SDWSH2 - WSQ SPECIALIST DIPLOMA IN WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH (SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING)

The WSQ Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health (SDWSH) qualification is designed for individuals, such as yourself, who are keen to join the Workplace Safety and Health profession as WSH Officers. It is a recognised qualification for registration as a WSH Officer under the WSH Act.

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Design and Implement Behavioural Safety Programme
• Establish and Review Emergency Preparedness and Response Plans
• Identify WSH Hazards & Maintain Risk Control Measures
• Manage WSH Risks
• Compose Technical Report
• Manage Internal WSH Audit System
• Recommend WSH Control Measures
• Develop a WSH Culture
• Establish and Manage WSH Incident Investigation and Analysis Processes
• Establish Measurement and Monitoring of WSH Performance
• Establish WSH Policy and Advise on WSH Legal Compliance Issues
• Develop a WSH Management System
• Lead Workplace Communications

Pre-requisites

Track 1

• Technology/Science/Engineering diploma/degree from Local Universities or Polytechnics Foreign qualifications to be considered with reference to PEB Notification
• 2 years of WSH relevant working experience
• Completed 3 Pre Requisite, with 1 module from Industry & 1 module from Soft Skills

Track 2

• WPLN6/‘O’ Level English C6 & WPLN6/‘O’ Level Maths C6 & ‘O’ Level Physics C6/Physics bridging course
• Possess WSH skills and knowledge equivalent to Level B
• 2 yrs of post-Advanced Certificate in WSH (Level B) working experience
• Completed 3 Pre Requisite, with 1 module from Industry & 1 module from Soft Skills

Track 3

• WPLN6/‘O’ Level English Grade C6 & WPLN 6/‘O’ Level Maths C6 & ‘O’ Level Physics C6/Physics bridging course
• Possess WSH skills and knowledge equivalent to Level B
• 5 yrs of WSH working experience with 2 yrs of which should be recent working experience
• Completed 3 Pre Requisite, with 1 module from Industry & 1 module from Soft Skills

Group 1 Pre-Requisite modules (Do both)

• Manage WSH in Construction Industry (MWSHCI2)
• Manage WSH in Manufacturing Industry (MWSHMI2)

Group 2 Pre-Requisite module

• Problem Identification L4 (WSHPI4)
• Hardware & Software
  This course will be conducted as a Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom platform. Participants must own a zoom account and have a laptop or a desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed. This can be downloaded from https://zoom.us/download

Course Outline

Module 1. Design and Implement Behavioural Safety Programme

1. Overview of Behavioural Safety Management
2. BSP Design Parameters

Module 2. Establish and Review Emergency Preparedness and Response Plans

1. Overview of Emergency Response Management
2. Hazard and Vulnerability Assessments for Emergency Scenarios

Module 3. Identify WSH Hazards & Maintain Risk Control Measures

1. Overview of Hazard Identification
2. Risk Management Plan

Module 4. Manage WSH Risks

1. Overview of Risk Management
2. Risk management plan

Module 5. Compose Technical Report

1. Technical report objectives and requirements
2. Data Analysis

Module 6. Manage Internal WSH Audit System

1. Overview of WSH Audit System Management
2. Internal WSH Audit Protocols

Module 7. Recommend WSH Control Measures

1. Overview of WSH Control Measures
2. Risk control strategy

Module 8. Develop a WSH Culture

1. Overview of WSH Culture Management
2. Organisational WSH Culture Profile

Module 9. Establish and Manage WSH Incident Investigation and Analysis Processes

1. Overview of WSH Incident Management
2. Establishing the Investigation, analysis and reporting processes

Module 10. Establish Measurement and Monitoring of WSH Performance

1. Overview of WSH Incident Management
2. WSH performance measurement parameters

Module 11. Establish WSH Policy and Advise on WSH Legal Compliance Issues

1. Overview of WSH Incident Management
2. WSH performance measurement parameters

Module 12. Develop a WSH Management System

1. Overview of WSH Policy Development
2. WSH policy statements, objectives, and organization structures

Module 13. Workplace Communications L5

1. Employee Perception of the Organisation
2. Develop Communication Platforms

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

Upon meeting attendance requirements and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive an e-Statement of Attainment (SOA) from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).