BUKU ABSTRAK - Universiti Putra Malaysia

Social Sciences
Development of OSH Legislation in Malaysia: With Special Reference to the FMA
(Amendment) Act 2006
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rozanah Ab. Rahman
Faculty of Economics and Management, University Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
+603-8946 7641; rozanah@econ.upm.edu.my
As far as the development of OSH legislation in Malaysia is concerned, it has taken place as early as the late
19th century. Beginning as a simple rule to regulate the use of steamboiler, it has become more comprehensive
to cater for the complex OSH problems prevailing today. The OSH legislation underwent series of development
before and after the formation of the Federation of Malaya in 1948, and after Independence in 1957, with
the enactment of the Factories and Machinery Act 1967. On January 1 2007, the Factories and Machinery
(Amendment) Act 2006 was enforced to provide for the provision giving the power to the Minister to issue
licence to individual or company carrying out activities under the Act; to update, improve and clarify unclear or
vague provisions; to ensure the relevancy of the provisions contained in the Act with current development and to
ease the enforcement of the law; as well as to increase the amount of fine under the Act. The amendment has been
seen as a positive effort to improve the Factories and Machinery Act which was enacted 39 years ago.
Keywords: Factories, machinery, industries, safety and health, amendment
Work Values of National Dual Training Programme Apprentices
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Samsilah Roslan
Abdul Rahman Md. Aroff, Rahil Mahyuddin, Asmawati Suhid, Kamariah Abu Bakar, Asnarulkhadi Abu
Samah, Chee Chan Soon, Nur Surayyah Madhubala Abdullah, Fadzilah Abd. Rahman and Ahmad Fauzi Mohd.
Ayub
Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
+603-8947 1241; samsilah@gmail.com
The set of work values a person held will influence and determine his job satisfaction and performance
in the workplace of trainees involved in National Dual Training System. This study firstly aimed to identify
and plot the work values needed in industrial settings in their order of importance. Feedback from coaches and
instructors were gathered and tabulated in a matrix of important work values. Then an instrument was developed
to measure these work values in the trainees. The instrument was tested according to psychometric procedures
and has proven to exhibit validity and reliability. This instrument was then used to measure and tabulate the
work values of 484 trainees from four zones in Peninsular Malaysia. Findings revealed that there were matches
and mismatches in terms of the trainees work values as compared to the ones determined by the coaches and
instructors. The discrepancy in the order of work values highlighted the specific work values that needed to be
inculcated in the trainees.
Keywords: Work values, technical education, vocational
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