ITE Collaborates with Industry to Set Up a Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) Assurance Centre

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1 ITE 06/18/01 Press Release No. 14/14 ITE Collaborates with Industry to Set Up a Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) Assurance Centre MOU signed with four companies to enhance student and staff capability in HSEQ More companies are recognising the relevance and importance of health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) related policies, systems and processes to their businesses. Coupled with state legislation such as the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, the Fire Safety Act 1994, and the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, HSEQ is becoming crucial to businesses in achieving good quality products and services, delivered with high standards of safety and safeguard for environment. 2 Aligned with the Government s direction and the growing importance of HSEQ, ITE will be setting up a HSEQ Centre for its Engineering students at ITE College West. It will be launched with strong support from Endress+Hauser (S.E.A) Pte Ltd, Hexcel Solutions Pte Ltd, Non-Destructive Testing Society Singapore, and Rotary Engineering Limited. 3 They signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ITE today to collaborate in training students in HSEQ. This is the first multi-party collaboration of its kind to develop HSEQ-ready manpower. A Win-Win Partnership 4 The five partners will play a key role in training students to have HSEQ skills to meet growing industry s demands. Students and staff can learn from industry experts through industry attachments, transfer of knowledge and expertise, and organisation of forums and workshops. 1

2 5 A series of training programmes have been planned, such as, the Construction Safety Orientation Course (CSOC) incorporating Working At Height (WAH), Metalworking Safety Orientation Course (MSOC), Workplace Safety & Health (WSH) Management, and Environmental Management. Upon completion of a course, students will be issued with a pass that allows them to undergo internship or seek employment in the relevant industry. Sponsorship of Facilities, Materials and Equipment 6 To conduct these courses, the industry partners have sponsored key facilities and equipment to create an authentic learning environment. For example, the ITE-Rotary Engineering s Working At Height Training Centre will conduct training for safety in the construction industry. Also, Hexcel Solutions will complement ITE's Fire Safety Programme with four dynamic, realistic, safe and environmentally-friendly fire simulators. This includes a 12-metre Mobile Fire Trainer (MFT) the first-of-its-kind in the region. The realistic learning environment will facilitate fundamental understanding of HSEQ, and enable students to grasp skills easily. 7 E-Learning materials will also be made available to students to gain knowledge on HSEQ at their own time. Endress+Hauser has sponsored a suite of six e-learning courses that come with a Learning Management System for ITE students. 8 Also, ITE will be assisted by the Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Society Singapore [NDTSS] to become an Authorised Qualifying Body offering training in NDT areas, such as Ultrasonic Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing, Penetrant Testing and Visual and Optical Testing. NDTSS will provide ITE with the training syllabus and list of training equipment, as reference materials to conduct training. 9 Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO, ITE, viewed that the setting up of an integrated Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Centre within ITE is timely. He shared, "These fields are critical to business success. Having a one-stop HSEQ Centre will value-add to students' learning and help them understand how these areas are intertwined to help organisations deliver high quality products and services. We are glad that four industry partners are committed towards supporting our efforts in developing HSEQ-trained manpower. Media Contacts 10 The media is invited to publicise the contents of this release. For further information, please contact: 2

3 Ms Shalini V Head/Publicity Institute of Technical Education Tel: / Shalini_V@ite.edu.sg Ms Salbiah Siraj Marketing Communication Executive Endress+Hauser (SEA) Pte Ltd salbiah.siraj@sg.endress.com Mr P. Pugalendhi Hon. Secretary, Non-Destructive Testing Society Singapore pugal@ndtss.org.sg Ms Tang Siew Yee Manager, Business Development Department, Rotary Engineering Limited Tel: tang.siewyee@rotaryeng.com.sg Released on: 31 Oct 14 3

4 About ITE The Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Singapore, was established as a postsecondary education institution in 1992 under the Ministry of Education. ITE is a principal provider of career and technical education and key developer of national occupational skills certification and standards to enhance Singapore's workforce competitiveness. Under its "One ITE System, Three Colleges" Model of Education and Governance, ITE has three Colleges, comprising ITE College Central, ITE College East and ITE College West. For more information, visit: About Endress+Hauser (S.E.A) Pte Ltd Endress+Hauser is a global leader in measurement instrumentation, services and engineered solutions for industrial processes. Providing process solutions for flow, level, pressure, analytics, temperature, recording and digital communications, optimizing processes in terms of economic efficiency, safety and environmental impact. Our customers come from a wide variety of industries, including chemical, petrochemical, food & beverage, oil & gas, water & waste water, power & energy and life sciences. For more details, please log on to About Hexcel Solutions Pte Ltd Hexcel Solutions Pte Ltd is Asia s leading provider of fire simulators and equipment for the fire and rescue services across various industries. Hexcel combined the latest technology into its engineering designs for its clients. As the specialist in designing, manufacturing, installing and maintaining fire training simulators, Hexcel has established proven high-quality products with the highest safety standards for the protection of the trainees. We formulate the best fire & rescue training systems to revolutionise firefighters training and safety. About Non-Destructive Testing Society Singapore Non-Destructive Testing Society (Singapore) was established in 1997 as a non-profitable voluntary organization to serve the local NDT professionals and Industry. It was engaged in providing latest information on technical developments to the local community through meeting and technical talks. NDTSS is a full member of ICNDT (International committee for NDT) & full member of APFNDT (Asia pacific federation for Non-destructive Testing). NDTSS is a part of executive board member of both ICNDT & APFNDT. NDTSS will host the next Asia pacific conference (15 th APCNDT) for Non Destructive Testing in The society has over 250 members got benefited by keeping update with the technology. For more details visit About Rotary Engineering Ltd Rotary Engineering Limited is one of the region s largest Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Maintenance (EPCM) partner to the oil and gas, petrochemical, petroleum and pharmaceutical industries. When it comes to oil and gas bulk liquid storage projects, there are few established operators in Asia who can match the rich heritage or the global experience, expertise and sheer capacity of our organisation. 4

5 Headquartered in Singapore, Rotary has established a strong presence in the Asia-Pacific region and continues to make its mark as a global player. Established in 1972, Rotary has forged a reputation built on its hallmark traits of providing quality services, within budget, safely and on-time delivery. Today, we have about 7,000 employees and we operate in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Oman, Saudi Arabia and UAE. With pride and dedication, we will continue to provide unrivalled project management, intelligent solution implementation and extensive support to all our clients worldwide. Rotary is ISO 9000, ISO14000, OHSAS certified and is listed on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange since