How practical AI skills are helping workers tackle real job demands

At 64, Mohan K Velayutham is using artificial intelligence to make workplace safety training more practical. His experience spans storekeeping in the electronics industry and later work in workplace safety and health.

Through Singapore training provider NTUC LearningHub, he completed the Querying Data with Microsoft Transact-SQL course. He sees stronger data skills as a foundation for applying AI in his work as a workplace safety and health officer and trainer.

Velayutham uses AI to create workplace scenarios, toolbox meeting discussion points and quiz questions. He also analyses safety information and incident records to identify recurring hazards and patterns of unsafe behaviour, allowing him to focus training on risks workers are likely to face.

The tools help him prepare risk assessments by suggesting potential hazards and control measures and summarising safety reports and investigation documents. He said, "I then validate every recommendation against WSH regulations and my own knowledge of the field before incorporating it into the final assessment." He plans to take more AI courses and pursue certification.

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I then validate every recommendation against WSH regulations and my own knowledge of the field before incorporating it into the final assessment.