Workplace Safety And Health Management In Chemical, Process, Pharmaceutical And Laboratories

Course Overview

The Workplace Safety and Health Sect. 12 (3) stipulates that “It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure that those person at any work have received adequate instruction, information, training and supervision as is necessary unless he has undergone a safety and health training course approved by the commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health”.

Learners are expected to be self-directed, with a mind to acquire skills and knowledge. They should be able to apply the acquired skill & knowledge in the workplace safety and health practices to ensure the safety of oneself and others at work in the Oil and Petrochemical Industry.

On completion of this unit, learners will have the knowledge and application skills to carry out hazard identification and risk assessment, comply with the safety and health management system, co-ordinate a permit-to-work system, and carry out safety inspections and investigations.

Who should attend this course?

The job roles/occupations that this unit would be relevant to may include the following parties

related to /in the process industry, but not limited to:

Managers, Company Safety Personnel’s, Foremen, Supervisors, Rescue Personnel, Technicians,

Engineers, Etc.

Course Objectives

CE1 – Comply with workplace safety and health legislations, guidelines and codes of
practice and provide inputs for *risk assessment
CE2 – Identify hazards and control measures
CE3 – Comply with safety and health management system
CE4 – Implement permit-to-work system
CE5 – Conduct safety and health inspection
CE6 – Conduct incident investigation

Pre-Requisites / Assume Skills and Knowledge

Learners will be taught on the practical approach in using various tools, tactics, tips and know-how, contextualised to the needs of different sectors, including building and engineering construction services. Learners will also acquire a deeper skill set as they learn how to match these skills to different situations and have the knowledge and expertise at their disposal.

Workplace Safety and Health Management in Chemical, Process, Pharmaceutical Industries and Laboratories is one of the skills that come under the WSQ Process Industry Framework. The module belongs to the system category under all process sectors for competency level 4.

Trainer to Trainee Ratio

1: 20

Attendance requirements

75% classroom session

Assessment

Written / Oral Assessment (W/OA)
Practical Performance (PP), Group Activity (GA)

Training Methodology

Slides presentation, sharing of best practice and incident. Hands on practical session.

Assessment Principles

Learner shall be assessed before being Competent

Certifications

Upon successful completion of the course a Statement of Attainment (SOA) will be awarded by SkillsFuture Singapore Agency (SSG)