Factory Visit to Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd (Pandan Oil Terminal)

As part of our ongoing effort to promote and share best practices of occupational health and hygiene, the Occupational and Environmental Health Society (OEHS) is organising a visit to Shell Pandan Oil Terminal at 31 Pandan Road, Singapore on 13 Feb 2012, 2-4 pm. The visit is limited to the first 10 registrations. This visit is restricted to members only and is free of charge.

Visiting members would be provided an overview of some key operations and the safety and health measures to control the risks to as low as reasonably practicable.

Please note that visitors need to be donned in long sleeved shirt/blouse and long pants. Personal protective equipment (PPE) required would be hard hat, safety spectacles and safety shoes.

Please sign up with your name, NRIC/passport number, company, contact number, email address and whether you would require PPE (state type, eg hardhat) to be provided on site. Kindly register before 31 Jan 2012. We will inform the successful registrants on further logistics arrangements.

Seminar on Operational Readiness Planning during Crisis and International Travel

The Occupational and Environmental Health Society (OEHS)  is organising a seminar entitled “Operational Readiness Planning during Crisis and International Travel”.  We have invited 2 prominent speakers from Shoreland, Inc, Dr. Don Cook and Dr. Bill Lang who will  share with us their knowledge and experience on hazard planning and advance planning for international travel.

Date: 9 Nov 2011

Time: 9.00am – 11.00am

Venue: NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House, 9 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119241

Fees: S$20.00 (For non-members), Free (For OEHS members)             

(Fee is inclusive of networking tea)

Program:

For registration and enquiries, please send an email to oehsadmin@gmail.com with your name, organisation, address, email and contact number.

Pending application for CME and SDE points

• Held in Singapore from 11-13 October at the Raffles City Convention Centre (RCCC).
• Visit the conference website at www.aihaap.org  for more updates
•  Early Registration Deadline ends 1 August 2011

OEHS is a supporting organisation for this Conference.

The main programme will be divided into two tracks: a Management Track on Stewardship and Sustainability; and a Technical Track which covers a range of critical topics such as Nanotechnology, Exposure Assessment and Hazard Banding. The two tracks will be bridged by main platform sessions led by expert speakers from the region and around the world.

Topics:
Click here to view a more detailed programme schedule.

Date:
12-13 October 2011 (Wednesday to Thursday)

Venue:
Raffles City Convention Centre (RCCC)

AIHA is offering three Professional Development Courses (PDCs) the day before the Conference.

Topics:
Introduction to the Value Strategy, Noise Exposure Assessment, Advancements in Exposure Assessment and Professional Judgment.

Date:
11 October 2011 (Tuesday)

Venue:
Raffles City Convention Centre (RCCC)

Details:
Click here view a more detailed course description.

Note: The assignment of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Certificate Maintenance (CM) Points will be provided shortly. Please visit www.aihaap.org  regularly for updates.

OEHS First Annual Scientific Meeting, 2011 - "Updates in Occupational Health and Safety"

Date:
20 August 2011, Saturday

Time:
0900hrs to 1230 hrs

Venue:
Auditorium, Ministry of Manpower, 120 Kim Seng Road

Members: Free

Non- Members: $30 (Payment to be made on the day of the seminar)

For registration, please send an email to oehsadmin@gmail.com with your name, organisation, address, email and contact no. (mobile no)

Program:

2 CME and are awarded for this seminar.

• Held between 9th to 11th March 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand
• Homepage of the conference is at http://www.acoh2011.org/
• Click here for a short write up of the conference.

OEHS Seminar

Topic:
Case studies on Occupational Safety and Health in the Healthcare Industry

Date:
26 February 2011, Saturday

Time:
0900hrs to 1200 hrs

Venue:
Singhealth Auditorium, Blk A School of Nursing, Singapore General Hospital

Details:
Click here for the report and photos from the seminar.

3 CME & 3 SDU points are awarded for this seminar.

• Held on 23 February 2011 at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH), National University of Singapore.
• Professor Park Doo Yong, from the Hansung University, South Korea gave a talk during EPH Professional Updates on ¡°Developments in Industrial Hygiene ¨C the South Korean Perspective¡±
• Seminar was attended by 50 participants.