The Sufficiency of Current Training Curriculum for Safety and Health Officer in Malaysia

Abstract

Reducing the incidence of industrial accidents is important because the question of workplace safety will be able to attract more foreign investment to the country. To achieve this goal, all parties need to play their respective roles, including employees and employers. Any negligence should be avoided in addition to the employer should also provide all security access in the workplace. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (OSHA), a competent Safety and Health Officer (SHO) is required to address safety and health issues in the workplace. However, having such qualifications to help manage workplace safety programs in a variety of industries with very different, challenging, and high-risk environments, seems inadequate. Therefore, a study was conducted to find answers to the question of eligibility and adequacy of an SHO training content to meet the needs of a very different and high-risk workplace and also the question of the adequacy of minimum academic qualifications to perform SHO tasks as specified in OSHA. Analysis of respondents' perceptions will show that the qualifications and content of current SHO training is sufficient to train safety and health officers to serve in various industries in the field of occupational safety and health to perform SHO duties as stipulated in the Occupational Safety and Health Officers Regulations and so on be a key factor in addressing the issue of fatal accidents and permanent disability in the workplace. Keywords: Safety and Health Act (OSHA); occupational safety and health (OSH); safety and health officer (SHO), training content, workplace.