workplace
has been produced. It aims to be a useful
and practical reference for business leaders
and senior executives as they lead in striving
towards zero work injuries, ill health,
disability and death in workplaces.
This guidebook incorporates insights gained
from a study conducted by WSH Institute
in 2012, where 19 C-suite leaders and 60
middle management representatives shared
their motivations, challenges and successes
in leading their organisations toward WSH
excellence, inclusive of prevention culture.
5.2 National WSH
(NWSH) Campaign
The annual National
WSH (NWSH)
campaign is an
important year-long effort for engagement
and outreach as part of the concerted efforts
towards WSH culture building in Singapore.
Targeted themes and focuses are identied
annually for messaging and creating
awareness in all workplaces. The campaign
is launched by prominent leaders and is
followed by a year-long initiative packed
with seminars, forums, training courses,
competitions, road shows, interactive
WSH exhibitions, etc. Various industry
stakeholders are invited to stage their
WSH promotions and activities during the
national campaign period.
5.3 WSH Awards
WSH Council,
supported by Ministry
of Manpower, organises
annual Workplace
Safety and Health
(WSH) Awards to
recognise organisations
and individuals who have contributed to
achieving excellence in workplace safety and
health. The national awards include various
categories to recognise supervisors, WSH
ofcers and companies with innovative
WSH solutions and excellent WSH
performance.
Stringent evaluation criteria, both in terms
of leading and lagging indicators, are set
up to provide recognition. Aspects of WSH
culture building are incorporated in the
application for the Awards from 2014.
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- A Perspective of WSH Culture Building in Singapore (contd)
5.4 bizSAFE Programme
bizSAFE is a ve-step recognition
programme to help companies build
up their WSH capabilities in order to
achieve quantum improvements in safety
and health standards at the workplace.
Companies are guided through a
journey, starting from top management
demonstrating their commitment towards
WSH to acquiring risk management
capabilities and implementing a WSH
Management System. In the process,
participating companies gain recognition
and benets of having a comprehensive
WSH system in place.
Since the programme launch in 2007,
more than 19,000 companies have
received various bizSAFE level statuses
and the programme has helped greatly
in terms of raising the risk assessment
and risk management capability in the
industry. The programme brings about
the prevention culture that is based on risk
assessment so that accident prevention
should be undertaken at source, before
every task is performed.
5.5 WSH Advocate
Programme
The WSH Advocate
Programme is for
companies of any size to create support
for workplace safety and health across all
levels of the employees in the company.
It aims to encourage companies to create
an environment conducive to greater
employee participation and involvement
in WSH which in turn will greatly help
develop a positive safety and health culture
at the workplace.
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When workers are involved in making their
workplace safer and healthier, they feel
condent about their work environments and
can thus, concentrate more effectively on the
task at-hand. Workers morale will also be high
as they are assured that their management care.
Companies which adopt the programme
identify suitable employees and empower
them to engage their peers to improve WSH
across the company. These WSH Advocates
can be anyone (i.e., workers, supervisors or
managers) who devote extra efforts to keep
the workplace a safe and healthy environment
to work in. While doing their duties, the WSH
Advocates would be a positive inuence to
their colleagues, encouraging them to be
WSH-conscious.
6. Challenges Ahead
WSH culture is very much inuenced by the
business environment a company is operating
in and how the management values safety and
health concerns for their employees. Besides
driving from the top management, there is a
need to involve and engage employees across
all levels for any culture building initiatives
and programmes to be effective.
The WSH culture prole as well as the indices
generated by the CultureSAFEs E-Tool is only
a check point of the entire journey towards
building a proactive and dynamic WSH culture.
WSH Council is providing the tool for WSH
culture diagnostic assessment and common
guides for WSH culture building programmes
and initiatives. The biggest challenge remains
in how companies can embark on active culture
building initiatives and/or programmes
to change mindsets and attitudes for a
progressive and pervasive WSH culture.
Drger. Technology for Life
Drger is an international leader in the elds of medical and From 1889 to the present day
safety technology. The family-run company was founded in The beginning:
Lbeck, Germany, in 1889. Over the past ve generations, Its 1889. Johann Heinrich Drger founds
the company Drger und Gerling
Drger has evolved into a publicly traded, worldwide group. The in Lbeck with his business partner
companys long-term success is based on the four key strengths Carl Adolf Gerling. The business of
the company is the sale of equipment
of its value-driven culture: customer intimacy, professional and innovations, such as beer tap
employees, continuous innovation and a commitment to systems, which use compressed carbon
dioxide. Though it has been possible
outstanding quality. since the second half of the century to
ll steel cylinders with high-pressure
Technology for Life is the guiding philosophy. Whether in the operating gas, the problem of removing the gas
room, in intensive care or emergency response services, Drger products in a controlled and safe manner at low
pressure remains. The ow of gas and
protect, support and save lives. therefore of beer is hard to control
and uneven, and the valves are often
Drger offers its customers anesthesia workstations, medical ventilation, faulty. Dissatised with the available
patient monitoring as well as neonatal care for premature babies and technology, Johann Heinrich Drger and
his son Bernhard, who has just qualied
newborns. With ceiling supply units, IT solutions for the OR, and gas as a mechanic, begin working on a new
management systems the company is at the customers side throughout the innovation. The result: the Lubeca
entire hospital. valve. For the rst time, it is possible to
precisely control the removal of carbon
Emergency response services, law and regulatory enforcement and the dioxide from a high-pressure tank.
Johann Heinrich Drger has his invention
industry trust in Drgers integrated hazard management, in particular for patented immediately.
personal protection and plant safety. This includes: respiratory protection
equipment, stationary and portable gas detection systems, professional The rst patent changes the growing
diving equipment and systems, as well as alcohol and drug impairment companys business. Johann Heinrich
Drger makes the risky decision not to
detection. In collaboration with its customers Drger develops customized sell has invention, but to produce and sell
solutions, such as entire re training systems, training concepts and it himself.
workshops.
125 years of Drger:
Drger has about 13,000 employees worldwide and is currently present in
Fast forward to 2014. The Lubeca valve,
more than 190 countries. The company has sales and service subsidiaries which was the rst reliable reducing valve
in over 50 countries. Its development and production facilities are based in for carbonic acid, revolutionized the world
Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, South Africa, the USA, Brazil, the Czech of pressurized gases. The technology behind
Republic and China. the valve was applied in many different
elds where it made what has previously
been impossible, possible. Today, Drger is
a company that develops Technology for
Life. This technology protects, supports
and saves lives in hospitals, mines, rescue
services and industry.

Drger has well over 10,000 dedicated

employees in more than 50 countries. It is a
company that remains true to its roots and
whose headquarters are in the Hanseatic
City of Lbeck.

Drger. Technology for Life

Drger is an international leader in the elds of medical and safety technology. Our products protect, support and save lives. Founded in 1889, in
2012 Drger generated revenues of around EUR 2.37 billion. The Drger Group is currently present in more than 190 countries and has about 12,500
employees worldwide. Please visit www.draeger.com for more information.
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REPORTS

23. Seminar on Understanding

the Role and Responsibilities of
WSHOs as WAH Assessors

By Quek Chin Tuan

Executive Manager, SISO
quekct@siso.org.sg

The Seminar on Understanding the Role and Responsibilities of

WSHOs as WAH Assessors was held at the new SISO premises on 28
August 2014. The seminar was organised in response to the many
queries received by SISO, regarding registered WSH Ofcers being Participants packed the room for the seminar on Understanding the Role and
permitted to perform the duties of a Safety Assessor. Responsibilities of WSHOs as WAH Assessors

A total of 125 participants comprising SISO members, MOM and
WSH Council representatives, as well as non-members of SISO
attended the event to listen in rapt attention presentations from
Mr Raymond Wong from the WSH Council, Mr Abdul Rahman Bin
Mohd Yatim from the Ministry of Manpower, Mr Govindan Mani
from Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd, and Mr Suresh Navaratnam from
Capital Safety Group Asia Pte Ltd. Mr Bernard Soh, Vice President
of SISO, kicked off the proceedings with an Opening Address that
gave an overview of the challenges facing WSHOs. It was worth
noting that the two Q&A sessions at the Seminar were especially
lively, with many participants queuing up to pose questions and
comments to the respective speakers.
The event also marked the rst time SISO was able to accommodate
more than 120 participants at an event held at its own premises.
Several participants gave feedback that they would like SISO to
organise more of such seminars at its premises.

Overall
Workplace
Injuries and
Fatalities
Increase in
First Half of
2014
In the rst half of 2014, there were 30 workplace
fatalities and 6314 workplace injuries (major and
minor) and, an increase of 20% and 14% respectively
by 20% compared to the same period in 2013.

For the full Workplace Safety and Health (WSH)

Statistics Report for January to June 2014 which
was released by the WSH Institute on 10 September
2014, please visit the WSH Institute website at
www.wshi.gov.sg.

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25.
Schedule of SISO Courses
(October - December 2014)
All courses are conducted at Singapore Institution of Safety Ofcers, 167 Jalan Bukit Merah, #02-13 Connection One, Tower 5,
Singapore 150167, from 7 July 2014 onwards, unless otherwise indicated. Please contact: registration@siso.org.sg for more information.

Certicate in Workplace Safety and Health Advanced Certicate in Workplace Safety and Health
Participants of this course will gain the necessary WSH knowledge Participants of this course will gain the necessary knowledge and skills for
and skills to assist in implementing WSH risk control measures and fullling the role of a coordinator and supervisor in accordance with the
management systems at the workplace. WDA- WSH level B competency-based training programme.

Intake: 9 and 10 Intake: 23 and 24

Start Date: Tuesday, 28 October 2014 Start Date: Thursday, 30 October 2014
Tuesday, 25 November 2014 Thursday, 20 November 2014
Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays (6.30pm - 10.30pm) Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays (6.30pm - 10.30pm)
and Occasionally Saturdays (9.00am - 6.00pm) and Occasionally Saturdays (9.00am - 6.00pm)
Duration : 4 months Duration : 6 months
Fees: S$322.10* (with WDA grant) Fees: S$391.00* (with WDA grant)
S$3220.70* (without grant) S$3909.80* (without grant)
*Fee includes GST *Fee includes GST

Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health Physics Bridging Course

This WDA competency-based diploma programme aims to train course This WDA competency-based physics bridging course aims to
participants who have relevant experience or qualications with in-depth strengthen the physics foundation of individuals. Upon completion of
knowledge in WSH. Upon completion of this programme, you may seek this programme, it will increase individual accessibility to undertake
employment in a WSH career, e.g. as a WSH professional or specialist. modular or full qualication programmes in the Specialist Diploma in
Workplace Safety and Health (SDWSH) under Workplace Safety and
Intake: 26, 27 and 28 Health Professionals (WSHP), Workforce Skills Qualications (WSQ)
or Specialist Diploma in Occupational Hygiene (SDOH) under the
Start Date: Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Occupational Hygiene Professionals (OHP) WSQ framework.
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Time: Mondays & Wednesdays (6.30pm - 10.30pm) Intake: 1
and Occasionally Saturdays (10.00am - 3.00pm) Start Date: Friday, 17 October 2014
Duration : 10 months Time: Tuesdays & Friday (6.30pm - 10.30pm)
Fees: S$2,207.20* (with WDA grant) Duration : 1 month
S$7,357.30* (without grant) Fees: S$276.10* (with WDA grant)
*Fee includes GST S$920.20* (without grant)
*Fee includes GST

Maths Bridging Course

This WDA competency-based maths bridging course aims to strengthen Workplace Safety & Health (Safety) Committee Training
the mathematics foundation of individuals. Upon completion of this Course
programme, it will increase individual accessibility to undertake To provide learners with the skills and knowledge required to perform
modular or full qualication programmes in the Specialist Diploma in and discharge their responsibilities as safety committee members, as
Workplace Safety and Health (SDWSH) under Workplace Safety and required by the Workplace Safety and Health Act. Upon completion of
Health Professionals (WSHP), Workforce Skills Qualications (WSQ) this course, learners will contribute effectively to the improvement of
or Specialist Diploma in Occupational Hygiene (SDOH) under the safety and health at the workplace.
Occupational Hygiene Professionals (OHP) WSQ framework.
Dates: 1. Wednesday, 15 October 2014 to Friday,
Intake: 1 17 October 2014
Start Date: Monday, 17 November 2014 2. Wednesday, 29 October 2014 to Friday,
31 October 2014
Time: Mondays & Thursdays (6.30pm - 10.30pm)
3. Wednesday, 12 November 2014 to Friday,
Duration : 1 month 14 November 2014
Fees: S$276.10* (with WDA grant) 4. Wednesday, 26 November 2014 to Friday,
S$920.20* (without grant) 28 November 2014
*Fee includes GST 5. Wednesday, 10 December 2014 to Friday,
12 December 2014
Time: 9am - 5pm (Registration starts at 8.45am)
Duration : 3 days
Fees: S$449.40*
*Fee includes GST, refreshments, lunch and is pre-SDF
funding

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Risk Assessment for a Safe Workplace
(Code of Practice on WSH Risk Management)
27. To provide learners with the skills and knowledge required to implement
effective risk assessment (RA) in their workplaces. Learners will learn
to adopt a systematic methodology in developing appropriate control
Advanced Certicate in Workplace Safety and initiatives with reference to the Code of Practice on Workplace Safety and
Health Health Risk Management. Upon completion of this course, learners will
Participants of this course will gain the necessary understand the legal requirements, be able to identify hazards, evaluate
knowledge and skills for fullling the role of a risks and implement appropriate risk control measures.
coordinator and supervisor in accordance with the
WDA-WSH level B competency-based training Dates: 1. Thursday, 30 October, 2014 to Friday,
programme. 31 October 2014
2. Tuesday, 25 November 2014 to Wednesday,
Intake: 23 and 24 26 November 2014
Start Date: Thursday, 30 October 2014 3. Thursday, 18 December, 2014 to Friday,
Thursday, 20 November 2014 19 December 2014
Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays Time: 9am - 5pm (Registration starts at 8.45am)
(6.30pm - 10.30pm) Duration: 2 days
and Occasionally Saturdays Fees: S$450.00* (SISO Member)
(9.00am - 6.00pm) S$490.00* (Others)
Duration : 6 months *Fee includes GST, refreshments, lunch and is pre-
Fees: S$391.00* (with WDA grant) SDF funding
S$3909.80* (without grant)
*Fee includes GST

WSQ - Design and Implement Behavioural Safety Programme

To provide learners with the skills and knowledge required to develop,
implement and maintain a behaviour safety programme in accordance
WSQ - Plan, Prepare and Deliver Presentation with the organisations requirements. Learners will learn to focus
The fear of speaking in front of an audience in the meeting room is often on applying behavioural principles and approaches to reduce WSH
cited as one of the worst phobias for all. This highly interactive training incidents. They will also learn different techniques to reinforce group
programme focuses on building professional skills and knowledge conformance and commitment to safety while promoting more safe
required to plan, prepare and deliver presentations in front of the top behaviours positively in the organisation. All learners will be awarded
management. Learners will learn different techniques to build up their with Statement of Attainment (SOA) upon meeting 75% of the required
condence level which includes preparation, design of presentation course attendance and assessed to be competent.
structure, delivery, building of professional image, use of visual aids and
handling questions and answers. Learners will also learn strategies to
engage audience during the presentation which allows them to motivate Date: Course: Thursday, 13 November 2014 to Friday, 14
teams and win support from their management. All learners will be November 2014
awarded with Statement of Attainment (SOA) upon meeting 75% of the Oral Assessment: Monday, 1 December 2014
required course attendance and assessed to be competent. Time: 9am - 6pm (Registration starts at 8.45am)
Duration: 2 days
Date: Tuesday, 28 October 2014 to Wednesday, 29 October CPD points: 14 SDUs
2014 Fees: S$524.00* (Full course fees)
Time: 9am - 5pm (Registration starts at 8.45am) S$191.50* (Nett course fees after WDA funding for
Duration: 2 days Sporean & PR)
*Fee includes GST and refreshments
CPD points: 14 SDUs
Fees: S$524.00* (Full course fees)
S$191.50* (Nett course fees after WDA funding for
Sporean & PR)
Develop a Risk Management Implementation Plan - BizSafe
*Fee includes GST and refreshments
level 2
To provide learners with the skills and knowledge required to perform as
a Risk Management Champion for their organization. Learners will learn
to develop and manage the risk management process and to reduce risks
Techniques to Implement Continual Workplace Improvement at source through implementation of control measures.
for WSH Professionals
To provide learners with the skills and knowledge required to implement Dates: 1. Thursday, 16 October, 2014 to Friday,
continual workplace improvements in their own work team or 17 October 2014
department. Learners will learn to evaluate and implement different 2. Wednesday, 26 November, 2014 to Thursday,
improvement techniques to carry out such processes. They will also 27 November 2014
learn to monitor and follow-through with the implementation in order 3. Tuesday, 16 December, 2014 to Wednesday,
to minimize the need for sudden changes and ensure smooth and 17 December 2014
continuous growth.
Time: 9am - 5pm (Registration starts at 8.45am)
Duration: 2 days
Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2014 Fees: Full course fees for SISO Member: S$450.00*
Time: 9am - 5pm (Registration starts at 8.45am)
**Nett price after SDF Funding: S$210.00
Duration: 1 day **Nett price after WTS Funding: S$9.00
CPD points: 7 SDUs
Full course fees for non-SISO Member: S$490.00*
Fees: S$195.00* (SISO Member)
S$235.00* (Others) **Nett price after SDF Funding: S$250.00
*Fee includes GST, refreshments, lunch and is **Nett price after WTS Funding: S$49.00
pre-SDF funding *Fees include GST, lunch and refreshments and is
pre-SDF / WTS funding
**SDF/ WTS Funding (For Corporate Registrations):
Participants must attend at least 75% of the course
and complete the assessment.
Corporate customers need to log in SkillsConnect
website before registration for those who are applying
for the funding for participant(s).
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WTS funding only applies to company-sponsored
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income of $1,900 and below.
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JUNE - JULY 2014

PROFESSIONAL Phang Chin Meng ASSOCIATE UPGRADED TO

Chan Chi Hoe Joseph Ellys Lim PROFESSIONAL
Eugene Freelance Trainer Safety Coordinator Foo Jong Wei
WSH Ofcer Rodrigues David Metal Machines HSE Assistant
Natsteel Recycling Ignatius Engineering Manager
Pte Ltd Safety, Health and Services Pte Ltd Frontken (S) Pte Ltd
David Simon Environment Manager Lee Wee Kiat Mohamed Saiful
QHSE Manager Stahl Asia Pacic Consultant Bin Mohamed
Greenes Energy Pte Ltd Bibline Consulting LLP Barazi Assistant CORPORATE
Group Asia Pacic Sivaprakash s/o Ng Chang Soon QEHS Manager AFPD Pte Ltd
Emmanuel Michael Thangarajoo Project Manager Wong Fong Training
Neville-Clarke Singapore
Arockia Louis Levei WSH Ofcer DRC Engineering Hub
Air Liquide Pte Ltd Panduit Singapore Pte Ltd
WSH Ofcer & ECO Pte Ltd Tan Boon Hong
GS Engineering and Suresh s/o Orlando Ben Mark
Construction Thevanindrian Alosious Assistant Director
Lim Chang Chai SEA Plant Engineer Assistant Safety Ofcer Home Team Academy
WSH Ofcer ExxonMobil Asia Pacic Keppel FELS Ltd Tan Hong Seng
Singapore Polytechnic Tay Chin Hock Soon Weng Fong Director
Lim Jun Ping David Director, Safety Techgems Engrg &
Adjunct Lecturer HSE & Facility BMS Environmental Constn Pte Ltd
Republic Polytechnic Associate Services Tham Yu Hung
Continental Alloys & Daniel
Low Jeffred Services Swaminathan
WSH Ofcer Veeraiyan QHSE Manager
Unison Construction Yanto Instrumentation UBTS Pte Ltd
Pte Ltd Safety Ofcer Engineer
Stolthaven Singapore Tritech Engineering &
Mutyapu Ramesh
WSH Ofcer Testing
Top Pave Pte Ltd

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Leading and Inuencing Strategies OHSAS 18001 & SS 506 Part 1 Internal
for WSH Professionals Auditor Course
This program provides learners with To provide learners with the skills
the skills and knowledge required to and knowledge required to plan and
communicate at all levels within the conduct effective internal audits on OHS
organization to build consensus; negotiate management systems. Learners will learn to
compromises that work for everyone, and report audit ndings clearly and undertake
resolve group conicts before they derail effective follow-up audits on corrective
your projects. Learners will learn how to use actions taken so as to ensure continual
ve types of evidence to gain commitment improvement. This course also provides an
from senior management to support introduction to the requirements of OHS
safety planning. In addition, through a set management systems (OHSAS 18001 & SS
of proprietary exercises, learners will be 506 Part 1).
shown how to create working alliances and
make people work as planned. Date: Tuesday, 25 November 2014
to Wednesday, 26 November
Date: Wednesday, 8 October 2014 2014
Time: 9am - 5pm (Registration starts Time: 9am - 5pm (Registration
at 8.45am) starts at 8.45am)
Duration: 1 day Duration: 2 days
CPD 7 SDUs CPD points: 14 SDUs
points: Fees: S$450.00* (SISO Member)
Fees: S$235.00* (SISO Member) S$490.00* (Others)
S$275.00* (Others) *Fee includes GST,
*Fees include GST refreshments, and lunch
Complimentary: SS 506
1: 2009 guidelines will be
handed out
Fostering Innovation at the
Workplace for WSH Professionals
To provide learners with the skills and
knowledge required to gain in-depth
knowledge in a niche area of safety. Learners
will be able to understand what is required
to be an innovative organisation. They will
learn to contribute to the development of a
learning organisation effectively by doing
the right the development of a learning
organisation effectively by doing the right
things. Learners will also learn useful tactics
on analysing workplace performance and
processes to identify opportunities for
innovation.
Date: Thursday, 30 October 2014
Time: 9am - 5pm (Registration
starts at 8.45am)
Duration: 1 day
CPD points: 7 SDUs
Fees: S$195.00* (SISO Member)
S$235.00* (Others)
*Fee includes GST,
refreshments, and lunch

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