WSQ Apply Workplace Safety and Health in Shipyard (General Trade)

Course Reference No.: TGS-2020503315

Course Unit Code: MF-COM-123E-1

Previously known as Shipyard Safety Instruction Course for Workers - General Trade, this unit is a mandatory WSH training course for workers in general trade operating in the shipbuilding and ship repairing work environment.

This course aims to provide learners with the knowledge and skills to recognize the safety hazards at shipyard work, know the preventive measures to be adopted, and the importance of observing safety signs and safe work procedures operating in the shipbuilding and ship repairing work environment.

On completion of this unit, learners will have the knowledge and skills to Apply Shipyard Safety in General Trade operating in the shipbuilding and ship repairing work environment

8 hours (Classroom Training – 7 hours, Assessment – 1 hour)

• The learning objectives are:
  • Understand applicable legal obligations in workplace safety and health for shipyard
  • Identify hazards in a shipyard
  • Recognise the different types of industrial safety signs
  • Understand the application process for safety permit prior to hot work
  • Don personal protective equipment relevant to work in the shipyard
  • Apply safety precautions when working with different hazards
  • Respond to fire and emergency situations in the shipyard

• At the end of the course, learners are required to complete a total 1 hour of written assessment (MCQ).

• Learners are assumed to:
  • Employability Skills (ES) Workplace Literacy level 3 and above.
  • Be able to manipulate numbers at a proficiency level equivalent to ES Workplace Numeracy level 3 and above.

• A competent Shipyard worker must have a sense of “safety awareness” and is expected to take personal responsibility for his own safety as well as look out for the safety of his co-workers.