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Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals

Competencies of occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals have become a concern due to the significance of safety management in the field of safety engineering. The purpose of this article is to identify competencies needed by OSH professionals. These competencies are required by profession...

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Main Authors: Daud, Rabaayah, Ismail, Maimunah, Omar, Zoharah
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Language:English
Published: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15076/1/Identification%20of%20competencies%20for%20Malaysian%20occupational%20safety%20and%20health%20professionals.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.150762019-05-09T01:23:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15076/ Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals Daud, Rabaayah Ismail, Maimunah Omar, Zoharah Competencies of occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals have become a concern due to the significance of safety management in the field of safety engineering. The purpose of this article is to identify competencies needed by OSH professionals. These competencies are required by professionals in administrating and enforcing legislations related to OSH in Malaysia. This study used Delphi technique in three rounds of data collection. The benefits of this research approach are the use of experts in gaining opinions without time and geographical restraints. The results show 25 generic competencies with combinations of cognitive, interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies and 33 functional or specific competencies including knowledge and skills needed by OSH professionals. Both generic and functional competencies are also divided into threshold and differentiating competencies that would be used to differentiate average and excellent performance of OSH professionals. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15076/1/Identification%20of%20competencies%20for%20Malaysian%20occupational%20safety%20and%20health%20professionals.pdf Daud, Rabaayah and Ismail, Maimunah and Omar, Zoharah (2010) Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals. Industrial Health, 48 (6). pp. 824-834. ISSN 0019-8366; ESSN: 1880-8026 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/indhealth/48/6/48_MS1115/_article 10.2486/indhealth.MS1115
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description Competencies of occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals have become a concern due to the significance of safety management in the field of safety engineering. The purpose of this article is to identify competencies needed by OSH professionals. These competencies are required by professionals in administrating and enforcing legislations related to OSH in Malaysia. This study used Delphi technique in three rounds of data collection. The benefits of this research approach are the use of experts in gaining opinions without time and geographical restraints. The results show 25 generic competencies with combinations of cognitive, interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies and 33 functional or specific competencies including knowledge and skills needed by OSH professionals. Both generic and functional competencies are also divided into threshold and differentiating competencies that would be used to differentiate average and excellent performance of OSH professionals.
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author Daud, Rabaayah
Ismail, Maimunah
Omar, Zoharah
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Ismail, Maimunah
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Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals
author_facet Daud, Rabaayah
Ismail, Maimunah
Omar, Zoharah
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title Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals
title_short Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals
title_full Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals
title_fullStr Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals
title_full_unstemmed Identification of competencies for Malaysian occupational safety and health professionals
title_sort identification of competencies for malaysian occupational safety and health professionals
publisher National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15076/1/Identification%20of%20competencies%20for%20Malaysian%20occupational%20safety%20and%20health%20professionals.pdf
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