Career Talk for WSH Professionals

31 Aug 2013

© 2013 SISO / Goh Chye Guan 1

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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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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Professional Development

Government and

International Affairs

Practice & Competency

Standing Committees

Secretariat Office

Government Agencies

Strategic Partners

Executive Committee

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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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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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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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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

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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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, 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 Bird’s 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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