Section 6

to raise total factor productivity and improve Singapore’s competitiveness through productivity and innovation promotion, domestic sector development, standards, conformance, metrology and any other activity considered necessary or desirable;

to promote, facilitate and assist in the development and upgrading of skills and expertise of persons preparing to join the workforce, persons in the workforce and persons rejoining the workforce, and to support the growth of small and medium enterprises and any other enterprise requiring its assistance;

to administer the Skills Development Fund in accordance with the Skills Development Levy Act (Cap. 306); (d)to assess and certify persons for achievements in productivity, innovation, skills or standards;

to register management systems personnel;

to promote and facilitate the national standardisation programme and the participation of Singapore in international standardisation activities;

to be the accreditation body for the assessment and accreditation of bodies and institutions whose activities include sampling, testing, calibration, inspection or certification;

to designate, appoint, authorise or recognise for any purpose any person who performs conformity assessment and any person who performs any test relating to conformity assessment, and to perform all functions necessary or incidental thereto, including —

determining the qualifications of such persons;

controlling and regulating the practice of such persons;

suspending, lifting the suspension of or withdrawing the designation, appointment, authorisation or recognition of such persons; and

establishing, maintaining and developing the standards of practice, and professional conduct and ethics, of such persons;

to serve as the national productivity, innovation and standards body, and to advise the Government and industrial, commercial, trading and other organisations in respect of matters relating to productivity, innovation and standards;

to represent the Government internationally in respect of matters relating to productivity, innovation, standards and conformity assessment; and

to administer the Weights and Measures Act (Cap. 349); and

to perform such other functions as are conferred on the Board by any other written law.