SAFETY AND QUALITY <br/>STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SQSC)

SAFETY AND QUALITY
STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SQSC)

Safety and Quality Standards Committee (SQSC)

September

2001

The functions of the Mechanical Standards Committee, Industrial Safety Standards Committee, and Packaging Standards Committee were consolidated under the General Engineering and Safety Standards Committee (GESSC). This move supported national efforts to improve productivity, enhance quality, and promote safer, healthier workplaces.

April

2017

The GESSC was renamed the Quality and Safety Standards Committee (QSSC) to reflect an expanded scope.

April

2023

It was renamed again to the Safety and Quality Standards Committee (SQSC), with a renewed emphasis on safety.

The SQSC focuses on the development and promotion of key standards related to:

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The committee also supports the testing, inspection, and certification industry through the development of conformity assessment standards.

The Safety and Quality Standards Committee (SQSC) has published and currently oversees the following standards across five technical committees:

181

Total Standards

Standard deliverables include Singapore Standards and Technical References. Standards are developed primarily through adoption of international standards and development with inputs from industry.

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Singapore Standards (SS)

Singapore Standards (SS) are nationally recognised documents, established by consensus. They are functional or technical requirements in the form of specifications for materials, product system or process, codes of practice, methods of test, terminologies and guides.

Technical References (TR)

Technical References (TR) are transition documents developed to help meet urgent industry demand on a particular product, process or service in an area where reference standards are not available. Unlike Singapore Standards, TRs are not gazetted and are issued without the consensus process.

Structure of SQSC