EVALUATE ERGONOMICS-RELATED HAZARDS

EVALUATE ERGONOMICS-RELATED HAZARDS

Funded

Course Duration

40.0 hr(s)

Mode of Assessment

  • Written Report
  • Written Test
  • Oral Questioning

Who Should Attend

The target audience of this competency unit may include:
 

  • Occupational Hygiene (OH) professionals such as OH technicians, officers and occupational hygienists, ergonomics practitioners, occupational health nurses who want to learn about evaluation of ergonomics risk at the workplace
  • Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) professionals, such as WSH Coordinators, Officers, and Auditors who want to learn about evaluation of ergonomics risk at the workplace

Course Overview

This unit covers the knowledge and techniques required to evaluate risks due to ergonomics at the workplace. It will include the evaluation of how concepts in ergonomics are applied in three main areas (Human-Body-Centred, Information-Centred and Organisation-Centred) at workplaces.

Courses Schedule

Next available schedule

Pre-requisites

These are the admission requirements:

(a) Literacy and Numeracy

  • WSQ Employability Skills Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Level 6; or
  • Grade C6 in GCE O Level for English and Mathematics

(b) Science

  • Grade C6 in GCE O Level Science (either Physics, Chemistry or Biology)

(c) Attitude, Skills and Knowledge

  • Recommended to have 2 years working experience in any industry

Note: All Modules will be assessed according to full qualification. You may also be required to undergo a pre-qualifying test. Applications without ALL the above required supporting documents will be considered incomplete and rejected. 

Payment is to be made after receiving an email of course acceptance from NTUC LearningHub.

Course Outline

  • Conduct ergonomic survey and evaluation to collect data on ergonomic factors
  • Analyse data
  • Verify evaluation results and assess ergonomics risks in accordance with the organisational risk management process
  • Control measures of ergonomics-related hazards
  • Measure the impact of ergonomics with the use of performance indicators

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

Upon successful completion and assessment of each training module, you will receive a Statement of Attainment (SOA).

Fees and Funding

Medium of Instruction & Trainer

Trainer: Trainee Ratio 1: 20

Price

  Individual Sponsored Company Sponsored
      Non-SME   SME  
  w/o GST w GST w/o GST w GST w/o GST w GST
Original Course Fee $1,232.00 $1,318.24 $1,232.00 $1,318.24 $1,232.00 $1,318.24
Singapore Citizens & PRs aged 21 years and above $632.00 $718.24 $632.00 $718.24 $123.20 $209.44
Singapore Citizens aged 40

 

years and above

(Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy)

$123.20 $209.44 $123.20 $209.44 $123.20 $209.44

Remarks:

SkillsConnect Code: CRS-Q-0022913-OH

Individual Sponsored

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding
  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their PSEA funds to offset course fee payable after funding
  • NTUC Union Members can use their UTAP Funding to offset course fee only after full deduction from their SkillsFuture Credit and PSEA funds (where applicable)

Company Sponsored

  • Absentee Payroll claimable by Non-SMEs: Up to 80% of hourly basic salary capped at $4.50/hr
  • Absentee Payroll claimable by SMEs: Up to 90% of hourly basic salary capped at $7.50/hr

SkillsFuture Credit

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after SSG funding

Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)

  • NTUC members enjoy UTAP* benefit of up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses with NTUC LearningHub

* UTAP supports 50% of the course fees paid cap at $250 per year. You must be a union member throughout the course duration and at the time of claim. You must achieve a minimum of 75% attendance for each application and have sat for all prescribed examinations. Other terms and conditions apply.

Terms and conditions apply. NTUC LearningHub reserve the right to make changes or improvements to any of the products described in this document without prior notice.

Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.

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