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DIRECTORY OF SINGAPORE PROCESS & CHEMICALS INDUSTRIES 2021/2022
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS |
“To facilitate change and the development of new areas of policy, in order to maintain global competitiveness, productivity and business sustainability and to deal with emerging challenges to the engineering services providers in the process sector”
Government Advocacy
UPDATE ON INCIDENT RESPONSE AND MANAGEMENT PLAN BY EDB
In partnership with the EDB and ESG, To better prepare employers, Mr David also
ASPRI organised a webinar on 11
December 2020 for members to better understand the COVID-positive Incident Response and Management Plan. Close to 70 attendees joined the session. Even though the number of infected cases in the process sector was small, it was still important for companies to keep abreast of the latest protocols to protect their workers as well as businesses to minimise disruptions.
Mr Darren David, Senior Associate, Central COVID-19 Operations, brought attendees through the Risk Assessment Matrix, a guideline put together for companies to assess their worksite transmission risk level. As it serves as a determining factor of whether EDB issues a Stop Work Order (SWO), it is important for members to understand it in great detail.
shared the steps to follow if a COVID positive case is reported at a worksite, highlighting that there are five additional steps for employers to comply as compared to the previous protocol.
In his sharing, Mr Roy Ding, Senior Manager of COVID Audit & Inspection, presented a summary of findings at the 136 sites that were inspected and identified the common infractions observed at those sites. The information was meant to help members to better review the Safe Management Measures they have in place to ensure they are in line with the requirements.
The Q&A session facilitated by ASPRI’s Executive Director Mr Wayne Yap, allowed members to clarify their doubts with Mr Kwang Koon Way, Vice President of the Central COVID- 19 Operations of EDB, and the members of his team present.
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