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Manage WSH Risks In Construction

Industries

LEARNER'S GUIDE

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Table of Contents

Title of Topic Page

Overview of Learner’s Guide 2

Manage compliance issues in construction industries 6

1. WSH legal and other requirements relevant to construction industries 8

Learning Activity 1 16

2. Communicating WSH legal and other requirements 17

3. Mandatory training for construction industries 23

4. Monitoring of WSH legal compliance issues 28

Control and manage risks in construction industries 31 5. Main types of trades and working environment in construction industries 32

6. Hazards and control measures for construction works 44

6.1 Risk Management 44

6.2 Working at height 51

6.3 Working with hazardous substances 79

6.4 Working with tools, machinery and equipment 89

6.5 Material handling 104

6.6 Working in hot environment 116

6.7 Confined space 118 Learning Activity 5 123 6.8 Piling 125 6.9 Formwork structures 127 6.10 Demolition 130 6.11 Excavation 138 Learning Activity 6 149

7. Managing implementation of control measures 151

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Overview of Learner’s Guide

The work of WSH professionals revolve around managing the WSH risks and preventing harm to persons at the workplace. The Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Professionals Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) aims to professionalise the WSH workforce by incorporating the world’s best practices and providing career upgrading pathways that are based on the competency requirements of different job levels.

There are four (4) full qualifications in the WSH Professionals WSQ. These are: • Graduate Certificate in Workplace Safety and Health (WSH)

• Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) You are here • Advanced Certificate in Workplace Safety and Health (WSH)

• Certificate in Workplace Safety and Health (WSH)

The WSH Professionals WSQ is a national Continuing Education & Training (CET) framework jointly developed by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the industry. The WSQ and the relevant competency standards have been validated by more than 360 industry representatives.

The WSH Professionals WSQ Framework is based on typical WSH management system structure and model of Plan-Do-Check-Act. The competencies are grouped into the following categories:

• Plan and review of WSH

• Implement Operational Control of WSH

• Check and take corrective/ preventive actions for WSH

For further information in WSH professionals WSQ, refer to WDA website at: http://wsq.wda.gov.sg/GenericSkills/WSH+Professionals/

Specialist Diploma in WSH

This qualification is one of the requirements necessary for registration as a WSH Officer under the Workplace Safety and Health Act. Upon registration, one can then practice as a WSH Officer as mentioned in the Act. After completing this level, you can move on to the next level, Graduate Certificate in WSH.

Graduate Certificate in WSH - Persons at this level are at a professional and/or managerial level of practice, providing services either as an external third party to the company or within a company. They may be engaged as an independent party to evaluate WSH systems and performance that are not implemented and maintained by them. WSH is most likely their full-time responsibility.

Manage WSH Risks in the Construction Industries

This WSQ Level 5 Competency Unit is an elective unit of the following qualification/s: Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health.

This unit covers the specific competency requirements for the WSH Professionals in construction industry. It would complement the core units in the WSH Professionals Framework that cover the general knowledge and skill in WSH legal and other requirements and risk control and management.

This competency enables the learners to have the knowledge and skills to manage WSH risks in the construction industry. It focuses on imparting knowledge and skills in managing compliance issues in WSH legal and other requirements and the control and management of WSH risks in the construction industry.

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Copyright © 2012 NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd. All rights reserved 3 This Learner’s Guide is developed for ‘Manage WSH Risks in Construction Industries’. This Guide presents the required duration, activities and resources needed to deliver each topic to meet the requirements stipulated in the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) Curriculum, Training and Assessment Guide (CTAG) for ‘Manage WSH Risks in Construction Industries’.

Target Audience

Potential participants of this ‘Manage WSH Risks in Construction Industries’ could be WSH Officer / Professional / Advisor / Specialist / Manager / Engineer / Executive

This elective competency unit in the WSH Professionals Framework covers the knowledge and skills in controls and management of WSH risks in the construction industry. Learners who would like to learn about more general knowledge and skills for coverage of wide range of WSH hazards and risks may find the core units such “Advise on WSH Legal Compliance Issues”, “Identify WSH Hazards and Assess WSH Risks”, and “Control WSH Risks” useful. There are also competency units in other WSQ frameworks which cover control of WSH risks in certain specific industries and trades.

While these modules are designed for people occupying managerial roles, or roles with substantial organizational responsibilities, they are also relevant for small businesses operations and self-employed people.

Assumed Skills and Knowledge

Learners are assumed to:

• Be able to listen, read, speak and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to the Employability Skills System (ESS) Workplace Literacy level 6;

• Be able to manipulate numbers at a proficiency level equivalent to ESS Workplace Numeracy level 6

• Possess IT skills such as use of internet, use of basic word processing and presentation software.

• Have basic knowledge of workplace processes, activities, practices procedures, including those during normal conditions and emergency.

• Possess basic knowledge and skills on WSH hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to: 1. Manage compliance issues in construction industries 2. Control and manage WSH risks in construction industries

Course component

This course will be delivered via presentation, discussions, observations, role play, written exercises, case studies and workplace delivery / practices. There will be group activities designed for peer learning. The course duration is 19 hours and 30 minutes of training hours + 30 minutes of assessment.

Participants who have completed this module ‘Manage WSH Risks in Construction Industries’ are required to undertake and successfully complete each of the assessment activities listed for the competency unit. As part of the assessments, candidates are

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Assessment method(s) Duration

Oral Questions _{10 minutes}

Work Assignment – Interview

(Work Assignment to be submitted not later 2 weeks from the date of last training session.

20 minutes

Total time 30 minutes

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Unit of Competency

Manage WSH Risks in Construction Industries

A competent individual must be able to successfully perform the following: 1. Manage compliance issues in construction industries

1.1 Check daily workplace activities against legal and other requirements for construction industries.

1.2 Apply legal and other requirements for construction industries in formulating control measures of WSH risks on site.

1.3 Communicate legal and other requirements for construction industries to relevant stakeholders.

1.4 Manage the mandatory training requirements in construction industries.

1.5 Monitor and manage compliance issues with WSH legal and other requirements. 2. Control and manage WSH risks in construction industries

2.1 Establish the main types of trades and working environment that are related to construction industries.

2.2 Identify and evaluate WSH hazards and recommend control measures for architectural and finishing works.

2.3 Identify and evaluate WSH hazards and recommend control measures for civil and structural works.

2.4 Identify and evaluate WSH hazards and recommend control measures for Mechanical and Electrical works.

2.5 Identify and evaluate WSH hazards and recommend control measures for equipment and services works.

2.6 Communicate and raise attention to the stakeholders on the hazards in accordance with organisational procedures.

2.7 Present proposed control measures to relevant stakeholders for formulation of implementation plan.

2.8 Communicate the control measures and implementation plan to the relevant stakeholders.

2.9 Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of control measures.

2.10 Report to management on status of implementation of control measurement

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Introduction

Over the past few decades, Singapore has achieved significant improvements in Workplace safety and health (WSH). Since 2000, our industrial accident rate has been stagnating at around 2.2 accidents per million man-hours worked. In 2004, around 5 out of every 100,000 workers were killed locally in workplace accidents; making our fatality rate more than double that of the more developed countries.

Although the construction industry continues to be an important sector of the Singapore economy, it remains one of the riskier workplaces. The collapse of Nicoll Highway along with two other major industrial accidents in 2004, which claimed a total of 13 lives, is a stern reminder that more needs to be done to protect our workers.

A fundamental reform to the existing WSH framework was required to reach the standards of the developed countries. Hence, On 10 March 2005, the Minister for Manpower announced in Parliament the adoption of a new WSH framework to improve WSH standards and safety outcomes for Singapore, setting a target to halve the number of work-related fatalities to 2.5 per 100,000 workers by 2015. This new framework is designed to engender a paradigm shift in mindset where the focus is on reducing the risks and not just compliance to prescriptive rules.

This is enshrined in the three key principles of the new framework:

Reducing risks at source by requiring all stakeholders to eliminate or minimize the risks they create.

Greater industry ownership of WSH outcomes.

Preventing accidents through higher penalties for poor safety management system. In April 2008, based on the progress made since 2004, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a new reduced target for workplace fatalities to 1.8 per 100,000 workers by 2018. This would allow Singapore to have one of the best workplace records in the world.

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1. WSH legal and other requirements relevant to construction

industries

This lesson is made up of 1 unit. The objective of this unit is to ‘Apply legal and other requirements for construction industries in formulating control measures of WSH risks on site’.

WSH Act

To support the new WSH framework, the Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) was enacted on 1 March 2006 replacing the Factories Act. The new Act also marks a shift from a prescriptive legislative approach to a performance based liability regime. The coverage of the WSH Act is as shown in the table below:

Phase Effective date Workplaces

1 1st March

2006

Factories, Construction, Shipyards, Ship in harbour, Airport, Docks, Wharfs, Laboratories

2 1st March

2008

Healthcare, Veterinary, Hotels & Restaurants, Water Supply, Sewerage and Waste Management, Landscape care & Maintenance Services, Services allied to the Transportation of goods

3 1st September 2011

Education, Public Administration, Business Services, Agriculture & Fishing, Wholesale & Retail Trade, Finance & Insurance Activities, Information & Communications, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

To accommodate the coverage of all workplaces, the WSH Act will be amended tentatively by 1st September 2011. A workplace includes any premises where people carry out work and includes a factory. Factory means any premises within which workers are involved in:

• Making of any article/part of any article

• Alteration, repair, cleaning or breaking up of any article • Adaptation of any article for sale for the purpose of trade or gain

Among other premises, it also includes any premises where building operations or any work of engineering construction are carried on.

Building operation means —

• Construction, structural alteration, repair or maintenance of a building (including the re-wiring of any electrical installation, the replacement of any lift, air-conditioning plant and ancillary ducting of a building, and the re-pointing, redecoration and external cleaning of the structure);

• Demolition of a building; or

• Preparation of the site for, and the laying of foundation of, an intended building, Work of Engineering Construction means -

1. The construction of any railway line or siding.

2. The construction, structural alteration or repair (including re-pointing and

repainting) or the demolition of any dock, harbour, inland navigation, tunnel, bridge, viaduct, waterworks, reservoir, pipe-line, aqueduct, sewer, sewerage works or gasholder.

3. The construction, laying, structural alteration, inspection, maintenance, repair, demolition or removal of —

• any pipe-line for the conveyance of water, gas or any other thing;

• any drain, whether open or covered, except open drains situated in domestic premises; or

• any underground electrical cable and communication cable.

4. The inspection, repair or maintenance of any manhole, sump, inspection chamber, valve chamber, and any other similar confined structure providing access to pipe-lines or underground electrical cables and communication cables.

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6. The reclamation of any land. WSH subsidiary legislations

The following are the subsidiary legislations issued under the WSH Act that is applicable to the construction industry:

Title Applicable to

WSH (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Regulations 2007

Factories

WSH (General Provisions) Regulations 2006 All Workplaces

WSH (Construction) Regulations 2007 All worksites

WSH (First Aid) Regulations All Workplaces

WSH (Incident Reporting) Regulations 2006 All workplaces

WSH (Risk Management) Regulations 2006 All Workplaces

WSH (Composition of Offences) Regulations 2006 All workplaces

WSH (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2006 -

WSH (Offences and Penalties) (Subsidiary Legislation under Section 67(14)) Regulations 2006

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WSH (Registration of Factories) Regulations 2008 Factories

WSH (Workplace Safety and Health Committees) Regulations 2008

Factories

WSH (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations 2008 All Workplaces

WSH (Explosive Powered Tools) Regulations 2009 All Workplaces

WSH (Confined Spaces) Regulations 2009 All Workplaces

WSH (Safety and Health Management System and Auditing) Regulations 2009

Factories

WSH (Noise) Regulation 2011 All workplaces

WSH (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011 All workplaces

WSH (Operations of Cranes) Regulations 2011 All workplaces

WSH (Scaffolds) Regulations 2011 All workplaces

Factories Act subsidiary legislations

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Copyright © 2012 NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd. All rights reserved 10 Even though the Factories Act had been repealed, under section 67(14) of the WSH Act, "Any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Act and in force immediately before the appointed day shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force in factories as if made under this Act until it is revoked or repealed." The following Factories subsidiary legislation will be reviewed tentatively by 1st September 2011 and promulgated as new Workplace Safety and Health subsidiary legislation.

Title Applicable to

Factories (Asbestos) Regulations Factories involving asbestos Factories (Registration and Other Services - Fees

and Forms) Regulations

Factories Factories (Safety Training Courses) Order Factories WSH (Registration of Factories) Regulations

Occupiers of construction worksites must apply to the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health for one time factory registration of their worksites before commencement of operations. The application for registration must be made through the Online Business Licensing System (OBLS). Companies should declare that they have implemented risk management at the point of registration. From 1 March 2010 onwards, newly registered factories are also required to conduct Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) Audit / Review within 2 months from the commencement of operations. Upon successful registration, certificate of registration will be issued.

Under Section 46 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act, any person who occupies or uses any premises as a factory without a valid certificate of registration of a factory or a factory permit is guilty of offence and is liable on conviction to the following:

• A fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both;

• In the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 or to further imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 days or both for every day or part of the day during which the offence continues after conviction.

An administrator is needed to renew, update or terminate registration via OBLS. To do so, the administrator must have a SingPass. The administrator can nominate up to two proxies to assist with OBLS transactions. Nomination of the proxies can be done via OSHD Online. When the administrator leaves the company, a new administrator must be nominated and OSHD must be informed in writing.

All factories must keep their registration/notification particulars up to date. The information includes the particulars of factory such as factory address, number of workers and contact details and the type of work carried out in the factory. Factories that cease operations must file for a termination of Registration / Notification.

WSH (Construction) Regulations

The WSH (Construction) Regulations 2007 came into operation on 1st January 2008 and is applicable to all worksites. It replaces ‘The Factories (Building Operations and Work of Engineering Construction) Regulations’. The regulations have the following parts which will be covered in other topics.

• Part I Preliminary

• Part II Safety and Health Management Arrangement • Part III Permit-to-Work System

• Part IV General Provisions • Part V Electrical Safety • Part VI Ladders

• Part VII Cantilevered and Material Platforms • Part VIII Disposal of Materials

• Part IX Formwork Structures

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• Part XI Excavation and Tunnelling Works • Part XII Compressed Air Environment • Part XIII Explosives

• Part XIV Piling

• Part XV Cranes, Employee’s Lifts and Material Handling Machinery • Part XVI Miscellaneous

Part III - Permit to work system R 10 – Application

Applies only to the following types of work that form part of any building operation or works of engineering construction (referred to as high-risk construction work):

• Demolition work;

• Excavation and trenching work in a tunnel or hole in the ground exceeding 1.5 metres depth;

• Lifting operations involving tower, mobile or crawler crane; • Piling work;

• Tunnelling work;

• Work on a scaffold where a person could fall more than 2 metres; and • Work involving entry into a confined space.

R 11 - Implementation of permit-to-work

Occupier shall appoint a project manager (Project manager means the person who is stationed at a worksite and who has overall control of all the works carried out in the worksite, and includes any competent person appointed by the occupier in the event that the project manager is unable to perform his duties under these Regulations) and a safety assessor (Person appointed as a safety assessor shall be competent to perform the functions and duties, either a workplace health and safety officer or a competent person). Occupier shall implement a permit-to-work system with due regard to the safety and health of persons carrying out the work. Persons are informed of the hazards associated with the work and the precautions they have to take. Occupier shall ensure that the necessary safety precautions are taken and enforced when the work is being carried out.

R 12 - No high-risk construction work without permit-to-work

Any person who carries out any high-risk construction work without a issued permit-to-work shall be guilty of an offence. This shall not operate to interfere with or render unlawful any rescue work or other work necessary for the general safety of life or property.

R 13 - Application for permit-to-work

An application for a permit-to-work shall be made by the supervisor of a person who is to carry out the work in such form and manner as may be required by the project manager. It shall state the measures which will be taken to ensure the safety and health of persons who carry out the work and addressed to the project manager and submitted to the safety assessor.

R 14 - Evaluation of permit-to-work

On receipt of the application for a permit-to-work, the safety assessor shall assess whether all reasonably practicable measures have been taken and inspect the site (including its surroundings) where the work is to be carried out together with the supervisor of the person. If the safety assessor is satisfied, he shall endorse the application for the permit-to-work and forward the endorsed application to the project manager. Safety assessor shall exercise all due diligence when performing his functions.

R 15 - Issue of permit-to-work

The project manager may issue a permit-to-work if he is satisfied that —

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out of the work based on the available information;

• no incompatible work which may pose a risk to the safety and health of other persons at work will be carried out at the same time in the same vicinity;

• all reasonably practicable measures will or have been taken to ensure the safety and health of the persons who carry out or are to carry out the work; and

• all persons who are to carry out the work are informed of the hazards associated with it.

The project manager shall retain a copy of the permit-to-work. The project manager shall exercise all due diligence when performing his function. Unless revoked, a permit-to-work shall be valid for the period stated therein, and if the work for which the permit-to-work is issued is not completed within the validity period, a fresh application shall be made. R 16 - Posting of permit-to-work and supervisor's duty

The supervisor shall clearly post a copy of the permit-to-work, including where reasonably practicable, a sketch of any area at the work area where the work is carried out and ensure that the copy is not removed until the date of expiry or date of revocation of the permit-to-work or on completion of the permit-to-work, whichever is the earlier.

R 17 - Monitoring of work

The project manager shall continually review the progress of all high-risk construction work being carried out to ensure the safety, health and welfare of the persons carrying out the work. The supervisor shall ensure that the measures necessary to ensure the safety and health of the person at work are taken and are in place at all times during the validity period of the permit-to-work and inform the project manager upon completion of the work.

R 18 - Duty to report incompatible work

Any work which is carried out at or in the vicinity of any high-risk construction work and which is likely to pose a risk to the safety or health of persons at work shall be treated as incompatible work. Any person who is aware of any incompatible work shall immediately report to his supervisor, the workplace safety and health officer, the workplace safety and health co-ordinator or the project manager.

R 19 - Revocation of permit-to-work

If the project manager of a worksite who, after issuing a permit-to-work in respect of any high-risk construction work, is of the view that the carrying out of the high-risk construction work poses or is likely to pose a risk to the safety, health and welfare of persons at work in the worksite, he may order the high-risk construction work to cease immediately and revoke the permit-to-work.

Part IV – General Provisions R 20 - Structures and supports

Every supporting structure including its foundation, shall be of sound design, good construction in accordance with the design, and of adequate strength for its intended purpose. It shall be properly maintained and checked periodically for excessive corrosion, erosion, physical deterioration or alteration so that its stability is not affected and that it is suitable and adequate to perform the function for which it is intended.

Every partially constructed or fully constructed supporting structure including its foundation, shall be able to safely withstand any foreseeable load likely to be imposed on it during the construction or dismantling of the structure which the supporting structure supports. Where a supporting structure or its foundation will eventually form an integral part of the permanent structure designed by a professional engineer, it shall be the duty of the professional engineer who designed the permanent structure to ensure that the design of the supporting structure or its foundation is safe for its intended use and to endorse the design of the supporting structure or its foundation as safe for its intended use.

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No wall, chimney or other structure or part of a structure shall be left unsecured or unshored in such condition that it may fall, collapse or weaken due to wind pressure, vibration or any work being carried out or in the vicinity.

R 32 - Lighting

Sufficient and suitable lighting, whether natural or artificial shall be provided and maintained in every part of the worksite in which persons are at work or passing. Emergency lighting for use in the event of a power failure affecting the general lighting shall be provided and maintained. The level of illumination provided by the emergency lighting shall be sufficient in intensity and distribution to allow for the safe evacuation or rescue of persons.

R 33 - Personal Protective Equipment

The employer or the principal carrying out any work which requires any protection shall provide and maintain the appropriate personal protective equipment to the person such as

• eye protection; • fall protection; • foot protection; • hand protection; • head protection; • hearing protection; and • respiratory protection.

WSH (Scaffolds) Regulations

The WSH (Scaffolds) Regulations came into operation on 10th September 2011 and apply

to everyworkplace in which any scaffold is, is being or is to be constructed, erected,

installed, used, re-positioned, altered, maintained, repaired or dismantled. It consists of the following parts:

• Part I Preliminary • Part II General Provisions • Part III Metal Scaffolds • Part IV Timber Scaffolds • Part V Suspended Scaffolds • Part VI Other Scaffolds

• Part VII Approved Scaffold Contractors • Part VIII Miscellaneous

Other legislation related to WSH

WSH is also covered in other legislation and its subsidiary legislation such as Fire Safety Act and its subsidiary legislations

Fire Safety Act and its subsidiary legislation regulates fire safety standards. Fire Safety (Petroleum & Flammable Materials) Regulations 2005 regulates the licensing requirements for flammable substances.

Radiation Protection Act and its subsidiary legislations

These Act and Regulations regulates by means of licensing, import, export, use and disposal of radioactive materials and irradiating apparatus

Work Injury Compensation Act and its subsidiary legislations

Work Injury Compensation Act regulates workmen’s rights to compensation in the event of injury, death or occupational diseases contracted during employment.

Approved Codes of Practices

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Copyright © 2012 NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd. All rights reserved 14 In accordance with section 40B(3) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act, the Workplace Safety and Health Council has approved a new list of Codes of Practice with effect from 15th February 2011. The Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP) is intended to be used as a yardstick to assess whether reasonable practical measures have been taken in regards to the upkeep of safety and health standards at the workplace. The following ACOP are applicable to the construction industry

1. Code of Practice for Working Safely at Height 2009 2. Code of Practice on WSH Risk Management 2011 3. SS 98: Industrial safety helmets 2005

4. SS 473 – 1: Personal eye-protectors — general requirements 1999

5. SS 473 – 2: Personal eye-protectors — selection, use and maintenance 1999

6. SS 508 – 1: Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Design principles for safety signs in workplaces and public areas 2004

7. SS 508 – 3: Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Safety signs used in workplaces and public areas 2004

8. SS 510: Code of Practice for safety in welding and cutting (and other operations involving the use of heat) 2005

9. SS 511: Code of Practice for Diving Work 2010

10. SS 513 – 1: Personal protective equipment — Footwear — Safety footwear 2005 11. SS 513 – 2: 2005 Personal protective equipment — Footwear — Test methods for

footwear 2005

12. SS 531: Part 1: Code of Practice for Lighting of Work Places, Indoor 2006 13. SS 531: Part 2: Code of Practice for Lighting of Work Places, Outdoor 2008

14. SS 531: Part 3: Code of Practice for Lighting of Work Places, Lighting requirements for safety and security of outdoor work places 2008

15. SS 536: Code of Practice for the safe use of mobile cranes (Formerly CP 37:2000) 2008

16. SS 537: Code of Practice for Safe Use of Machinery Part 1: General requirements 2008 17. SS 537: Code of Practice for Safe Use of Machinery Part 2: Woodworking machinery

2009

18. SS 548: Code of Practice for Selection, use, and maintenance of respiratory protective devices (Formerly CP 74:1998) 2009

19. SS 549: Code of Practice for Selection, use, care and maintenance of hearing protectors (Formerly CP 76:1999) 2009

20. SS 550: Code of Practice for Installation, operation and maintenance of electric passenger and goods lift (Formerly CP 2) 2009

21. SS 553: Code of Practice for Air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation in Buildings

(Formerly CP 13)

22. SS 554: Code of Practice for Indoor air quality for air-conditioned buildings 2009

23. SS 557: Code of Practice for Demolition (Formerly CP 11) 2010

24. SS 559:2010: Code of Practice for the safe use of tower cranes (Formerly CP62) 25. SS 562: Code of Practice for Safety in trenches, pits and other excavated areas

26. SS 567: Code of Practice for factory layout — safety, health and welfare considerations

2011 (Formerly CP 27)

27. SS 568: Code of Practice for confined spaces 2011 (Formerly CP 84)

28. SS 571: Code of Practice for energy lockout and tagout 2011

29. SS 586 : Hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods Part 1: Transport and storage of dangerous goods 2008

30. SS 586 : Hazard communication for hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods Part 2: Globally harmonised system of classification and labelling of chemicals — Singapore’s adaptations

31. CP 14: Code of Practice for Scaffolds 1996

32. CP 20: Code of Practice for suspended scaffolds 1999 33. CP 23: Code of Practice for formwork 2000

34. CP 63: Code of Practice for the lifting of persons in work platforms suspended from cranes 1996 (2005)

35. CP 79: Code of Practice for safety management system for construction worksites 1999 36. CP 88 – 1: Code of Practice for temporary electrical installations — Construction and

building sites 2001

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Other Requirements

SS506 Occupational safety and health (OSH) management system

Under the WSH subsidiary legislations, Construction worksites are required to implement a safety and health management system. SS506 standards provide generic advice on the requirements and implementation of OSH management system, to enable an organisation to control its OSH risks and improve its OSH performance.

• SS 506: Part 1: 2009, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Management System – Specification (equivalent to BS OHSAS 18001:2007).

• SS 506 : Part 2 : 2009, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Management Systems – Guidelines for the implementation of SS 506: Part 1: 2009 (equivalent to BS 18002 : 2008)

Fire Code, Singapore Civil Defence Force

The Fire Code 2002 is issued by SCDF provides guidelines on fire safety requirements for temporary buildings in construction sites,

Industrial standards and practices

Industrial standards and the practices are defined as best practices which may not be a mandatory requirement but to improve and adopt the industrial practice based on the various commercial interests of all the employees. These are standards and code of practices issued by the WSH Council. For e.g, “Code of Practice for Working Safely at Height 2009” has been approved an ACoP. Other materials such as Technical Advisories and Guidelines provide useful references on recommended WSH practices.

Organisational internal WSH guidelines and requirements

Organizational guidelines refer to instructions to employees on policy, safe work procedures which are documented and available in the workplace. These requirements are not limited with legislative requirements, Singapore Standards and approved code of practice. These guidelines meet with specific requirements for each work, organizational quality requirements, etc.

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Group Exercise - 20 minutes

Identify the applicable Acts, legislation and Singapore Standards associated with the following activities / items within the organization

S/No Activities / items

Applicable Acts / Regulations / Standards

1. Forklift 2. Confined Space 3. Acetylene 4. Demolition 5. Hot works 6. Scaffolding 7. Lifting 8. Excavation 9. Formwork 10. Noise Deleted: _

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2. Communicating WSH legal and other requirements

This lesson is made up of 1 unit. The objective of this unit is to ‘Communicate legal and other requirements for construction industries to relevant stakeholders’.

Construction work is a systemic process (see diagram below) involving a wide spectrum of industry players. It starts with architects, developers and engineers designing and financing the project upstream. Downstream processes include contractors and workers executing the actual construction work before the handover and maintenance of completed works. In a construction industry where WSH is an integral part of business, all stakeholders play a role in reducing safety and health risks.

Stakeholder is any person or party who is affected by the Workplace Safety and Health Act. Based on the domains over which the various stakeholders have control, the Workplace Safety and Health Act aims to define areas to which they should pay attention in ensuring workplace safety. It is possible for a person to have multiple obligations. For instance, a person can be an occupier, an employer and a principal at the same time in the same workplace.

Organisation

Manufacturer Or Supplier

Manufacturer Or Supplier is any person who manufactures or supplies machinery, equipment or hazardous substances used at work in the workplace. The Manufacturer Or Supplier shall ensure that any machinery, equipment or substances provided are safe for use. They are required to

• provide proper information on the safe use of the machinery, equipment or hazardous substance;

• ensure that the machinery, equipment or hazardous substance is safe for use;

• ensure that the machinery, equipment or hazardous substance has been tested and examined so that it is safe for use.

Machinery and Equipment That Manufacturers And Suppliers Have Duties To Ensure Are Safe For Use

• Bar-benders

• Equipment or piping intended for operation under pressure, including all statutory pressure vessels

• Equipment or piping intended to contain corrosive, toxic or flammable substances • Equipment used for abrasive blasting, including any accessory, apparatus or fitting

necessary to enable its use and operation

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• Forklifts

• Lifting equipment

• Materials or components used for the construction of support structures • Power presses

• Scaffolds and any materials or components used to erect them

• Welding equipment, including any accessory, apparatus or fitting necessary to enable its use

Substances That Manufacturers And Suppliers Have Duties to Ensure Are Safe For Use

• Carcinogens

• Corrosive substances • Explosives

• Flammable substances • Gases under pressure • Irritants • Mutagens • Organic peroxides • Oxidising substances • Pyrophoric substances • Self-heating substances • Self-reactive substances • Sensitizers

• Substances hazardous to aquatic environment.

• Substances which in contact with water, emit flammable gases • Teratogens

• Toxic substances Installer Or Erector Of Machinery

Installer Or Erector Of Machinery is any person who installs or erects machinery, equipment, the building itself or any item for use in the workplace. They are required to take measures, as far as reasonably practicable, the machinery or equipment erected, installed or modified is safe and without health risks when properly used.

Clients

The client is the owner of the premises for which the construction development is carried out.

Developers

In the construction value chain, the developers are intimately involved in the construction project from acquisition through arranging financing to construction and ultimate sale or management of the property. As financiers of construction projects, developers have a big influence over the behaviour of downstream stakeholders.

Developers can factor in WSH performance when selecting bidding contractors to compel them to improve WSH capabilities and performance. Developers can play an active role by addressing WSH risks during the construction phase through regular checks and dialogue sessions with their contractors. Developers should ensure that tenders are awarded to contractors who have the capacity and resources to deliver their projects within the stipulated time without taking shortcuts.

Designer consultants

Designer consultant is a team of specialist consultant in the development being carried out and may include civil engineer, architects, etc.

Contractor

Contractor is any person engaged by another person or organization under a contract for

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Employer - Any person who employs another person to perform work under a contract of service.

Principal - Any person who engages another person or organization to supply labour or perform work under some arrangement other than a contract of service.

Employers / Principals are required to take measures, as far as reasonably practicable, protect the safety and health of employees or workers working under their direct control and all who may be affected by their work. This includes:

• conducting risk assessments to remove or control risks to workers at the workplace; • maintaining safe work facilities and arrangements for the workers at work;

• ensuring safety in machinery, equipment, plant, articles, substances and work processes at the workplace;

• developing and putting into practice control measures for dealing with emergencies; • providing workers with adequate instruction, information, training and supervision. Occupier

In workplaces registered as a factory, the occupier is the person who is the holder of the certificate of registration or factory permit. In all other workplaces, the occupier is the person who has control of the premises regardless of whether he is the owner of those premises. The occupier is required to take measures, as far as reasonably practicable, ensure the following are safe and without risks to the health of any person within those premises, even if the person is not one of your employees.

• the workplace;

• all entrances to or exits from the workplace;

• any machinery, equipment, plant, article or substance kept on the workplace.

The occupier may also be responsible for the common areas used by their employees and contractors. In particular, the following items, if they are used by persons working at their workplace, are their responsibility.

• electric generators and motors located in the common area;

• hoists and lifts, lifting gear, lifting appliances and lifting machines located in the common area;

• means of entry to or exit from the common area; • any machinery or plant located in the common area. Individual

Worker

Worker is any person at work, including an employee, i.e. one employed under a contract of service, volunteer or any other person training or working under the employer such as an industrial attachment student.

• Adhere to safe working procedures and principles introduced at the workplace. • Do not endanger oneself or others through unsafe behaviour.

• Do not tamper with any safety device or undertake any wilful or reckless acts. • Correctly use any personal protective equipment provided at work.

Supervisors

The supervisor is the key man in any program to create and maintain interest in safety & health because he is directly responsible for translating management’s policies into action and for promoting safety activities among the employees.

Foreman

The foreman is the person who exercises control over workers

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To play their part in WSH adequately, resident engineers and clerk of works have to highlight WSH issues that would or have the potential to pose imminent dangers so that they can be adequately addressed promptly.

Architect

To reduce WSH risks during the construction and maintenance phases of the construction process, designers and architects need to work closely with contractors and other

stakeholders to identify potential construction and maintenance hazards, and mitigate risks at the design stage. The residual risks must then be communicated to contractors so that these can be jointly managed.

Managers

Project managers play a particularly important role in the management of WSH at their projects as they are overall in charge of the running of a construction project. As such, it is essential for project managers to have a good grasp of WSH to better comprehend and manage the WSH issues that their projects may encounter.

Self-Employed Person

Employed Person is any person who works but is not under a contract of service. Self-Employed Person is required to take measures, as far as reasonably practicable, to ensure the safety and health of others such as members of the public.

Enforcement measures to ensure compliance

The Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health, assisted by Deputy Commissioners and appointed inspectors, ensures that workplaces comply with safety and health regulations. The following are some measures that may be used to ensure compliance. Workplace Inspections

Inspectors are empowered to enter, inspect and examine any workplace at any time to ensure workplace safety. In order to do so, an inspector may:

• inspect, examine and make copies of any workplace documents;

• take samples of any material or substance found in, or being discharged from, any workplace for the purpose of analysis or test;

• take photographs or video recordings to record the conditions and the processes carried out in the workplace;

• take into custody any article in the workplace which is required for the purpose of an investigation or inquiry under the Act.

Investigations Into A Workplace Accident Or Incident

The Commissioner may order an investigation into any workplace accident or incident. In the course of investigations, the inspector may inspect the accident scene and workplace. The inspector may also interview and record statements of persons about the accident or incident. These persons are bound to state the truth and assist in the investigations. Suspension Of Certificates

When necessary, the Commissioner may suspend any certificate. Examples of certificates issued under the Act include Certificates of Factory Registration and certificates issued to authorised examiners.

Remedial Orders And Stop Work Orders

The Commissioner may issue a Remedial Order to require an employer or occupier or any other person to remove any workplace risk or to comply with a safe work practice whether or not there is any immediate danger. This will be the primary tool that the Commissioner will use to require employers to improve their management of safety and health and the quality of risk assessment.

The Commissioner may issue a Stop Work Order to require the specified work to cease until measures have been taken to ensure that the work can be carried out safely. A Stop

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Failure to comply with either a Remedial Order or Stop Work Order is considered an offence. The penalty is as shown below:

Category of Offender Maximum Fine Maximum Imprisonment

Conditions Person who fails to

comply with a Remedial Order If offence is continued after conviction

$50,000

Additional of $5,000 for each day the offence continues

12 months Either or both

Person who fails to comply with a Stop Work Order

If offence is continued after conviction

$500,000

Additional of $20,000 for each day the offence continues

12 months Either or both

Composition Fines

Composition fines are offered for offences at the Commissioner’s discretion. Offences may be compounded to a sum not more than half the maximum fine prescribed for the offence or $5,000, whichever is lower. Prosecution action may be taken if payment is not received within a specified period.

Prosecution

The Commissioner may prosecute any offender for violation under the Act. If charged with an offence under the Act, duty to show to the courts:

• compliance with the Act and/or its relevant subsidiary legislation; • or compliance with the relevant approved code of practice or guidelines;

• or taken reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence where there was no specific legislation or guidelines;

• or the offence was due to causes beyond control, i.e. it was not reasonably practicable to prevent the contravention or accident.

Where in any proceedings for an offence under any provision in this Act, the onus is on the person to prove that it was not reasonably practicable to do more than what was in fact done to satisfy that duty or there was no better practicable means than was in fact used to satisfy that duty.

General penalties for offences

The Workplace Safety and Health Act states a general maximum penalty for offences for which no penalty is prescribed under the Act. The penalties are shown in the tables below.

Category of offender 1st Offence Repeat offenders

Individual persons $200,000 fine and /or 2

years jail

$400,000 fine and /or 2 years jail

Corporate body $500,000 $1 million

Workers $1,000

$30,000 and / or 2 years jail (for negligence)

$2,000

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Legal and other requirements may be communicated to the various stakeholders through the following mode of communication:

WSH committee meetings

Under the WSH (WSH Committees) Regulations, the occupier of a worksite, in which 50 or more persons are ordinarily at work is required to form a WSH Committee. The WSH committee shall meet atleast once a month. The committee shall include appointment of: • chairman who shall be a competent person on site;

• secretary who shall be the safety officer (if available) or a person; and • members who are representatives of persons at work and management staff. The functions of safety committee are as follows:

• To inspect the factory at least once a month

• To inspect the factory after accident or dangerous occurrence

• to assist in organising activities to promote safe conduct of work in factory

The minutes of the meetings shall be properly recorded and maintained. All decisions and follow-up actions shall be documented.

Site coordination meeting

Under WSH(Construction) Regs, It shall be the duty of the occupier of a worksite to convene such site coordination meetings as are necessary with due regard to the progress of the works which are, or are to be, carried out in the worksite for the purpose of coordinating such works so as to ensure the safety, health and welfare of persons at work in the worksite. Every meeting is should be presided by the project manager of the worksite; and attended by every person (being a supervisor, an engineer, a workplace safety and health co-ordinator or a workplace safety and health officer) who is involved in any work or process being co-ordinated in the worksite and any other person who oversees any such work or process.

Briefings

Briefings / tool box meetings are defined as giving detailed instructions. The occupier shall ensure tool box meetings are conducted at stipulated intervals within work groups to effectively communicate and coordinate work instructions and to promote safe conduct of work. Safety briefings shall also be carried out regularly for larger cohorts.

Awareness sessions

Awareness sessions are more of promotional programmes aimed to create a general awareness among the employees.

Training sessions

The legal requirements can be communicated to the respective stakeholder through external training such as mandatory training or internal training such as induction or task specific training. Training means more than providing information. It requires a practical

demonstration that each employee has acquired the skill or knowledge related to the job. Personnel can be trained in the following areas:

• WSH competency required at each function and level in the organization • WSH induction programme

• On-going training for employees • Training in local WSH arrangements • Specific mandatory training

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3. Mandatory training for construction industries

This lesson is made up of 1 unit. The objective of this unit is to ‘Manage the mandatory training requirements in construction industries’.

Under the WSH Act,

• Employers and principals are required to ensure that the person at work has adequate instruction, information, training and supervision as is necessary for that person to perform his work.

• Employers, self-employed persons and principals give to persons (not being his employees) the prescribed information about such aspects of the way in which he conducts his undertaking as might affect their safety or health while those persons are at his workplace.

Training needs identification

Training needs help to identify and remedy any shortfalls between the competency level currently possessed by the stakeholders and the required WSH competency required in order to achieve the organizations goals and objectives. To meet the identified training needs, suitable training programmes have to be identified. Training can be conducted in-house or externally depending on the learning outcomes, need of the learners and resources available within the organization.

In-house training

This type of training is conducted in-house. Examples of in-house training include: • WSH induction

• On the Job training • Ongoing training

• Training for managers, supervisors and workers

• Training and awareness programmes for contractors, temporary workers, visitors External training

MOM accredits training providers (ATP) to ensure that the quality of the WSH training is maintained at all times. The ATP’s conducts mandatory WSH training programmes and non-accredited WSH courses. Examples of external training include

• Training in local WSH arrangements • Mandatory training

• Training for managers, supervisors and workers. Training schedule

Scheduling of mandatory training programs may involve the following

• Scheduling dates for training considering the release from trainee’s dept, work exigencies and workplace peak periods

• Arranging for training registration such as coordination with the training institute / trainers and trainee

• Applying for Skills Development Fund (SDF)

• Arranging for participants presence such as replacement / rescheduling for any last minute change in the trainee’s schedule and sending reminders to the trainees to attend the scheduled training

Training providers

The address, webpage, email and contact particulars of the ATPs for the various courses can be identified from the MOM’s website. Some of the other training providers include the following:

• Singapore Environment Institute • Singapore Civil Defense Academy • Singapore Aviation Academy

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Classes or description of persons Mandatory Training courses

Reference ATP (e.g) Workplace Safety and Health Auditors:

Any person who is appointed to conduct audit on safety and health management system, risk

assessment, work processes or workplace Workshop for Safety Auditors OR Graduate Certificate in WSH Criteria to be approved as an auditor Singapore Polytechnic / Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Workplace Safety and Health Officers: Any person who is appointed to conduct audit on safety and health management system, risk

assessment, work processes or workplace Safety Officer Training Course OR Specialist Diploma in WSH WSH (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Reg 3(a)(i), NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Workplace Safety and Health Coordinators: Any person who is appointed to conduct audit on safety and health management system, risk assessment, work processes or workplace Safety Coordinators Course OR Advance Certificate in WSH WSH (Construction) Reg R6(3) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Audiometric Examiner: Any person who carries out audiometric examination of others Industrial Audiometry Course WSH (Medical Examination) Reg R6(2) Siemens Medical Instruments Pte Ltd Noise Monitoring Officer: Any person

who is appointed to conduct noise monitoring at a workplace Noise Monitoring Course WSH (Noise) Reg R7(3) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Noise Control Officer: Any person who

is appointed to advise the occupier of a workplace on noise control

measures Industrial Noise Control Course WSH (Noise) Reg R5(1) Nanyang Technological University Manhole Safety Assessors: Any

person who is appointed to assess whether the manhole is safe for entry

Manhole Safety Assessor Course WSH (Confined Space) Reg R9(b) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Confined Space Safety Assessors:

Any person who is appointed to assess whether the confined space is safe for entry

Confined Space Safety Assessor Course WSH (Confined Space) Reg R9(b) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Explosive Powered Tools Operators:

Any persons who operates an explosive power tool

Explosive Powered Tools Operators' Course WSH (Explosive Powered Tools) Reg 13 BCA Academy / SCAL Academy First-Aider: Any person who is

appointed as a first-aider in a workplace

Occupational First Aid Course

WSH (First-Aid) Reg R5(2)

NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Forklift Operators: Any person who

drives or operates a forklift truck

Forklift Driver’s Training Course Factories (Safety Training Courses) Order NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Lifting Supervisors: Any person who is appointed as a lifting supervisor for any lifting operation by a mobile or tower crane Lifting Supervisors Safety Course WSH (Operation of Cranes) Reg R17(1) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Deleted: Factories Deleted: Factories Deleted: 6 Deleted: 2 Deleted: Factories Deleted: 4 Deleted: 5

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Training courses

Reference ATP (e.g) Riggers: Any person who is appointed

as a rigger for any lifting operation by a mobile or tower crane

Rigger Course WSH (Operation of Cranes) Reg R18(1) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Signalman: Any person who is

appointed as a signalman for any lifting operation by a mobile or tower crane Signalmen Course WSH (Operation of Cranes) Reg R19(1) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Scaffold Supervisors: Any person who

is appointed as a scaffold supervisor to supervise the erection, installation, re-positioning, alteration or dismantling of a scaffold Supervision of Metal Scaffold Erection Course WSH (Scaffolds) Reg R6(1) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Suspended Scaffold Supervisors: Any person who is appointed as a suspended scaffold supervisor to supervise the erection, installation, re-positioning, alteration or dismantling of a suspended scaffold Suspended Scaffold Supervisors' Course WSH (Scaffolds) Reg R6(1) SCAL Academy

Scaffold Erectors: Any person who is appointed as a scaffold erector to erect, install, re-position, alter or dismantle a scaffold Metal Scaffold Erection Course WSH (Scaffolds) Reg R5 NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Suspended Scaffold Erectors: Any

person who is appointed as a suspended scaffold erector to erect, install, re-position, alter or dismantle a suspended scaffold Suspended Scaffold Riggers' Course WSH (Scaffolds) Reg R5 SCAL Academy

Construction Workers: Any worker employed in manual work in the worksite Construction Safety Orientation Course (in various languages) WSH (Construction) Reg R9(1) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Construction Supervisors: Any supervisor employed in the worksite

Building Construction Supervisors Safety Course WSH (Construction) Regulations 2007 reg. 9 (2b) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Formwork Supervisors: Any person who is appointed as a formwork supervisor to supervise the construction, erection, alteration or dismantling of any formwork structure in a worksite Formwork Safety Course for Supervisors WSH (Construction) Reg R60(3) BCA Academy / SCAL Academy

Tunnelling Workers: Any person carries out any work in a tunnel in a worksite Safety Orientation Course (Tunnelling) for Workers WSH (Construction) Reg R88(b) NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Construction Supervisors (Tunnelling): Any person carries out any work in a tunnel in a worksite Building Construction Supervisors Safety Course (Tunnelling) WSH (Construction) Reg R88(b) SCAL Academy Deleted: Factories Deleted: 3 Deleted: Factories Deleted: 2 Deleted: Factories Deleted: Factories Deleted: Factories Deleted: 8(4) Deleted: Factories Deleted: 7(1) Deleted: _

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Training courses

Reference ATP (e.g) Man Lock / Medical Lock Attendant:

Any person performing the role of a Man Lock / Medical Lock Attendant

Compressed Air Works Course (Man Lock and Medical Lock Attendant) WSH (Construction) Reg R108(3)(c) Advanced Marine Pte Ltd

Project Managers: Any person who is appointed as a project manager to be in charge of all construction activities in building and engineering

construction worksites of a contract sum of $10 million or more

Construction Safety Course for Project Managers Factories (Safety Training Courses) Order NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Manhole Workers: Any worker who is carrying out work in manholes or confined spaces in building and engineering construction worksites

Safety Orientation Course (Manhole) Factories (Safety Training Courses) Order NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Manhole Supervisors: Any person who is appointed as a manhole supervisor to supervise work carried out in manholes or confined spaces in building and engineering construction worksites Safety Instruction Course (Manhole) Factories (Safety Training Courses) Order NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Top Management Workshop for

CEO / Top Management bizSAFE level 1 NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Risk Management Champion Risk

Management Course bizSAFE level 2 NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Workplace Safety & Health

Management System Program Lead

Workplace Safety & Health Management System Course bizSAFE level 4 NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd Training records

Training records help to document the training arrangements and should be maintained in accordance to the organizational procedures. Some of the records that can be maintained are:

• Duration of training - The total hours of the training course.

• Schedule of training - The dates and times of various topics that were covered under the training

• Sequence of training - The sequence in which the topics were conducted, for example theory and practical, lesson plan

• Type of training - Whether the training was conducted internally or externally • Training providers - The name of the training providers

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Group Exercise - 20 minutes

Identify the mandatory training required for the following activities.

S/No Activities Personnel Training Course

1. Forklift operation 2. Confined Space 3. Scaffolding 4. Lifting 5. Formwork Deleted: _