Online micro-learning component to Safety Orientation Course Recertification assessment
Equipping workers with up-to-date WSH knowledge and practices.
From January 2024, workers can access an online micro-learning component to prepare for their Safety Orientation Course Recertification assessment.
The micro-learning component empowers worker to take greater ownership of their own safety by:
- Equipping them with updated WSH knowledge, and
- Keeping them up-to-date every 2 years with changes in the industry and WSH best practices.
What topics does it include
The component includes modules based on high-risk work activities, such as work at height, vehicular safety, slips, trips and falls, and machinery safety.
Who does it apply to
This will be made available for workers in the construction sector, and progressively introduced to other sectors.
Micro-learning for the Construction Safety Orientation Course
Workers will be able to better manage their own safety, and that of their colleagues, if they engage in continuous learning on the latest WSH know-how and lessons from recent fatal incidents.
As announced in May 2023, the Ministry of Manpower and WSH Council will enable continuous WSH learning among workers, starting with construction, through a new online micro-learning component to the Construction Safety Orientation course (CSOC).
The micro-learning modules will refresh workers’ WSH knowledge on conducting high-risk work activities safely, such as work at height, and working around vehicles and machinery. The micro-learning will also offer learnings from recent cases to better prevent accidents.
It is delivered online in bite-sized modules in workers’ native languages, so workers can access the learning at their convenience, without having to go to a physical training centre.
From January 2024, the CSOC recertification assessment will include questions from the micro-learning topics. Workers that fail the recertification assessment will be required to complete the CSOC and micro-learning before trying the recertification again.
We strongly encourage construction companies to register their workers for the micro-learning, to better equip them to be safe, and to prepare them for their recertification assessment.
Construction companies can register their workers for the pilot run of the WSH micro-learning by NTUC Learning Hub or SCAL Academy from 14 July onwards
