A workplace safety trainer who forged course certificates and safety passes for construction workers was sentenced to 10 months in jail. Ramanathan Thamilselvan, a trainer at Work Safe Consultants, sold Building Construction Supervisor Safety certificates and safety passes to workers without conducting training and assessments. He was charged under the Workplace Safety and Health Act. Last year, two directors from separate training providers were also sentenced to 10 months in jail, after they were found to have forged course certificates and safety passes to workers. Under Section 53 of the Act, offenders may be fined up to $5,000 or jailed up to 6 months, or both. The workers who bought the fraudulent certificates have been barred from carrying out supervisory roles, will not be allowed to renew their work pass, and are banned from working in Singapore.
