SKILLS FRAMEWORK FOR WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH
TECHNICAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES (TSC) REFERENCE DOCUMENT
TSC Category Workplace Safety and Health Management
TSC Workplace Safety and Health Management in Construction Industry
TSC Description Manage operational issues associated with the controls and put in place appropriate risk control measures in the construction industry
TSC Proficiency Level 1 Level 2
Description WPH-WSH-2080-1.1
Identify common safety and
health hazards and support
appropriate control
measures in worksite
Knowledge  Importance of
Workplace Safety and
Health (WSH)
 Consequences of unsafe
work practices and
workplace conditions
 Salient WSH legal and
other requirements
relevant to construction
industry
 WSH (Construction)
Regulations
 Overview of WSH
management system
 WSH duties and
responsibilities of
supervisor in the
construction industry
 Safety and health
planning and
organisation
 Risk management
process
 Typical construction
activities
 Permit-to-work for high-
risk construction works
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Oversee or supervise works Mitigate operational issues Handle operational issues
or processes carried out in associated with the controls associated with the controls
worksite safely and without and support implementation and management of risks in
any risks to health of control measures in the the construction industry
construction industry
 Importance of Workplace  Key types of trades and  Key types of trades and
Safety and Health working environment in working environment in
(WSH) the construction industry the construction industry
 Consequences of unsafe  WSH legal and other  Applicable WSH legal
work practices and requirements for the and other requirements
workplace conditions construction industry for the construction
 Salient WSH legal and  Types of WSH hazards industry
other requirements and risks including  Types of WSH hazards
relevant to construction personal health issues and risks including
industry in the construction personal health issues
 WSH (Construction) industry in the construction
Regulations  Control measures to industry
 Overview of WSH address hazards and  Control measures to
management system risks in the construction address hazards and
 WSH duties and industry risks in the construction
responsibilities of  WSH training for industry
supervisor in the construction industry  WSH training for
construction industry  Methods of monitoring construction industry
 Safety and health the implementation of  Methods of monitoring
planning and control measures the implementation of
organisation  Status report of an control measures
 Risk management implementation plan  Status report of an
process implementation plan
 Typical construction
activities
 Permit-to-work for high-
risk construction works
 Typical WSH hazards
including personal health
issues
 WSH control measures
 Methods for hazards
identification
 Types of organisational
WSH inspections
 Incident investigation
and reporting
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TECHNICAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES (TSC) REFERENCE DOCUMENT

Abilities  Support in safe work  Explain and interpret  Identify WSH hazards  Identify WSH hazards
practices and risk control salient WSH legislations and assess the risks and assess the risks
procedures and other requirements including personal health including personal health
relevant to construction issues of key trades and issues of key trades and
 Participate in workplace
industry daily work activities in daily work activities in
safety and health  Describe WSH duties the construction industry the construction industry
management activities and responsibilities of a in accordance to in accordance to
 Support workplace supervisor in organisational organisational
emergency response construction industry procedures and legal procedures and legal
procedures  Assist in safety and requirements requirements
health planning and  Support the  Develop the control
organisation at worksite development of control measures to address the
 Identify WSH hazards measures to address the WSH hazards and risks
including personal health WSH hazards and risks identified
issues, evaluate and identified  Formulate
control risks in  Carry out implementation plan in
construction industry in implementation plan in accordance to the
accordance with risk accordance to the organisational risk
management process organisational risk management plan
 Carry out WSH management plan  Communicate WSH
inspections in  Communicate WSH hazards and risks,
accordance with hazards and risks, proposed control
organisational inspection proposed control measures and
procedures measures and implementation plan to
 Conduct incident implementation plan to relevant stakeholders
investigations and relevant stakeholders  Monitor implementation
prepare reports in  Implement control of control measures in
accordance with legal measures in daily work daily work activities
requirements and other activities  Report to management
organisational  Assist in the compilation on the status of the
requirements of report to management implementation plan
on the status of the
implementation plan

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