The Journey for The Certified Dam Safety Inspector (CDSI) Program in Malaysia

Dams for water storage, irrigation, and/or hydropower generation continue to have an important role in safely and sustainably managing our water, food, and energy supply security. Designing and operating dams to minimize impacts on social and environmental values and to ensure the longevity of their...

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Main Authors: Sidek L.M., Noh M.N.M., Ashworth A., Ahmad S.A., Wong P., Basri H., Omar J., Ng S.K., Wightman D.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-343532024-10-14T11:19:14Z The Journey for The Certified Dam Safety Inspector (CDSI) Program in Malaysia Sidek L.M. Noh M.N.M. Ashworth A. Ahmad S.A. Wong P. Basri H. Omar J. Ng S.K. Wightman D. 35070506500 57212468527 58905990400 58679834900 58906343300 57065823300 58905639300 58906688200 58906688300 Dam safety Dam safety inspector Entura MYCOLD Dams for water storage, irrigation, and/or hydropower generation continue to have an important role in safely and sustainably managing our water, food, and energy supply security. Designing and operating dams to minimize impacts on social and environmental values and to ensure the longevity of their safe operation is critical. There is also a growing understanding utilities and asset owners that safe operation relies on people having the right skills and the competency to do so. Thus, the quality and capability of people�s assets become equally important as the physical assets. With a high proportion of dams for a country of its size and many ageing assets, the Malaysian Government also turned its attention to improving regulation and guidance to operators through MyDAMS in 2017. With the establishment of the Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), there has been a focus on building the local capability and capacity to support a long-term future of dam safety in Malaysia. MYCOLD collaborated with the Entura clean energy and water institute (a registered training organization in Australia) to commence a program of certified Dam Safety Inspectors (CDSI). The program had several challenges, not least of which has been continuing through COVID-19 travel restrictions and is the key focus of this paper. The first batch of the program was successfully delivered with a total of 29 certified inspectors in place as a starting point. More work will follow with additional batches and a framework for ongoing training refresh and obligations to ensure experience levels are maintained. � The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023. Final 2024-10-14T03:19:14Z 2024-10-14T03:19:14Z 2023 Book chapter 10.1007/978-981-99-3708-0_6 2-s2.0-85185904246 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85185904246&doi=10.1007%2f978-981-99-3708-0_6&partnerID=40&md5=44af14c689ac14f62dd6687d26539f54 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/34353 Part F2265 87 101 Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH Scopus
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topic Dam safety
Dam safety inspector
Entura
MYCOLD
spellingShingle Dam safety
Dam safety inspector
Entura
MYCOLD
Sidek L.M.
Noh M.N.M.
Ashworth A.
Ahmad S.A.
Wong P.
Basri H.
Omar J.
Ng S.K.
Wightman D.
The Journey for The Certified Dam Safety Inspector (CDSI) Program in Malaysia
description Dams for water storage, irrigation, and/or hydropower generation continue to have an important role in safely and sustainably managing our water, food, and energy supply security. Designing and operating dams to minimize impacts on social and environmental values and to ensure the longevity of their safe operation is critical. There is also a growing understanding utilities and asset owners that safe operation relies on people having the right skills and the competency to do so. Thus, the quality and capability of people�s assets become equally important as the physical assets. With a high proportion of dams for a country of its size and many ageing assets, the Malaysian Government also turned its attention to improving regulation and guidance to operators through MyDAMS in 2017. With the establishment of the Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), there has been a focus on building the local capability and capacity to support a long-term future of dam safety in Malaysia. MYCOLD collaborated with the Entura clean energy and water institute (a registered training organization in Australia) to commence a program of certified Dam Safety Inspectors (CDSI). The program had several challenges, not least of which has been continuing through COVID-19 travel restrictions and is the key focus of this paper. The first batch of the program was successfully delivered with a total of 29 certified inspectors in place as a starting point. More work will follow with additional batches and a framework for ongoing training refresh and obligations to ensure experience levels are maintained. � The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023.
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Sidek L.M.
Noh M.N.M.
Ashworth A.
Ahmad S.A.
Wong P.
Basri H.
Omar J.
Ng S.K.
Wightman D.
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author Sidek L.M.
Noh M.N.M.
Ashworth A.
Ahmad S.A.
Wong P.
Basri H.
Omar J.
Ng S.K.
Wightman D.
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title The Journey for The Certified Dam Safety Inspector (CDSI) Program in Malaysia
title_short The Journey for The Certified Dam Safety Inspector (CDSI) Program in Malaysia
title_full The Journey for The Certified Dam Safety Inspector (CDSI) Program in Malaysia
title_fullStr The Journey for The Certified Dam Safety Inspector (CDSI) Program in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The Journey for The Certified Dam Safety Inspector (CDSI) Program in Malaysia
title_sort journey for the certified dam safety inspector (cdsi) program in malaysia
publisher Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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