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Singapore Institution
of Safety Officers
WSH Professionals: Career Talkby
Goh Chye Guan
BSc HF in Safety, UniSIM31 Aug 2013
1. Welcome
2. About SISO and the WSH Ecosystem
3. Connecting the dots
4. The Need to Balance
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Established in 1975, with more than 1,300 members currently,
SISO
is a professional organization providing representation,
promotion,
and support for members engaged in the practice of Workplace
Safety and Health towards the protection of people, property,
and the
environment.
Our Objectives
Develop and promote high standards of professional ethics
and
practice among members;
Provide and/or facilitate continual professional development
opportunities to enhance the competence of members; and
Cultivate affiliation and cooperation with other national
and
international Occupational Safety and Health organisations
to
encourage and participate in the development of the profession
and
to position the Institution on par with similar
international
organisations.
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t S
ISO
Our Vision
To be the leading institution representing OSH professionals in
Singapore
Our Mission
To establish professional development opportunities to
enhance the competence and status of our members
To promote and uphold high standards of professional practice
among our members
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t S
ISO
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Professional Development
Government and
International Affairs
Practice & Competency
Standing Committees
Secretariat Office
Government Agencies
Strategic Partners
Executive Committee
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t S
ISO
Formal Qualifications
Workshops / Courses
Professional Development
Events / Conferences
WSQ WSH Training
ProgrammesWDA Programme
Partner
2 major annual
conferences
Collaborative events
with strategic partnersMOM / WDA
Approved Providers
bizSAFE / BISH /
SCT
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t S
ISO
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Government
Business / Industry /
Associations
Union
WorkersEmployers
WSH Professionals
WSH Training Providers
A safe and healthy
workplace for
everyone; and a
country renowned for
best practices in WSH
19,000 WSH Professionals
by Year 2018
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cosyste
m
WSH Auditor / Lead
Auditor / Consultant /
Specialist
WSH Officer /
Manager / Engineer /
Executive
WSH Coordinator /
Supervisor
WSH Representative
/ Promoter /
Advocate
Evaluate, observe and make suggestions
to improve the effectiveness of WSH
management systems.
Identify, assess, control and manage
WSH risks; and develop, implement,
maintain and improve WSH management
systems and culture.
Coordinate and monitor the
implementation of WSH management
systems for recognition, assessment,
control and management of WSH risks.
Implement WSH risks control measures
and management systems at workplace.
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nals
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WSH Auditor / Lead
Auditor / Consultant /
Specialist
WSH Officer /
Manager / Engineer /
Executive
WSH Coordinator /
Supervisor
WSH Representative
/ Promoter /
Advocate
Graduate Diploma in WSH
Specialists Diploma in WSH
Advanced Certificate in WSH
Certificate in WSH
WS
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rain
ing
Steve Job Commencement Speech 2005 @ Stanford University
Connecting the dots
Steve Jobs, 24 Feb 1955 to 5 Oct 2011
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00:00 to 06:35
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my
life at that point in time
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But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh
computer, it all came back to me.
Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward
when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking
backwards ten years later
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Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Acting Minister for Manpower, made the
following comments at the bizSAFE Convention, 2009, "Currently, we
have only over 4,000 trained WSH Professionals. My Ministry has
projected that we need to grow the size of the local pool of WSH
professionals to 19,000-strong by 2018". Getting a degree in this
discipline will give you the first step in moving into this
profession.
http://www.unisim.edu.sg/programmes/programme-details/Pages/BSc-Human-
Factors-Safety.aspx
http://www.unisim.edu.sg/programmes/programme-details/Pages/BSc-Human-Factors-Safety.aspx
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Page 9, Building WSH Competencies in Singapore
By 2018, we will see a larger pool of
WSH Professionals catering to the
increased demand for their services
from Singapore-based companies
placing a growing emphasis on
WSH. We are targeting to grow the
size of the local pool of WSH
professionals to 19,000-strong by
2018.
WSH Auditors WSH Officers
WSH Coordinators WSH Representatives
WSH Professionals trained as of Mar 2013 Page 11, WSH Institute
Annual Report 2013
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My Three7-Year Itch
It is a relationship term - usually after 7
years people tend to re-evaluate their
relationship. There might be evidence that
it is now much shorter but the original
number 7 came from a time period where
the average marriage only lasted 7 years.
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1. Frank Bird Accident Causation Model
2. Proactive3. Pre-Contact
1. Updated Model2. From WSH to Risk3. From Risk to Integrated
Risk
1. The Factories Act2. Prescriptive / Reactive3.
Post-contact
MOL: FI - DIS
1983 1991
DNV SC2
1998
IRM
2005
1. Mgt of risk at source2. Ownership of WSH3. Higher penalty for
poor
safety mgt
1. Promulgation of WSH Act2. Merger of OSD, OHD and
WICD3. Re-organisation
Progressive and Pervasive
WSH Culture
AC-WSHC
2011
Focus was on inspection
Heinrich Accident Causation Model (1932)
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Frank Birds Model (1921 2007)
Loss
People
Property
Process
Environ-
ment
Incident
Contacts
with
energy,
substance,
or people
Immediate
Causes
Sub-
standard
Acts
Sub-
standard
Conditions
Basic
Causes
Personal
Factors
Job Factors
Lack of
Control
Inadequate:
Programs
Standards
Compliance
Finally:The Need to Balance
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