VECTOR CONTROL TECHNICIAN AND VECTOR CONTROL WORKER
Qualifications for licence or certificate
3.—(1) A person who wishes to apply for a vector control technician’s licence must have —
(a)
a minimum educational qualification of 4 ‘N’ Level passes or any other equivalent qualification acceptable to the Director-General; or
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(b)
3 years working experience in vector control.
(2) A person who wishes to apply for a vector control worker’s certificate must have at least a Primary 6 education or any other equivalent qualification acceptable to the Director-General.
(3) A person who wishes to apply for a vector control technician’s licence or a vector control worker’s certificate must successfully complete such training courses and pass such examinations as the Director-General may specify.
Medical examination
4.—(1) Every licensed vector control technician and certified vector control worker shall —
(a)
undergo the medical examinations specified in Part II of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011 (G.N. No. S 516/2011) (read with the Schedule thereto) in relation to persons employed in occupations involving the use or handling of or exposure to the liquid, fumes or vapour of organophosphates; and
(b)
after undergoing such medical examinations, be certified by the designated workplace doctor as defined by the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011 —
(i)
in relation to a medical examination referred to in regulation 4 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011, that he is fit to work in such occupation;
(ii)
in relation to a medical examination referred to in regulation 5 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011, that he is fit to continue to work in such occupation; and
(iii)
in relation to a medical examination referred to in regulation 6 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011, as to such results of that medical examination as may be required by the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health (appointed under section 7 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (Cap. 354A)).
(2) Paragraph (1) applies without prejudice to any obligations imposed by regulations 4, 5 and 6 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011 on a responsible person as defined under those Regulations.
(3) The Director-General may refuse to grant a renewal of a vector control technician’s licence, a provisional vector control technician’s licence, a vector control worker’s certificate or a provisional vector control worker’s certificate under section 30 of the Act if the person seeking the renewal has failed to comply with paragraph (1) in relation to the licence or certificate sought to be renewed.