A Workplace Safety & Health Officer (WSHO) is a safety professional who has a fundamental knowledge of, and experience in, occupational safety, health and environment.
WSHOs have to be appointed in shipyards, factories used for processing petroleum or petroleum products, factories in which building operations or works of engineering construction of a contract sum of S$10 million or more are carried out and any other factories in which 100 or more persons are employed*.
All registered Workplace Safety and Health Officers (WSHO) are issued with a registration card having a validity period of 2 years. To practise as a WSH Officer in Singapore, one has to be registered with Ministry of Manpower.
For more information, please refer to www.mom.gov.sg
There are many ways to serve as a WSH professional. WSH professionals may fall into four broad categories. Only WSH Officers are regulated and are required to be registered with the Ministry of Manpower.
For more information or assistance, contact us at enquiry@siso.org.sg
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