About the Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) Safety & Health Committee

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 The Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) came in effect on 1 March 2006. The Act requires stakeholders to take reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety and health of all workers in the workplace and other people that are affected by the work being carried out.  

In line with the WSHA Act, the ECE Safety Committee is committed to promoting and maintaining a safe and healthy working and studying environment for all staff, students and visitors in the department. Fulfilling this commitment is no small task due to diversified nature of activities and work being carried out in the ECE department. It requires close guidance from the management team and strong support and active participation from every staff and student working and studying in this department.  

The current Committee comprises of Deputy Head (Admin) as an adviser, Chairman, Safety Consultant, Departmental Safety Co-ordinators, Fire Safety Co-ordinators, Chief First-Aider, Acting License Holder for hazardous substances, and Collator for Laser Licenses. Working closely with OSHE (NUS Office of Safety, Health & Environment) and Faculty Safety Unit, the Committee is tasked to oversee that all safety management systems and procedures are in place, and rules and regulations are complied. To achieve this goal, the Committee conducts monthly safety inspection of selected laboratories and discusses the findings immediately after the inspection in every monthly Safety and Health committee meeting. The Committee will give reasonably practicable recommendations to address and eventually resolve all issues related to safety, health and environment surfaced during each inspection. In addition to regular monthly activities, the Committee, under the guidance of the Faculty Safety Unit, also takes responsibilities in coordinating annual safety compliance audits, certification audits, internal audits, Safety Management System (SMS) training and corrective verifications. The Committee has gained recognition for its efforts through receiving various awards such as ASPHA (NUS Annual Safety & Health Performance Award) and SHIP (NUS Safety & Health Improvement Projects Scheme, organised by OSHE.

 The Committee is pleased to see the rapidly increasing awareness of workplace safety and heath in our department in recent years. We look forward to your continuing efforts to make ECE department a safe place to work and study.

 A/P Tan Leng Seow

Chairman, ECE Safety & Health Committee