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Centre For The Improvement of Working Conditions & Environment (CIWCE), Lahore - Pakistan

The Centre for the Improvement of Working Conditions & Environment (CIWCE) in Lahore, Pakistan is a pioneering institution that promotes occupational safety, health, and better working environments. It provides training on these topics to industries, monitors workplaces for chemical and physical hazards, helps industries monitor worker health, produces training materials, provides technical advice, and conducts research on safety and health issues. CIWCE trains inspectors, managers, workers, safety professionals, and others on topics like chemical safety, emergency response, hazardous materials handling, accident prevention, and more. It also provides monitoring services and information materials to industries and workers.

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Centre For The Improvement of Working Conditions & Environment (CIWCE), Lahore - Pakistan

The Centre for the Improvement of Working Conditions & Environment (CIWCE) in Lahore, Pakistan is a pioneering institution that promotes occupational safety, health, and better working environments. It provides training on these topics to industries, monitors workplaces for chemical and physical hazards, helps industries monitor worker health, produces training materials, provides technical advice, and conducts research on safety and health issues. CIWCE trains inspectors, managers, workers, safety professionals, and others on topics like chemical safety, emergency response, hazardous materials handling, accident prevention, and more. It also provides monitoring services and information materials to industries and workers.

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Overview of activities of

Centre for the Improvement of


Working Conditions & Environment
(CIWCE) , Lahore-Pakistan
A collaborating CIS centre and
A Pioneering Institution promoting safety, health and better working
environment at workplaces in Pakistan

presented by

Saeed Awan
Director CIWCE
email: [email protected]
Main Activities
 To provide training on occupational safety,
health and improvement of working
environment in industries.
 To monitor the workplaces for chemical
and physical hazards like toxic gases,
fumes, vapours, noise level, thermal
conditions, lighting, ventilation in order to
provide technical advice to the industry for
improving the safety and health
conditions.
Continued….

 Helping the industry in monitoring


the occupational health conditions of
the workers specially due to
exposure to noise and chemicals at
work.
 Production of training and
information materials for promoting
awareness on the issue of safety,
health and working environment.
Continued….

 To provide information and technical


advice the industry, workers and the
government on practical solutions of
safety, health and working environment.
 To carry out research on the problems of
safety, health and environment specially
on those related to vulnerable workers
Continued….
Important Subjects for Training-
CIWCE
 Chemical safety.
 Basic emergency first aid and resuscitation
at workplace.
 Handling of hazardous materials at
workplace.
 Accident prevention.
 Fire safety
 Machine guarding.
 Ergonomics.
 Noise control and hearing conservation.
 Selection and use of personal protective
equipment
Target groups of training
 Inspecting officers from Labour
Department
 Managements representatives
 Workers & their representatives
 Safety, health and environmental
professionals
 Social welfare department
 NGOs
Monitoring Facilities provided to
industry (on request)
 Dust and fumes exposure of workers
 Harmful chemicals in the workplaces
 Noise
 Lighting
 Ventilation
 Thermal stress
 Audiometry
 Lung Function Testing
 Safety & health audits
Types of Information and Training
Materials Produced
 Posters
 Leaflets
 Videos
 Training guides for supervisors and
managers
 Internet based information
 Chemical safety information database
in Urdu (ICSCs)
 Newsletters
Topics of Urdu Training Guides
Continued….
Produced

 Basic emergency first aid and


resuscitation
 Improving safety and productivity at
workplace
 Chemical safety
 Fire safety
 Improving safety and health in
important industrial sectors
Major activities-2007
 Seminar-Expo held on World Day on Safety and
health (over 300 professionals and workers/employers
reps. attended)
 63 training sessions (mostly on shop floor and
community level) held in which in which 3324 workers
and managers participated.
 9 specialized courses held in which 274 persons
participated.
 Employers codes of conduct on hazardous child labor
and OSH developed for 6 sectors.
 Worker friendly materials developed for 6 sectors
Glimpses of Activities
Expo-seminar on OSH Day 2007
Community awareness campaigns on OSH hazards faced
by children and young workers
Videos and animated training/awareness
materials for rural and informal sector
industries produced
Major facilities for upgradation of labs and
training services added
Hostel for 30 trainees constructed
Construction of a Conference/exhibition hall underway
Major achievements

 ISO 9001:2000 certification achieved for


implementing quality management system
in training and awareness activities.

 Tech Award of Innovation given to CIWCE


including US$ 50000 cash prize for the new
carpet loom which improved health and
productivity of carpet workers.
 National civil award given
due to the contribution
of CIWCE on OSH.
Thank you

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