Siso Academy

Introduction

SISO Academy Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SISO, was set up to meet and align Workplace Safety and Health learning and development activities for the benefit of the local and regional workforce. 

Incorporated on 6 May 2016, SISO Academy consolidates more than 40 years of WSH expertise to provide a wide range of WSH Continuing Professional Development programmes that are taught by dedicated and very experienced subject matter experts.

Siso Academy's Vision

The Academy’s vision is to be the leading Workplace Safety and Health Learning Institution in Asia that develops and transforms WSH Professionals.

Siso Academy's Mission

• To establish standards for competencies and practices for WSH Professionals.

• To identify new professional skills for improvement.

• To uphold the high standards of professional practices and develop value-creating WSH Professionals to meet industry expectations and align with global developments and innovations.

• To promote and cultivate individual with positive WSH attributes and ownership.

• To transform the WSH profession.

Objectives Of The Academy

• To help WSH Professionals to continue building up their skills, knowledge and attributes to stay employable and productive beyond their basic qualifications through a systematic lifelong learning journey.

• To promote and cultivate positive TWSH within the organisations.

• To develop new professional skills to improve effectiveness while maintaining up-to-date technical competency.

• To develop ‘bite-size’ modular workplace learning rather than academic qualifications for WSH professionals.

• To cultivate affiliation and cooperation with other international Occupational Safety and Health accreditation bodies/organisations and gain recognition for Singapore WSH Professionals.

• To provide a one-stop TWSH solutions for organisations.

Who Is WSHO ?

A Workplace Safety & Health Officer (WSHO) is a safety professional who has a fundamental knowledge of, and experience in, occupational safety, health and environment.

The primary role of a WSHO is the protection of lives and the prevention of harm to property and the environment.

In Singapore, WSHOs are regulated by the Workplace Safety and Health (Workplace Safety and Health Officers) Regulations. Under the Regulations, 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.

In order to be a WSHO, one must initially have successfully completed a training course to equip himself/herself to be a WSHO and have at least 2 years practical experience relevant to the work to be performed by a WSHO in Singapore.

Generally, WSH professionals can be segregated into the following 4 categories. However, only WSH Officers are regulated and required to be registered with the Ministry of Manpower in order to practise as such.