MANAGE WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH IN CONSTRUCTION SITES (MWSHCS)

Teaching Mode : Blended

(Previously known as Construction Safety Course For Project Managers -CSCPM)

Legal Requirement

Factories (Safety Training Courses) Order 2001 stipulates that “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 shall attend the Construction Safety Course for Project Managers before undertaking such project”.

For Whom

The course would be appropriate for individuals with job titles such as: project managers, project directors, construction managers, project engineers in the construction industry.

Entry Requirement

• Knowledge of the construction industry activities.
• ESS Workplace literacy and numeracy Level 6 and above or equivalence (refer to www.wda.gov.sg).

• Must be holding the position of Chairman of Safety Committee, Project Manager, Project Engineer, Superintendent or equivalent post to be eligible to attend this course.

Course Overview

• Understand the legal obligations of duty holders, including a project manager of a worksite, under the new WSH framework.

• Perform the role and duty as Chairman of WSH Committee.
• Plan and implement safety programme for construction activities including working at height, mechanical and electrical works, material handling, scaffolding and excavation.
• Plan and implement an occupational health programme for construction activities.
• Plan and implement risk management programme for all construction activities.
• Establish the procedures for incident reporting and accident investigation.
• Establish and implement Safety and Health Management System in worksite.
• Plan and participate safety and health audit and review in worksite.

Course Content

• Understanding Workplace Safety and Health Legislations
• WSH (WSH Committees) Regulations
• General Worksite Safety
• Mechanical Material Handling and Scaffold
• Excavation, Tunnelling Work and Compressed Air Environment
• Occupational Health
• An Overview of Risk Management
• Accident Prevention and Investigation
• Safety and Health Management System
• Safety and Health Audits

Course Duration: 34 hours including 4 hours of assessment.

Medium of Instruction: English

Teaching Methodology:

• Face to Face class room teaching
• The following blended learning methods are applied to maximize the learning outcome:
  • Login to the Eversafe Academy e-learning platform and self-study from anyplace.
    • Presentation slides
    • Watch the video
    • Self-assessment
    • Forum discussion

Learning Environment:   Our ergonomically designed class rooms are fully air-conditioned, equipped with white boards; audio/video equipment’s and free wi-fi

Qualification or experience of facilitators:

A facilitator and assessor of this course will possess the following:

1. At least 5 years relevant working experience; and
2. Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) qualification
3. Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety & Health

Key Person In charge: Monish V (Administrative Manager)

Class Size: Maximum 20

Facilitator/Learner Ratio: 1:20 for Theory Lesson & Assessment

Course Attendance: 75% Attendance

Assessment Advice

4 hour of written assessment, comprises of at least 2 Short Answer Questions, 2 Essay Questions, and 1 Case study question. The passing mark is 75%.

Course Fee Inclusive of GST: S$ 381.5

Funding & Claims

• 1. • Skills future credit/funding available

  SFC:

             -All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can us their $500 SkillFuture Credit from the government to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses. visit the SkillsFuture Credit website (www.skillsfuture.sg/credit) to choose from the courses available on the Training Exchange course directory

  Mandatory adoption of e-attendance via SingPass from 1 October 2023: As per the SSG regulation we are introducing “e-attendance via SingPass,” for participants applying for funding. To ensure a smooth process, please verify your SingPass app access before attending the course. Kindly note that manual attendance submissions will not be accepted for funding invoices. Thank you for your cooperation.

  SkillsFuture Singapore Hotline: For enquiries relating to skills, training and portal issues, please contact SkillsFuture Singapore at 6785 5785

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• UTAP

Certification

• Based on the successful completion of the course and assessment, a Statement of Attainment (SOA) from the Skillsfuture Singapore (SSG) and a Safety Pass from Eversafe Academy Pte. Ltd. will be awarded to the trainee.
• E-cert available

Course Venue

• 2 Kampong Kapor Rd, Little India, Singapore 208674
• 3 Soon Lee Street, #04-14/16&17, Pioneer Junction, Singapore-627606
• 2, Joo Koon Road, Singapore-628966

Renewal Points for professionals

• SDU Points: NA
• PDU Points: NA