SHEIKH AZAHAR BIN SH MOHD NOOR
Education: Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Hons) – 1993
from University of
Technology Malaysia
Employment: 1. Senior Assistant Director (Department of
Occupational Safety and
Health,
Malaysia) - 1994 until 2005 (11 years)
2. Senior Principal
Consultant & Founder of EXDI OSH Consulting and Training –
2005 until present
Achievement: Awarded ‘Excellent Service Award’ by The
Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia
in 2001, Promoted as Senior Assistant Director in 2004
Experience: 19 years
-Spearheaded many units in DOSH, Malaysia (Process, Enforcement, Construction, Industrial Hygiene, Investigation & Prosecution). Appointed as one of leader in DOSH Building Construction Task Force Team
-Training coordinator for DOSH. Giving Trainings to government bodies and private sectors such as factories, construction companies, agriculture, banking and finance institutions, hypermarkets, theme parks, restaurants, hotels and higher institutions.
-Carry out safety inspections, registration of factories and machineries, construction sites, boilers, pressure vessels, hoisting machineries (including mobile crane, crawler crane, piling machine, tower crane, skylift), safety audit, accident investigation, major hazard installation, hygiene inspections, petroleum system and OSHA in other sectors. He also conducted the examination and testing for engine drivers (boiler and internal combustion engine) and operator crane certificate of competency.
Present
Activities: Being a Safety Advisor to organizations, manufacturing,
automation and construction companies, he provides safety consultation on legal
requirements, safety and health committee as well as preparation of DOSH
documentation and approval, safety audit and preliminary inspection for
boilers, machineries and factories, construction sites and workplace.
He
investigates major and fatal accidents to identify the root cause and recommend
control measures to prevent recurrences of similar accidents. Up to date he has
investigated 35 fatal industrial accidents of various nature and has documented
many HIRARC and accident reports.
A larger
part of his Safety and Health career is also devoted to conducting safety
training programs such as OSH Legislations, DOSH Procedures, OSH Management,
Workplace Inspection and Audit, Basic Safety Awareness, Crane and Lifting Safety, Permit To Work System, Working At Height, Hot
Work Safety, Safety and Health Committee, Accident Investigation, HIRARC,
Construction Safety, Personal Protective Equipment, Emergency Response Plan,
Chemical Safety, Forklift Safety and others.
So far he
has trained and consulted more than 150 large and SMI companies nationwide.
Sheikh Azahar is the
Senior Principal Consultant for Exdi Osh Consulting And Training and a
qualified/accredited trainer for National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), DOSH, SIRIM-University Malaya (Professional Diploma in OSH),
Federation Of Malaysia Manufacturers (FMM) and
Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF).
