They had no training - but submitted the cards 30 to 40 times over four months
Two construction workers in Singapore have been jailed for using forged safety cards at worksites where they had no training to work.
The District Court convicted both men on October 29, 2026, after finding each had knowingly submitted a fake certification card to a main contractor to perform hazardous work - one in confined spaces, the other as a rigger and signalman.
Both were employed by WLK Engineering Pte Ltd and deployed to projects sub-contracted through Sam Lain Equipment Services Pte Ltd.
The first worker was assigned to a gas pipe laying project at Jurong Pier Road between June and September 2021. The role required a Perform Work in Confined Space Operation card. He did not have one - because he had never done the training. His supervisor handed him a forged card bearing the name of an accredited training provider, and he used it. In a statement to the Ministry of Manpower, he admitted submitting the card to the worksite attendant 30 to 40 times across four months.
The second worker was deployed to pipe laying along Mountbatten Road from October 2020 to January 2021. He needed a rigger and signalman card. Same story: no training, no legitimate card. The same supervisor gave him a forged one. He signed off as a rigger and signalman on multiple occasions. The training provider named on his card confirmed it had never even offered a course by that title.
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