COURSE OVERVIEW

Statistics from the Department of Statistics show that more than 79% of occupational accidents in the country occur in small and medium-sized industries. This is due to a lack of awareness about Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in these sectors and the absence of strict legislative provisions.

As a response, the Ministry of Human Resources, through the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), has amended the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994. One key amendment requires every company or agency with more than 5 employees to appoint an OSH Coordinator to assist the employer in OSH matters.

This course is designed to provide all the knowledge, input, and training as outlined by DOSH to qualify a person to be a certified and recognized OSH Coordinator.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Enhance OSH knowledge and skills
• Provide compliance assistance
• Promote a prevention culture
• Incorporate innovation in OSH practices
• Enforce OSH effectively

COURSE CONTENT

Topic 1: Challenges and Realities in SMEs

• Background, current conditions & SME categories
• Challenges faced by SME operators
• Examples of accidents and types of injuries in industries
• Importance of OSH culture in the workplace
• Characteristics, roles, appointment criteria, and benefits of an OSH Coordinator

Topic 2: Introduction to the Department & Legal Basics

• Functions & roles of the department
• History of OSH in Malaysia
• Key provisions of OSHA 1994 and Factories and Machinery Act 1967
• Benefits of enhancing OSH within organizations

Topic 3: Basic OSH Management in SMEs

• Employer’s duty to establish an OSH Policy
• Safety and Health Committees
• Accident reporting
• Emergency Action Plans

Topic 4: Chemical Management

• Identifying chemical hazards
• Safe handling of chemicals
• Health effects of chemicals
• “Cradle to Grave” concept

Topic 5: Introduction to Occupational Diseases

• Introduction to DOSH’s Occupational Health Division Malaysia
• Overview of Occupational Health
• Occupational disease statistics in Malaysia

Topic 6: Work-Related Road Risk (WRRC) Safety

• Road accident statistics (including accidents during travel and involving road-related work)
• Causes and impacts of road accidents
• WRRC management importance
• Introduction to Industry Code of Practice on OSH in Road Transport Activities 2010
• Driver, vehicle, and travel management
• Road safety management systems and initiatives

Topic 7: Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Risk Control (HIRARC)

• Definitions of hazard, risk, and danger
• Hazard identification methods
• Risk assessment process
• Risk assessment matrix
• Risk control hierarchy

Topic 7.1: Practical Training on Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Risk Control (HIRARC)

• Definitions of hazard, risk, and danger
• Hazard identification methods
• Group division
• Group exercises on HIRARC based on provided images and using forms
• Group discussions
• Presentations and Q&A session

Topic 8: Material Storage and Handling

• Interactive training on handling items provided
• Unplanned handling and storage of materials increases costs and the risk of accidents
• Effective storage examples
• Use of manual and mechanical aids
• Layout and storage items in the workplace based on Malaysia OSH law and WISE principles

Topic 9: Workstation Design & Lighting

• Definition of workstation
• Best workstation design (boosts productivity, reduces ergonomic risk)
• Interactive exercise – ‘Curve Tracking’
• Interactive exercise – ‘Seal Back’
• 4 workstation design principles
• Good lighting enhance productivity and quality of work
• 3 key lighting principles
• Interactive lighting exercise – ‘Adequate Light’

Topic 10: Productive Machine Safety

• Interactive exercise – ‘Paper Folding Exercise’
• Principles and type of guarding
• Types of feeder
• Types of Holding Equipment
• Effect of unsafe machine usage

Topic 11: Premises and Work-Related Welfare Facilities

• Basic methods to improve the workplace environment
• Connection between productivity and good work environments
• Benefits of welfare facilities
• Minimal cost in improving welfare facilities

DURATION

12 days

TARGET GROUP (BY DESIGNATION)

• Managers
• Engineers
• Executives
• Human Resources Managers
• Occupational Safety and Health Committees
• Workers
• Students

TARGETED INDUSTRY / INDUSTRIES

All sectors within Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)