A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review

Overlapping of job function between safety and health officers, auxiliary enforcement bodies (AEB), and private security guards emphasise a need to identify possible merging of roles in a new integrated job model to manage security, safety, and health more efficiently. The purpose of paper is to com...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Hassan, Zainal Abidin, Emilia, Rasdi, Irniza, K.C. Mani@Subramaniam, Kulanthayan, Phaik, Kin Cheah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106388/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106388/1/2023111810453628_2023_0370.pdf
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author Ismail, Hassan
Zainal Abidin, Emilia
Rasdi, Irniza
K.C. Mani@Subramaniam, Kulanthayan
Phaik, Kin Cheah
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Zainal Abidin, Emilia
Rasdi, Irniza
K.C. Mani@Subramaniam, Kulanthayan
Phaik, Kin Cheah
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description Overlapping of job function between safety and health officers, auxiliary enforcement bodies (AEB), and private security guards emphasise a need to identify possible merging of roles in a new integrated job model to manage security, safety, and health more efficiently. The purpose of paper is to compare four main enforcement agencies in Malaysia namely the Auxiliary Police, Malaysian Volunteer Corps Department, private Security Guards and Safety and Health Officers. Employing the narrative review technique, information was collected from official reports, legal documents and publications to find commonalities. Five main themes generated from the analysis are: roles, legislation, history, manpower and lastly renumeration and training. Practical implications of an integrated role in cross-national contexts were discussed. Legal implications need to be explored on existing responsibilities and the additional proposed roles for when their functions are integrated and the impact on supervision needs and budget allocation. Social implications are important to consolidate job models to reduce occupational accidents.
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spelling upm-1063882024-10-10T07:13:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106388/ A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review Ismail, Hassan Zainal Abidin, Emilia Rasdi, Irniza K.C. Mani@Subramaniam, Kulanthayan Phaik, Kin Cheah Overlapping of job function between safety and health officers, auxiliary enforcement bodies (AEB), and private security guards emphasise a need to identify possible merging of roles in a new integrated job model to manage security, safety, and health more efficiently. The purpose of paper is to compare four main enforcement agencies in Malaysia namely the Auxiliary Police, Malaysian Volunteer Corps Department, private Security Guards and Safety and Health Officers. Employing the narrative review technique, information was collected from official reports, legal documents and publications to find commonalities. Five main themes generated from the analysis are: roles, legislation, history, manpower and lastly renumeration and training. Practical implications of an integrated role in cross-national contexts were discussed. Legal implications need to be explored on existing responsibilities and the additional proposed roles for when their functions are integrated and the impact on supervision needs and budget allocation. Social implications are important to consolidate job models to reduce occupational accidents. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106388/1/2023111810453628_2023_0370.pdf Ismail, Hassan and Zainal Abidin, Emilia and Rasdi, Irniza and K.C. Mani@Subramaniam, Kulanthayan and Phaik, Kin Cheah (2023) A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 19 (suppl.10). pp. 239-249. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2023111810453628_2023_0370.pdf
spellingShingle Ismail, Hassan
Zainal Abidin, Emilia
Rasdi, Irniza
K.C. Mani@Subramaniam, Kulanthayan
Phaik, Kin Cheah
A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review
title A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review
title_full A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review
title_fullStr A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review
title_full_unstemmed A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review
title_short A comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in Malaysia a narrative review
title_sort comparative analysis of auxiliary enforcement bodies for security, safety and health officer roles in malaysia a narrative review
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106388/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106388/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106388/1/2023111810453628_2023_0370.pdf