Design for Safety (DfS): A lifetime approach for DDC (Developer-Designer-Contractor)

Date: To be advised
Duration: 1 day, 0900 – 1800hr
Venue: NUS eLearning Platform
MOM-WSHO-SDU: 8 points
PEB-PE-PDU: 5 points

Registration date: To be advised

Introduction

In 1998/1999, the Construction 21 recommended to introduce the Construction (Design and Management) regulations (now WSH (DfS) Regulations) after the enactment of the Occupational and Safety Health Act (OSHA) (Now WSH Act) in 2000/ 2001. These were supported by MOM, BCA and CIJC.

The WSH Act was introduced on 1st Mar 2006 and repealed the Factories Act (Chapter 104, 1998 Revised Edition). The WSH Council was formed in 1 Apr 2008 and published the “Guidelines on DfS in Buildings and Structures” as best practices in the same year.

The Train-The-Trainer (TTT) course was jointly conducted by WSH Council and ESIS Asia Pacific Pte Ltd back in 2009. The first batch of Project Safety & Health Coordinator (PSHC) received the competency training certificate on July 2010. (Note: The title of PSHC was changed to DfS Coordinator in 2011 and DfS Professional in 2015).

The WSH (DfS) Regulations was enacted on 10th Jul 2015 and became effective on 1st August 2016. The WSH Council replaced the “Guidelines on DfS in Buildings and Structures” to “WSH Guidelines-DfS” on that same day. (Note: The WSH Guidelines-DfS is not fall under the WSH (Approved codes of practices) Notification)

DfS requires stakeholders (DDC) to work together to address risks at source and plan for safe work with regards to building structures in a workplace. By working together, stakeholders can identify and eliminate or reduce, as far as reasonably practicable, all foreseeable design risk(s) to any person’s safety or health.

In order to benefit from DfS, we will need DDC to understand the DfS intent and implement it when the Developer first appoints the Designer as it is best to resolve DfS issues at source. It is in DDC’s interest to understand how DfS can tackle their design risks. We wish to share with DDC how to be proactive by taking ownership of DfS right at the design stage and further down the pipeline, at the construction stage.

Course outline

Upon completion of this training course, participants will have the basic skills and knowledge to take part in the Design for Safety review meeting and able to:

1. Assist the Risk Owner (i.e. DDC) to address and identify means to eliminate or mitigate the risk inherent in the design of a construction project so as to reduce the safety and health risks during the life cycle of the structure/ building, i.e. construction, occupation/ operations, maintenance/repair, A&A and demolition;
2. Coordinate the flow of the construction project safety and health risks information among the DDC from the design stage to the construction stage until the handover to the Developer for occupation and maintenance

Who should attend?

Developers (Public& Private), designers (Arch, C&S, M&E, Specialist), contractors (EPC, Main Contractor/ Builder), RE, RTO and WSH Professionals, engineers involved in the Management of Change (MOC) reviews, process design and projects

In general, the course would be useful to beginner to intermediate process engineers, process designers, process safety engineers, project engineers

Prerequisites

Engineering background with a basic understanding on WSH safety and construction methodology in process/ oil& gas, construction, etc.

Course content

• DfS background and introduction
  • ISD (Inherently safer design) approach
  • GUIDE process approach
  • PSR (Project safety review) approach
• Overview of DfS competency
  • Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3
• DfS case studies and examples
• DfS Quiz

Training Delivery Mode

Online

S$1,530 subject to 8% GST. Singapore SkillsFuture Funding is not applicable.
20% discount for corporate group registrations (minimum two participants) and members of NUS Alumni Safety, Health & Environment Society.

For further enquiries, please email cheers@nus.edu.sg.

Trainer’s profile

Mr. Jason Oh

Jason has 25 years of Project Engineering Design, Construction and Management experience. He is the Principal Consultant/ DfS Professional of JOH Safety Consultancy Pte Ltd (www.johsafetyconsultancy.com). He started from ground as Project Engineer, Safety Officer/ Manager, WSH Auditor, Civil & Structural Designer, Contractor& Developer Project Manager and Design for Safety Professional. The projects ranged from infra-structures, heavy industry, chemical warehouse, process plant, School, Hotel, Resort, Private and Public Residential housing projects.

Founding Executive Committee member of IOSH (Singapore Branch) (2011); Ex. IOSH (Singapore Branch) Executive Committee member (2011-2014) (2017-2019). Ex. Council member of IES (2011-2015) and Past Chairman for the Health & Safety Engineering Technical Committee, IES (2011 to 2015). Convenor for the CP 63:1996 (2005) review committee (Code of Practice for the Lifting of persons in work platforms suspended from cranes) (Replaced by SS 617:2016);Co- Convenor for the Singapore Standard (SS 559: 2010) review committee (Code of Practice for Safe use of Tower cranes) (2017-2019). Registered DfS Professional (WSHC) and Vision Zero Trainer (ISSA)