By Violet Ooi
Projek Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Bhd (Propel) in collaboration with the National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) has launched Malaysia’s first occupational safety & health passport for highway maintenance called PROPEL Safety Passport (PSP).
According to Propel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Faber Group Bhd, the PSP induction programme aims to help employees and contractors meet the health and safety legislation requirements.
It is a series of training module catered specifically for Propel’s employees and contractors in highway maintenance which provides training and assessment. This is to ensure that participants obtain the necessary safety and health knowledge as well as awareness required to perform their jobs, comply to legislative requirements and companies’ policies.
Training modules, case study, discussion and role play methodologies widely recognized locally and internationally are used in the programme.
The course will ensure that all its contractors have a thorough understanding in general health and safety matters.
Lee Lam Thye, the chairman of NIOSH praised Propel’s effort in being responsible for the safety, health and welfare of its staff and contractors. He added a safe workplace and healthy employees will enable them to perform their duties well which is closely linked to company’s productivity.
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Azmir Merican, the managing director and CEO of Faber Group Bhd said that Faber is committed to the programme.
“As a major total asset management company in Malaysia, we are committed to proactively initiate and lead the PSP induction programme, to inculcate safety awareness at the workplace amongst our employees and contractors,” he said.
Wan Azman Wan Salleh, managing director of Propel also added that the leadership teams across organisations is the key to leading this paradigm shift in transforming health and safety culture.
“As the major infrastructure and highway maintenance company in Malaysia, PROPEL feels obliged to proactively initiate and lead a Safety Passport Program,” he said.
The event also saw the launch of Propel’s internal competency development programme called Competency for Infrastructure Maintenance (CIM) targeted at the company’s frontliners which makes up of non-executives working at the sites. These include propel intervention team (PIT), machine and plant operators, technicians as well as supervisors.
According to Propel, CIM aims to enhance and standardize competencies among Propel’s operations and project teams which indirectly would translate into better employees’ attitude, skills and knowledge in addition to enhancing the company’s efficiency.
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