SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICER (SHO)

1.0 INTRODUCTION
In line with the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 and its Regulations to ensure a
competent person is employed to act as a Safety and Health Officer at the place of
work, the SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICER COMPETENCY COURSE (SHOCC)
represents a unique effort of SKILL SOLUTIONS SDN BHD to produce a pool of
qualifies safety & health officers for the industry towards the prevention and reduction of
occupational accident, injuries and illnesses in the country.

2.0 WHY SHO?

1. Currently with DOSH statistic, its show that market needs 30,000 SHO whereas SHO
registered with DOSH only 10,000 SHO only. This statistics above crucial indicators of market
demands for SHO.

2. We know that we will never be totally successful in preventing workplace

accidents. Therefore, SHO can help those who develop these conditions to recover and then
return to work. Decent work calls for the integration of economic and social objectives and for a
well-orchestrated combination of measures converging towards four strategic objectives,
namely rights of work, employment, social protection and social dialogue. However, the belief
that injury and disease go with the job should not be accepted.

3. SHO are the leaders in protecting people in the workplace and safeguarding the
environment. Therefore our activities must also show that OSH can add value to the
productivity and profitability of the businesses. OSHA 1994 firmly established that notion of
responsible self-management by business and extended duties to others that can influence
safety and health performance, such as Directors and CEOs. Since then, there has been some
success in transferring ownership of the problem and the solutions from the regulator to those
responsible for creating and managing the risk and this is a direction that we must continue to
move in.
4. Most company are now realize by decency the amount of accident in the workplace,
they can gain higher profit and maximize the manpower efficiency.

3.0 OBJECTIVES

Enhance the candidates knowledge in matters pertaining to occupational
safety and health concepts and principles

Train the candidate, enabling them to perform OSH activities to meet the

requirements of OSHA and its regulations

Share on-the-job
experience and give actual work exposures as SHO in
different industries

Display the skills, knowledge, and tools necessary to be a safety officer

Set up occupational, safety and health systems and procedures in their

Organizations

Recognize the legislative requirements of OSHA 1994 Regulations and

related
regulations

4.1 ENTRY REQUIREMENT

All level of staff with minimum of MCE/SPM education level. This is important in
order for them to sit the examination since SPM/MCE qualification is a minimum
standard requirement.

The candidate must have successfully completed the Safety and Health Officer (SHO)
Course conducted by any other training provider approved by DOSH (Skill Solution Sdn
Bhd is one of the approved training provider by DOSH)

AND

Possess at least an SPM, MCE, SPVM or equivalent certificate; OR

Possess at least SPM (Open Certificate) with the following conditions:

Sit for at least six (6) subjects; AND

Obtain at least grade 6C in Bahasa Melayu AND English AND
Mathematic; AND
Pass at least one (1) subject with at least grade 8E for subjects Science
OR Physics OR Chemistry OR Biology; AND
Pass other subjects such that the total number of subjects is at least six (6)
 Exemption to item 3.1 may be given to the following candidates:
Candidate who has completed the Executive Diploma in OSH
(Conducted by NIOSH in collaboration with Open University Malaysia) is exempted
from attending the SHO course
Candidate who has been given such exemption by DOSH or by the
Board of Examination, NIOSH.

However, any other interested staff can attended the course because they can equip
knowledge in OSH outside service environment and indirectly register with DOSH as
a competent SHO when they have minimum 10 years experience in OSH.

5.0 CERTIFICATION
Certificate of attendance will be presented to all participants at the end of the course.
Participants are required to meet 16 days of attendance requirements to qualify to sit
for the NIOSH SHO examination.

6.0 COURSE STRUCTURE

Total number of classroom/lecturer 19 days

Revision cum internal Examination 2 days
Site visit 1 day
Total number of module 4 Modules
Schedule Based on requirement

PRE REQUIREMENT

1) Internal examination will be conducted on completion of the 4

module covered in the programme.
2) The safety and Health Examination will be conducted by NIOSH at the
end of the course. The Examination will consist of Three papers based on the
following format:
Paper Module Section Type. of No. of Requirement Duration Fee
Questions questions
1 I &II A Objectives 20 questions Answer ALL 1 hour RM 250
(20%) questions
10 questions
Fill in the Answer ALL
blank/Brief questions
answer
(20%)
B Essay 5 questions Answer 2 hour
(60%) (questions 1 FOUR
& 2 are questions
compulsory)

(question 3,4
&5
-choose two
questions
only)
II III & IV A Objective 20 questions Answer ALL 1 hour RM 250
(20%) Questions

Fill in the 10 questions Answer ALL

blank/ questions
Brief answers
(20%)

B Essay 5 questions Answer 2 hour

(60%) (questions 1& FOUR
2 are questions
compulsory)

(question 3,4
& 5 choose
two questions
only)
III ALL 1 Practical 4 questions Answer ALL 2 hours RM450
Modules (40 %) questions 30 mint

2 Workplace 1 assignment 6weeks

Assignment
(25%)
3 Oral Test (35 Presentation 10 mint
%)
Q&A Session 20 mint
 All overall assessment will be based on a pass in all three papers in order to pass the
whole exam. Passing is pegged at 50% and decision of the Examination Panel is final.

7.0 METHODOLOGY
A combination of lectures, workshops, discussion and practical activities.

8.0 LANGUAGE MEDIUM

English and/or Bahasa Malaysia. The training can be executed in a dual language
option.

9.0 COURSE FEES

RM4, 707.00 (Ringgit Malaysia Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Seven Only)
per person for 22 Days including examination fees.

All the fees are inclusive of:

Professional fees

Module 1-4,

FMA Book

OSH Book

Certificate of achievement

Free review for WPA

10.0 COURSE CONTENT

MODULE 1 LAW

Objectives
Introduction to OHS Legislation
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994
Safety and Health Officer Regulation
Safety and Health Committee Regulation 1996 and Exercise
Classification, packaging and Labelling of Hazardous to Health
Regulation 2000
 Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards (CIMAH) Regulation
1996 Case Study
Factories and Machinery Act 1967
Regulation on Health
Regulation on Safety
Fire Services Act 1988 & Regulations
Employment Act & SOCSO
Petroleum Safety Measures Act 1984 and Gas Supply Act 1993
Introduction & Overview of other related legislation and code of practice

MODULE 2 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT

Objectives
Introduction
Historical Perspectives
Incident Prevention
OHS Policy Organization and Arrangements+(Mini Assignment
Policy) Risk Assessment and Management
OSH programme
OSH promotion and communication
Information Technology in OSH
Procurement and Contractor Management
Personal Protective Equipment for Safety and Health
Emergency Prevention, preparedness Response and
Recovery First Aid
Documentation + Mini Assignment (SOP)
Performance Measurement, Monitoring + Exercises (Calculation)
Incident Investigation and Corrective Action
Auditing and Revision Questions (mini assignment)
Management Review
OSH Management Systems and ILO OSH MS Guidelines
MODULE 3 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Objectives
Housekeeping and Physical
Arrangement Machinery Hazard
Safe Guarding of Machinery
Safe Machine operation
Safety of Hand Tools and Portable Power
Tools Maintenance of Machine, Guards and
Tools General Area Fencing
Transport safety Defensive driving
(Forklift) Manual handling
Mechanical Handling
Pressurized Equipment
Construction Safety
Fire Safety
Electrical Safety
Office Safety
Working in confined
space Welding Safety
Demonstration

MODULE 4 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Objectives
Overview of Occupational Health + OH Lab
Introduction and Fundamentals of Toxicology
Overview and Basic principles of Industrial
Hygiene Occupational Health Standards + IH Lab
Recognition of Hazards
Evaluation of Risk
Control of Hazards
Exercise of recognition and control of hazard
Physical Hazards: Nose, Radiation, Vibration, Pressurized Environmental,
Thermal stress
Classification of chemicals
Specific Hazards: Asbestos, Mineral Dust & Leads
Chemical Safety Data Sheet (CSDS), Packaging and Labelling +
Exercises on CSDS
Chemical Health Risk
Assessment Chemical Hazards
management Industrial Hygiene
Monitoring Ventilation and indoor
air Quality Pesticide
Biological Hazards
Ergonomics & Ergo Stress
Practical and Case study
Mental Workload