(32nd Run)

PROGRAMME DETAILS
OBJECTIVE
Ever since the Workplace Safety and Health Act was
Date :5 FEB 2018 ( MONDAY)
enacted in Singapore in 2006, the safety scene in Singapore
has been revolutionized. Duration : 1 Day

Starting with the introduction of mandatory risk Time : 9.00 am – 4.30 pm

management for the three hazardous industries namely,
Venue : Devan Nair Institute
construction, manufacturing, and shipyards, the 80 Jurong East St 21
requirement was extended to six other sectors including Singapore 609607 (To confirm)
medical facilities and eating places in 2008, and in
September 2011 it covered all workplaces in Singapore. CPD Programme : 6PDU (To be Confirmed) /
6SDU (Confirmed) /
The Code of Practice for Risk Management was introduced 6 STU(Structural)
(Confirmed)
in 2011, and revised in 2012. A further revision is under way
and will be released shortly. Course Fees* : $246.10 (IES Member)
$288.90 (Non-member)
While many industries have caught on to the new approach
to reducing accidents and improving safety at the workplace Contact : Verline Chiam | 6460 4241 |
through risk management, confusion persists in certain verline.chiam@iesnet.org.sg
quarters on the scope of risk management, and the  Fees inclusive of 7% GST, course materials and
methodology for proper risk assessment and control. To refreshment.
 Limited seats available (first-come-first-served-basis)
guide the practitioners and broaden the coverage of the Act  Certificate of Attendance will be given to participants with
to all sectors, the course aims to review the procedures and 100% attendance.
recent changes to the Code of Practice.

Apart from reviewing and emphasizing the previous guidelines mainly focusing on small and medium enterprises,
the new Code expands the application to large enterprises, and suggests the numerical 5 by 5 risk matrix as a viable
option, the most recent changes pertaining to the impact and assessment of human factors.

The course will cover relevant portions of SS 506: Part 2: 2009, Singapore Standard on Occupational Safety
and Health Management, pertaining to hazard identification, risk assessment and determining controls.

Lecturer will bring into the course his extensive experience with risk management theory and practice.

FOR WHOM
This one-day course will be useful to engineers, contractors, and other occupational health and safety professionals
who wish to learn or review the existing risk management practices with special reference to the new Code. This
course will update their background to meet the additional recommendations beyond the guidelines available thus
far on risk assessment and control.
Management cadre may also do well to note the differences in the new Code from the previous guidelines and
understand their implications, because it may help in more efficient risk management and improve the safety
culture in their organizations. It will help clarify and explain many of the new concepts and methodologies
introduced in the new Code of Practice for Risk Management.
Emphasis will be on the implementation of the Code provisions and practical application of the principles with
particular reference to the modifications and additions.

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COURSE CONTENT
 Risk Management basics, definitions and terminology
 Hazard Identification, and risk assessment from severity and likelihood
 Basic 3×3 qualitative and numerical risk matrices
 Code recommendation of the 5×5 numerical risk matrix
 Interpretation of the 5 levels of severity and likelihood
 Implications of the level numbers and their products
 Grouping of the cells in the risk matrix into 3 categories
 Evaluation of the risk categories
 Additional controls according to hierarchy
 Other alternative risk matrix formulations
 Advantages and limitations of different matrices
 Preparation, risk register and other administrative matters
 Case Studies and applications to new sectors
 Applications to various sectors
 SS 506: Part 2: 2009 Singapore Standard on Occupational Safety and Health Management

 Holistic risk management

 Ergonomics and other considerations of human interaction with work
 Impact and assessment of human factors in risk management
 Hands-on exercise as time permits

LECTURER’S PROFILE
PROFESSOR N. KRISHNAMURTHY
B.Sc., B.E.(Civil), M.S.(CE),
Ph.D., F.ASCE, F.SSSS, F.IE(India), M.ASEE, M.ASSE, M.SISO, M.IE(Singapore)
Professor Krishnamurthy is currently Safety Consultant and Trainer in Singapore.
He is an Approved Consultant, Auditor, and Accredited Trainer of the Singapore
Ministry of Manpower, consulting for and teaching safety-related courses at IES
Academy, Singapore Construction Safety and Consultancy (SCAL) Academy, etc.
He was Chief Facilitator for safety-related workshops conducted by MOM and
SCAL. He consults for MOM, and Singapore and Indian companies.
He has more than five decades of teaching, research, and consultancy experience, including teaching short
courses for practicing engineers, in U.S.A., Singapore, India, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. In U.S.A. he held civil
engineering professorial positions in three American universities, in the last of which he was Department
Chairman. He has also held senior positions in the National University of Singapore, and the Mysore
University in India. He has written three books, co-authored or contributed to three more volumes, and
published over 85 refereed papers. He currently teaches at NUS, University of Newcastle (Australia) –
Singapore, IES, BCA, and other organisations.
For many years Prof. Krishnamurthy has been teaching courses and consulting related to workplace safety,
risk management and accident investigation. In Dec. 2009 he gave a course on Risk Management for Society
of Risk Analysis at Baltimore, MD, USA. He has written a book: “Introduction to Risk Management”, which has
been prescribed as text for the course “Risk Assessment and Management” at University of Newcastle
(Singapore). He conducts research for the Workplace Safety and Health Institute of Singapore.

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Registration Form
Risk Management Update with New Code of Practice 32nd Run
Date: 5 FEB 2018 (MONDAY)
Duration: 1 Day
Time: 9am – 4.30pm
CPD Programme: 6 PDU (To be Confirmed) / 6 SDU (Confirmed) / 6 STU (Structural)
(Confirmed)
Venue: IES Academy @ Jurong East
Course $246.10 (IES Member)
Fee: $288.90 (Non-member)
Course Verline Chiam
Coordinator: 6460 4241
verline.chiam@iesnet.org.sg
Last Date of Registration: 26 JAN 2018
Online Register Link: https://www.ies.org.sg/event_view.php?event_id=2098
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TERMS & CONDITIONS COURSE REGISTRATION
Registration
Any registration, whether on-line or fax will be on a first-come-first-served basis and will only be confirmed upon
receipt of full payment by Engineers Singapore Pte Ltd unless otherwise invoice to company.
All registrations must be submitted with duly completed registration form.

Closing Date & Payment

The closing date of the event will be 1 week prior to event commencement date or earlier. Cheques should be crossed ‘A/C
payee only’ and made payable to ‘Engineers Singapore Pte Ltd’, with the Title of The Event indicated clearly
written on the back of the cheques, and submitted with the duly completed registration forms to:
Att: Verline Chiam
IES Academy@Jurong East
Devan Nair Institute for Employment and Employability,
80 Jurong East Street 21, #04-10
Singapore 609607
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Full course fee shall be refunded subjected to 4.5% transection charge.

 NO refund otherwise.
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One time replacement is allowed only if written notice is received by us at least 1 week before the commencement of the
event. However, when an IES member is replaced by a non-member, the participant has to pay the difference in the
relevant fees.

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members. As a member, you enjoy UTAP funding at 50% of the unfunded course fee capped at $250 every year.

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