Total Workplace Safety and Health Programme

Find out how your company can work hand-in-hand with our service providers to achieve a healthy workforce in a safe workplace.

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Programme Overview
Who May Apply
Funding
Programme Details
How to Apply
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Programme Overview

Total Workplace Safety and Health (Total WSH) is an approach that looks at work, safety and health together. It includes:
• proactive, broad and integrated assessments of all risks in the workplace;
• safety; and
• occupational health and personal health, which includes mental well-being.

The Total WSH programme is a free one-year programme that pairs companies with Total WSH Service Providers who will work with them to identify health and safety risks in the workplace, and recommend interventions to address the risks. The programme also provides funding for certain interventions.

Who May Apply

You may apply if your company is based in Singapore and employs Singaporeans.

Your admission into the programme will be prioritised if your company belongs to the following sectors:

Construction
Manufacturing
Transport and Storage
Food and Beverage
Cleaning

Funding

Please see the table below for the funding available for the following interventions.

Intervention	Funding available
Non-invasive health screening This comprises measurement of blood pressure, height, weight and waist circumference.	Free for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents. Free for foreigners as long as there are Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents using the same non-invasive health screening session.
Invasive health screening This comprises the non-invasive health screening components above, and blood tests for cholesterol and glucose levels.	Free for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents aged 40 and above. Free for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents aged 39 and below, if they have been identified to be ‘at higher risk’ upon taking the Ministry of Health’s Diabetes Risk Assessment.
Ergonomics (Assessment + Coaching) Health & Safety Coaching Health & Safety Talks Physical Activity Sessions Nutritional Activities	Free for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents. Free for foreigners as long as there are Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents in the same session. Note: Each session requires a minimum participation of 15 persons.

Programme Details

Your Total WSH service provider will guide you through the programme's three steps below.

Step	Your service provider will...
Assessment	Conduct a walk-through assessment to identify significant risks in the workplace. Identify gaps in WSH management through a WSH questionnaire (PDF). Profile the health status of employees based on a basic health survey (PDF), completed by a representative number of employees.
Intervention	Recommend improvements to WSH management. Identify health issues that impact health and safety. Design and introduce broad-based or customised intervention programmes (e.g. work redesign or ergonomics).
Monitoring and Evaluation	Monitor the progress of intervention programmes. Evaluate their outcomes and effectiveness.