Design for Safety

Develop designs and solutions to ensure compliance with Design for Safety (DfS) regulations while safeguarding the safety and health of users, stakeholders and the general public

Type

Domain

Competency Area

Engineering Design Management

Levels

Apply safety regulations to reduce the safety and health risks during the project lifecycle

Apply regulations in managing design works

Apply WSH policies, procedures and practices throughout project lifecycle

Recognise the impact of regulations to the project lifecycle

Apply risk management plans, workflows and practices

Recognise and highlight safety and health risks inherent in designs in compliance with regulations

Recognise and highlight foreseeable risks in designs throughout the project lifecycle

Propose drawing modifications to minimise risks

Ensure timely conduct of review meetings

Maintain records on safety and health issues identified during the design review process and actions taken

Eliminate or mitigate risks inherent in designs

Address foreseeable risks identified throughout the project lifecycle

Perform risk assessments

Eliminate or mitigate risks inherent in the designs

Validate compliance with WSH requirements

Implement and monitor risk control measures

Verify that all information provided by the developer or contractor for the project has been accounted for

Communicate residual risks to main stakeholders for further mitigation

Review documentation of safety and health issues identified during the design review process and actions taken

Plan resources and schedule to ensure participation in review meetings

Develop design plans to eliminate or reduce the safety and health risks during the project lifecycle

Develop design plans that eliminate or mitigate foreseeable design risks to the safety and health of any person affected by the project

Identify stakeholders involved throughout the project lifecycle

Establish risk management plans, workflows and practices

Determine scope and extent of risk assessments

Incorporate human and cultural factors in risk assessment processes

Align risk management practices with industry best practices

Validate compliance with WSH legal requirements

Validate record keeping of WSH risks for future reference

Formulate organisational strategies to ensure compliance with safety regulations to eliminate risks during the project lifecycle

Formulate organisational strategies to ensure compliance with DfS regulations

Drive DfS strategic plans

Drive DfS audits

Integrate DfS elements into organisation’s systems holistically

Align DfS strategies with organisational vision, mission and values

Evaluate the benefits and trade-offs of implementing DfS to the business processes

Assess the cost and ROI of implementing DfS

Drive stakeholder management processes to achieve successful implementation of DfS plans

Develop DfS review processes to ensure risks in the design are highlighted and managed in a systematic and coordinated way