Zakaria, Muhammad Nazrin Shah and Salleh, Nurul Azita and Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun (2016) Impact of Serious Game Towards Foreign Worker in Safety Induction Course in Malaysian Construction Industry. Revista Tecnica De La Facultad De Ingenieria Universidad Del Zulia (Technical Journal of the Faculty of Engineering, TJFE), 39 (9). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0254-0770

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Abstract

Construction industry in Malaysia heavily depends on foreign workers as a main workforce after Malaysian government allowed the use of foreign workers in the beginning of 1970. The demands on foreign workers increased drastically every year, which caused the occurrence of foreign workers flooding phenomenon in Malaysia that led into a communication problem. This caused a problem towards foreign workers to understand the safety instructions, safety regulations and having a problem to recognize the existing warning signs, until the accident occurs at the workplace. Therefore, Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB) obliges that every employee need to attend Safety and Health Induction Course (SHIC) before they start working at the construction site. This study will focus on serious game development and impact of serious game towards foreign worker in Malaysian safety induction course for construction industry. This study will be carry out at the course center in Perlis Indera Kayangan. To facilitate the serious game development, researcher using the ADDIE model because it was simple, systematic, and meet the users need. Meanwhile, the instruments for data collection are mix methods which are using questionnaires and interviews. All of the information data will be analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), and to see the initial findings. The initial findings in this study are serious game which can help foreign workers to understand the safety information easily and fulfill their job requirements at the workplace. Also, to see that delivery medium in SHIC can be improves and reduce the accidents at the workplace

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Serious Game, Impact, Foreign Workers, SHIC, Malaysia
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions:	School of Technology Management & Logistics
Depositing User:	Mr. Izhar Hj. Hashim
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2025 15:21
Last Modified:	24 Mar 2025 15:21
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/32153

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