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TSC Category Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Management
TSC Workplace Safety and Health Framework Development and Implementation
TSC Description Develop Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) frameworks and implement procedures and practices to ensure a safe and reliable workplace environment
TSC Proficiency Level 1
Description EGS-WSH-1020-1.1
Identify Workplace Safety
and Health (WSH) policies,
procedures and practices in
the planning, preparation
and execution of work
activities
Knowledge  WSH policies,
procedures and practices
 Principles of hazard
identification and risk
assessment
 WSH in the workplace,
signages, muster points,
safety meetings
 WSH roles and
responsibilities
 WSH document filing,
storage and access
 Housekeeping policies,
procedures and practices
 Types and correct uses
of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
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Level 2
EGS-WSH-2020-1.1
Apply Workplace Safety and
Health (WSH) procedures
and practices in the
planning, preparation and
execution of work activities
 WSH policies,
procedures and practices
 Types and usage of
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
 Safety signs and symbols
 Methods of maintaining a
safe work environment
 WSH roles and
responsibilities
 WSH policies and
procedures that are
applicable to contractors
Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
EGS-WSH-3020-1.1 EGS-WSH-4020-1.1 EGS-WSH-5020-1.1 EGS-WSH-6020-1.1
Interpret Workplace Safety Facilitate the development Evaluate Workplace Safety Set direction for Workplace
and Health (WSH) policies, and implementation of and Health (WSH) Safety and Health (WSH)
standards, procedures and Workplace Safety and frameworks and systems to frameworks and systems to
practices to ensure Health (WSH) frameworks ensure effective meet the organisation’s
compliance with the WSH and procedures in control of implementation for the health, safety and
system operations, maintenance, control of operations, environmental objectives
contractor and other work maintenance, contractor and
activities other work activities
 Workplace Safety and  WSH policies,  WSH legal and other  Corporate and legal WSH
Health (WSH) Act, procedures and practices requirements responsibilities and
subsidiary legislations,  WSH roles and  WSH related industry accountabilities
regulations and Codes of responsibilities for Codes of Practice and  WSH implementation
Practice individual and team Singapore Standards methods and processes
 Roles and responsibilities  Methods of setting WSH  Methods to review,  Methods of developing
of stakeholders in safety team objectives measure and control and maintaining a
and health inspections  WSH legal and other WSH workplace activities proactive WSH
 Risk management requirements  WSH key performance organisational culture
processes  WSH related industry indicators (KPIs)  WSH improvement
 Methods and techniques Codes of Practice and  Techniques and methods methods in the workplace
to identify hazards, Singapore Standards to review WSH legal and within the workforce
evaluate risks and control  WSH rules and compliance
risks regulations  Methods of WSH audits
 Pitfalls of risk  WSH communication and management review
assessments methods
 Importance of risk  Emergency evacuation
management reviews and procedures
record keeping  Types and uses of
 Fire and Explosion Personal Protective
Prevention Equipment (PPE)
 Safe Work Practices in
Confined Space
 Mechanical, Electrical
and Health Hazards
 Elements of Process
Safety Management
System
 Occupational Safety and
Health Management
System (OSHMS)
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 Permit-to-Work systems
and processes
 Guidelines for issuing
permits
 Purposes and procedures
for Lock-Out-Tag-Out
(LOTO)
 Types and objectives of
safety and health
inspections
 ABC hazard rating
system
 Accident causation
theories and their
applications
 Incident report writing
techniques

Abilities  Comply with WSH  Comply with WSH  Comply with WSH
system in the workplace system in the workplace legislations, guidelines
 Perform routine  Maintain good and Codes of Practice
housekeeping duties housekeeping standards and provide input for risk
 Access WSH documents,  Ensure correct selection assessments
policies and procedures of Personal Protective  Identify hazards and
 Identify and select Equipment (PPE) control measures
appropriate personal  Ensure contractors  Comply with safety and
protective equipment comply with WSH policies health management
and procedures systems
 Contribute WSH  Implement a Permit-to-
improvement ideas Work system
 Conduct safety and
health inspections
 Conduct incident
investigations
 Develop and implement  Manage and direct WSH  Drive WSH strategic
WSH standards and activities plans
practices  Set and monitor WSH  Endorse WSH policies
 Ensure compliance with targets and KPIs and frameworks
WSH policies and  Manage and review WSH  Liaise with external
procedures within team performance governing bodies on
and areas of  Audit WSH system in standards and legal
accountabilities accordance with legal compliance issues
 Ensure WSH roles and and system requirements  Integrate WSH elements
responsibilities are  Recommend continuous into the organisation’s
defined, rolled out, improvement of WSH systems holistically
understood and policies and procedures  Drive WSH audits
monitored  Communicate WSH  Communicate WSH
 Ensure compliance with performance across the performance both internal
workplace procedures for organisation and externally
risk control measures  Drive WSH continuous
 Communicate WSH improvement activities
procedures and risk and projects
control measures to staff  Drive an effective and
and contractors and responsible WSH culture
provide training if
required
 Ensure signages are in
line with framework
requirements
 Supervise programmes to
ensure emergency
equipment is identified,
available and maintained

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 Recommend
improvements to WSH
framework procedures to
enhance the
organisation’s ability to
comply with regulatory
requirements

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