Development of Instrument to Measure the Impact of COVID-19 And Movement Control Order to Safety and Health Competent Person and Training Provider
Keywords:
Covid-19, Movement Control Order (MCO), Safety and Health Competent Person (SHCP), Training Provider (TP)Abstract
The issue of pandemic COVID-19 is a matter of great concern as it will lead to mortality and its implication on social and economic damage are also devastating. The purpose of this study is to develop an instrument to measure the impact of Covid-19 and Movement Control Order (MCO) to Safety and Health competent person (SHCP) and training provider (TP) in Malaysia. The effects and consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic and MCO among SHCPs and TPs will be studied so that necessary guidelines and standard operating procedures can be formulated and developed. The instrument is developed based on generally accepted principles of instrument development processes. The content of the instrument was derived through extant literature reviews and OSH expert’s opinions. The pilot study responses were collected from 35 SHCPs and 5 TPs. The reliability and validity of the instrument were determined through Cronbach’s Alpha and face and content validity. Face and content validity was high, and Cronbach’s Alpha values range from 0.96 and 0.97. In conclusion, an empirically tested and the validated instrument has been developed to measure the impact of COVID-19 and MCO to SHCP and TP. The instrument demonstrated adequate reliability and validity and should be tested on a wider sample among SHCP and TP in Malaysia.