PERSOALAN PEKERJAAN

SOALAN KAWAN:

Tapi terlebih dahulu, saya nak tanya pendapat semua tentang tugasan kita sebagai SHO (rujuk juga Sect 29 (3) OSHA 1994). Walaupun dah termaktub dalam perundangan dan apa2 pekeliling yang akan dikeluarkan kelak, sekiranya majikan memberikan 'tugasan lain' kpd SHO sebagai contoh SHO cum QMS Executive, cum HR Executive... ataupun mendapat mandat untuk menjadi salah seorang ahli panel untuk review the Terms & Condition of the company, adakah perkara itu dibolehkan? Sekiranya memang kehadiran kita HANYA sebagai SHO dan mempunyai duties and responsibilities hanya sebagai SHO, bolehkah kita katakan tidak kepada majikan yang mahukan kita lakukan tugasan lain?

JAWAPAN SAYA :

From my opinion, when we are being offered with any job, we need to read and review the offer letter. Basically, the offer letter will indicate your duties and responsibilities as well as your job description and job function in the respective company. If we agree with the term and condition, then we need to sign the offer letter. If not, you can ask your future employer to revise the offer letter to suit your preferences.

If the employer ask you to do the extra job which still related to hse matters, you need to perform the job well as per agreed in the offer letter.In other words, we will bind by the "working contract" with the company.

For my case, i am QHSE engineer in my company. Since we are small company, only me who runs the quality, health, safety & environment department. Basically, i do everything which related to QHSE matters. I am the SHO, QMS as well as the Training Coordinator for the company. Besides, i also incharge with tender documents which related to QHSE. It is quite hectic but i manage to do everything (although there are some matters slipped and not completed on time). I take it as a challenge and i want to prove myself to the management that i can perform well although with limited resources. But, as a reminder, you have to be "smart" with your boss/management. Not easily accept any task without knowing the risk and consequences of it. That is why you need to do some research and ask experience guys for some advices (you can get experience guys, in this society)

in my previous company, i was given the position of hse engineer and my so called little amount of expertise, only limited to hse matters. When, i changed job, my current company offered me qhse engineer position. Thats mean, quality was added in my job scopes. With zero knowledge of quality, i accepted the offer as a challenge. Throughout a year, i learned a lot with the hard way and managed to bring my company for iso 9001:2008 audit and received the certification.

After a year working here, i am so lucky when finally the management give me an assistant to help me running the department. My point is, it is ok to do other task which outside SHO scope. You can learn more, widen your knowledge and will get added working experience. I believe, it will give you more advantage in the future and will give you extra points in your resume. This is my advice to fresh graduates since it will help you in your future job

If you want to be specific and carry out SHO task only, it is up to you. But for me, it is good to do the extra work (if it will not effect your primary task) since you can get a lot of benefit from it. Stay focus and think positively. It is like an investment. You will not receive the "profit" on the dot but you can harvest it in the future. When? only you know.

My 2 cents,

izzuddin abdullah
qhse engineer

p/s: my senior said to me, "if you have HSE and QUALITY in your portfolio/resume, obviously you will be more standout from others and have better chances to be picked.