Action 2: Improve safety and health inspections
and compliance
The DOSH will aim to strengthen safety and health
inspection capacities through such initiatives as: training
to strengthen the capabilities of child labour inspectors
to deal with the pressing issue of child labour, training
to facilitate the implementation of work improvement
programmes, and OSH training for provincial
inspectors. International technical cooperation (such as
with the Republic of Korea, Philippines and Singapore)
will also help Cambodia improve its inspection
capabilities.
Action 3: Promote OSH activities within
employers' and workers' organizations
This will involve helping trade unions extend the reach
of their OSH activities and helping employers meet
international requirements. The DOSH will also support
training activities conducted by workers' and employers'
organizations.
Action 4: Implement special programmes for
hazardous occupations
Focus areas within this action point are improvement
of the OSH compliance rates and training for the
construction industry. This will be done mainly through
the ILO's Work Improvement in Small Construction
Sites (WISCON) programme. This work-improvement
programme leverages participatory training methods to
reach out to workers and supervisors and assists them in
carrying out low-cost and practical OSH improvements
in their workplaces.
The DOSH will examine the working conditions in
high-risk occupations, such as mining, to develop
appropriate support policy and measures.
Action 5: Extend OSH protection to small
enterprises
In addition, the DOSH will extend the ILO's Work
Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE) programme
to raise OSH conditions in small and medium
enterprises. Similar to WISCON, WISE is based on a
participatory concept and targets small enterprises.