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. This presentation discussed the roles of WSH Officers in the WSH ecosystem and how individual can plan for their career growth in this profession. Quotes from Steve Job Commencement Speech 2005 @ Stanford University were used to motivate the participants.

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Singapore Institution
of Safety Officers
WSH Professionals: Career Talk
by
Goh Chye Guan
BSc HF in Safety, UniSIM
31 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.
AboutSISO
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
AboutSISO

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Professional
Development
Government
and
International
Affairs
Practice &
Competency
Standing
Committees
Secretariat
Office
Government
Agencies
Strategic
Partners
Executive
CommitteeAboutSISO
Formal
Qualifications
Workshops /
Courses
Professional
Development
Events /
Conferences
WSQ WSH Training
Programmes
WDA Programme
Partner
2 major annual
conferences
Collaborative events
with strategic partners
MOM / WDA
Approved Providers
bizSAFE / BISH /
SCT
AboutSISO

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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
WSHEcosystem
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.
WSHProfessionals

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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
WSHTraining
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

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Page 9, 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 Three
7-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. Proactive
3. Pre-Contact
1. Updated Model
2. From WSH to Risk
3. From Risk to Integrated Risk
1. The Factories Act
2. Prescriptive / Reactive
3. Post-contact
MOL: FI - DIS
1983 1991
DNV – SC2
1998
IRM
2005
1. Mgt of risk at source
2. Ownership of WSH
3. Higher penalty for poor
safety mgt
1. Promulgation of WSH Act
2. Merger of OSD, OHD and
WICD
3. 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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