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Apply for Factory Notification or Registration

You will need to either notify or register your factory with MOM before starting operation. Find out how to apply.

At a glance

When to apply

You will need to notify or register when:

  • You set up a factory.
  • Your UEN changes.
  • You relocate your factory.
How much it costs
  • Factory notification: No processing fee.
  • Factory registration excluding MHIs: $45 to $2,340, depending on the nature of work and number of workers employed.
  • MHI registration: $4,550 to $12,800, depending on the class of MHI and the quantity of dangerous substances stored or processed.
Who can apply Company representative or authorised third party.
Your organisation needs to authorise staff members to transact on its behalf.
How long it takes
  • Factory Notification: immediate acknowledgement.
  • One-time Factory Registration: 7 working days.
  • Renewable Factory Registration excluding MHIs: 1 month.
  • MHI registration: 6 months.
Validity
  • Factory Notification: lifetime.
  • One-time Factory Registration: lifetime.
  • Renewable Factory Registration: 5 years.
  • MHI registration: 5 years.
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Perform factory transactions on GoBusiness

You must meet the requirements before applying for Factory Notification or Registration.

We may need to contact you for additional information or documents to process your factory application. Insufficient information may result in the rejection of your application. 

Apply for Factory Notification

To apply for notification:

  1. Log in to GoBusiness and apply for notification.
  2. Choose Industry Category, “Others”.
  3. Print the acknowledgement letter for your records. Note down the application number for future enquiries. The application number starts with “FC” and is followed by 10 digits, for example, FC25********.
  4. We may need to contact you for additional information or documents to process your factory application. Insufficient information may result in the rejection of your application. 
  5. The workplace number will be emailed to you.
  6. After getting approval, you still need to check and comply with other agencies or authorities’ requirements for the premises.

During application, you can subscribe to workplace alerts on accidents or unsafe practices. You will get an email if an accident at your workplace is submitted via WSH Incident Reporting.

Apply for one-time Factory Registration

From 1 April 2019, construction worksites will no longer need to be registered with MOM.

To apply for a one-time Certificate of Registration (CR):

  1. Log in to GoBusiness and fill up the application.
  2. Choose appropriate Industry Category based on work activities to be carried out at the premises. Shipyard, pharmaceutical plant, semi-conductor wafer fabrication plant or metalworking factory with 100 or more persons employed.
  3. Pay the fee through GoBusiness after you receive the fee notice email. It could take up to 7 working days for you to receive the email.
  4. Print the approved certificate.
  5. After getting approval, you still need to check and comply with other agencies or authorities’ requirements for the premises.

During application, you can subscribe to workplace alerts on accidents or unsafe practices. You will get an email if an accident at your workplace is submitted via WSH Incident Reporting.

Apply for renewable Factory Registration (excluding MHIs)

Your factory may have to undergo a site inspection before approval is granted.

To apply for a renewable CR:

  1. Log in to GoBusiness and fill up the application.
  2. Upload the process hazard analysis (PHA) document.
  3. Pay the fee through GoBusiness after you receive the fee notice via email. It could take up to 1 month for you to receive the email.
  4. Print the factory certificate.
  5. Submit the Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) audit document within 2 months of receiving the CR. To submit the document, use the Amend Existing Licence function.

During application, you can subscribe to workplace alerts on accidents or unsafe practices. You will get an email if an accident at your workplace is submitted via WSH Incident Reporting.

Apply for MHI registration

To apply for an MHI certificate of registration:

  1. Log in to GoBusiness and fill up the application.
  2. Upload the MHI assessment form.
  3. Pay the fee through GoBusiness after you receive the fee notice via email. It can take up to 6 months for you to receive the email.
  4. Print the MHI Registration certificate.

Note: For new factories, you need to submit the safety case at least 6 months before starting operations. We will assess your safety case before granting approval for registration.

Find out more about preparing for safety case.

During application, you can subscribe to workplace alerts on accidents or unsafe practices. You will get an email if an accident at your workplace is submitted via WSH Incident Reporting. 

Submit notification on use of combustible dust

If your factory handles, sorts, packs, stores, processes, manufactures or uses combustible dust specified in the Fourth Schedule of the WSH (General Provisions) Regulations, you need to notify MOM:

  • At least 1 month before starting the use of any particular combustible dust in your factory at or above the threshold quantity
  • At the soonest possible before increasing the quantity of any particular combustible dust currently in use in your factory to or above the threshold quantity

To submit the notification:

  1. Assess your quantities and fill up the combustible dust form.
  2. Key in the combustible dust details when applying for a new factory licence or notification in GoBusiness.
    3. GoBusiness can only process submissions for combustible dust quantities up to 999,999 kg. For quantities of 1,000 tonnes (1,000,000 kg) or more, please enter the actual amount in your combustible dust form.
  3. Upload the combustible dust form in your factory application.

For more information on combustible dust notification requirements, you can refer to safe use of machineries and combustible dust.

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