SYNOPSIS

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) involves educating professionals about managing, handling, and controlling all aspects of occupational health, safety, as well as the work environment in the hazardous industries like mining, construction, oil and gas, and manufacturing industries, etc. HSE generally addresses on the regulations, methods and processes designed to help protect workers, the environment and the public from harm. The methods and processes in HSE are learned through training and re-training of those exposed to hazards. This half day lecture discusses the principle of HSE in relation to policy and management related to marine operation to comply with the required rules and regulation that marine professionals should implement in work place to achieve the complex marine related business of being sustainable.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Prof Dr Ab Saman Abd Kader

• The speaker is a Professor in Marine Transport System at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81300 Skudai, Johor. He possess 3rd Class Marine Engineers on top of B.Eng, Masters and PhD in various marine related areas.

• He used to sail on board a ship for a year on internship program and later joining UTM as an academic staff since 1983 until now. He has taught a number of undergraduate courses in the Marine Technology program at UTM and the 'Marine Safety and Environment' and ‘Maritime Law’ at the post graduate level.

• Apart from engaging students in teaching and learning, he has laso been involved in a number of marine related R&D, consultancies, short courses, audits as well as being in various management positions at UTM.  Previously he was a Director of Marine Technology Centre of UTM.