WSH Sign-In · Singpass Verified

Contractor sign-in
with a verified work-pass check at the gate

Sign contractors and site workers in with Singpass instead of a paper attendance book. You get a government-verified attendance record, permit-to-work and safety-induction acknowledgment at check-in, a live headcount for evacuation, and a work-pass validity check that catches an expired or invalid pass before the worker steps on site.

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Per-worker check-in at the gate
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On-site headcount for evacuation
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Digital, auditable attendance trail
Definition

A contractor sign-in system records who comes onto a worksite or building, when they arrive, and when they leave. SingVMS runs this through Singpass, so every contractor is checked in against their real, government-verified identity. In one scan a worker signs in, accepts the safety induction and permit-to-work terms, and, on Enterprise, has their work-pass validity checked. It replaces the paper attendance book and the manual permit sign-off with a single QR code at the gate.

The rules at your gate

Three obligations a paper
logbook can’t meet

Worksite sign-in isn’t just a courtesy record. Three separate rules land on the occupier and main contractor at the same gate, and a clipboard fails all three.

PDPC restricts NRIC use

The PDPC has restricted collecting full NRIC numbers by default since 2019, and from 31 December 2026 organisations must stop using the NRIC to authenticate people. An attendance book that copies NRICs at the gate exposes every worker’s number to the next person who signs, and falls foul of both.

WSH duties on site access

Under the Workplace Safety and Health Act you have to control who is on site, keep an accurate attendance record for evacuation, and be able to show who acknowledged the safety induction and permit-to-work conditions. Handwriting on paper doesn’t give you a defensible trail.

MOM right-to-work liability

Deploying a worker whose Work Permit or S Pass has expired is an offence, and the liability sits with you. You need to confirm pass validity before the worker steps on site, which a guard eyeballing a laminated pass card can’t reliably do.

What it replaces

The clipboard-and-guard
workflow, gone

Right now the routine at most gates is three separate manual steps stacked on top of each other. A worker writes their name and NRIC in the attendance book. A guard glances at a Work Permit card and waves them through. Somewhere on a different sheet, someone is meant to capture the permit-to-work acknowledgment and the safety induction. None of it is verified, and none of it ties together.

The gaps are obvious once something goes wrong. Names are illegible or fake. NRICs sit exposed on a page anyone can read. The guard has no real way to tell a valid pass from an expired one, and no record that a check even happened. When there’s an evacuation, the muster count comes from a book that may be missing the last hour of arrivals.

SingVMS collapses those steps into one scan. The worker signs in against their verified Singpass identity, accepts the induction and permit terms in the same flow, and, on Enterprise, has their pass type and pass expiry read from MyInfo so an invalid pass is flagged at the gate. Every check-in lands on a live dashboard you can pull up on your phone.

Capabilities

Everything the gate needs,
in a single check-in

One Singpass scan does the work that four separate sheets of paper do today, and does it against a verified identity.

WSH

Attendance for evacuation

A verified, timestamped record of who signed in at each gate. Marked out when they sign off, so the on-site count stays accurate through the shift.

WSH

Permit-to-work acknowledgment

The worker accepts the permit-to-work conditions as part of signing in. The acceptance is timestamped against their real identity, not an initial on a sheet.

WSH

Safety-induction acceptance

Show the induction at check-in and capture the worker’s acknowledgment before they enter. A defensible record for every person on site.

Right to work

Work-pass validity check

Read MyInfo pass type and pass expiry at the gate. An expired Work Permit or S Pass is flagged before the worker steps on site. Enterprise feature.

Live

On-site headcount

Open the dashboard during a drill or a real evacuation and see exactly who is signed in at each gate, checked off against the assembly point.

Records

Subcontractor trail

Filter attendance by gate, date, or worker, and export it. Verified records for main-con reporting, MOM audits, and incident investigations.

How it works

Set up a gate in minutes.
Sign a worker in in seconds.

One flow to configure the site, one flow the crew already knows.

1

Create the site

Add each gate or entrance as a location. Choose the fields and the induction or permit terms to show at check-in.

2

Print the QR code

Each gate gets its own QR code. Mount it at the entrance or on a stand. No tablet or kiosk needed.

3

Turn on the pass check

On Enterprise, enable the work-pass validity check so pass type and expiry are read from MyInfo at sign-in.

4

Watch the live board

See who is on site right now, pull the evacuation headcount, and export attendance for reporting anytime.

1

Scan the QR code

The worker scans the gate QR code with any phone camera. No app to download beyond the Singpass app they already have.

2

Tap Singpass

They authenticate with fingerprint or face, then accept the safety induction and permit-to-work terms in the same flow.

3

On site, verified

Check-in confirmed. Identity verified, pass validity checked, and the attendance record logged. No clipboard, no NRIC card.

Singpass MyInfo

The verified fields
behind every check-in

Pulled straight from Singpass MyInfo when the worker consents. No forms, no typing, no laminated pass card handed to a guard.

Verified full name
Masked NRIC / FIN
Pass type
Pass expiry date

Full name and masked NRIC power everyday sign-in. Pass type and pass expiry drive the right-to-work check, which uses a MyInfo purpose separate from ordinary visitor logging and is activated for your account on Enterprise. The full NRIC is never stored.

Side by side

Paper attendance vs
Singpass sign-in

A generic sign-in app digitises the clipboard. It doesn’t verify anyone, and it can’t check a work pass.

Paper attendance book
Identity
Self-written. Fake and illegible names.
Work-pass check
A guard glancing at a pass card.
Evacuation headcount
Grab the book and hope it’s current.
PDPC / NRIC
Exposed NRICs. Fails the PDPC rules.
Generic sign-in app
Identity
Typed on a tablet. Still unverified.
Work-pass check
None. No access to pass data.
Evacuation headcount
Live, but based on unverified names.
PDPC / NRIC
Varies by vendor. Often still stores NRIC.
Singpass sign-in (SingVMS)
Identity
Government-verified through Singpass.
Work-pass check
Pass type and expiry from MyInfo.
Evacuation headcount
Live, verified, on your phone.
PDPC / NRIC
Masked NRIC only. Compliant by design.
FAQ

Contractor sign-in questions

What facilities managers, safety officers, and building management ask before switching from the gate logbook.

A contractor sign-in system is the software you use to record who comes onto a worksite or building and when they leave. It replaces the paper attendance book at the gate and the manual permit-to-work sign-off sheet. SingVMS runs this through Singpass, so instead of a worker writing a name and NRIC on a clipboard, they scan a QR code and authenticate with their Singpass app. You get a government-verified record of who was on site, with a live headcount you can pull up during an evacuation.

You print one QR code per gate or site entrance. The contractor scans it with their phone, the Singpass app opens, and they authenticate with fingerprint or face. Within a few seconds the check-in is logged with their verified name and masked NRIC. No handwriting, no NRIC card handed to a guard, no typing on a shared tablet. The same flow four million people already know from SafeEntry, so there is nothing to teach a new crew.

Yes, that is the capability that sets this vertical apart. Work Permit, S Pass, and Employment Pass holders all have Singpass. When a worker checks in, the flow can read their MyInfo pass type and pass expiry date, so an expired or invalid pass is flagged at the gate before the worker steps on site, not weeks later during an audit. This right-to-work check is an Enterprise feature and it uses a MyInfo purpose that is separate from ordinary visitor logging. We confirm it is active for your account during onboarding.

Through Singpass MyInfo the system receives the contractor’s verified full name and a masked NRIC or FIN (for example S****567A). For the right-to-work check it can also receive pass type (Citizen, PR, Work Permit, S Pass, Employment Pass) and pass expiry date. The full NRIC is never stored, only a masked version and a secure hash for recognising repeat workers. Each site only requests the fields you have configured, so you collect what you need and nothing more.

Under the Workplace Safety and Health Act, the occupier and main contractor have to control site access, keep an accurate attendance record for evacuation, and be able to show who acknowledged the safety induction and permit-to-work conditions. SingVMS handles all of that at check-in. A worker can accept the safety induction and permit-to-work terms as part of signing in, and the acceptance is timestamped against their verified identity. When there is an incident, you have a defensible, auditable trail instead of a smudged logbook.

Yes. The dashboard shows exactly who is signed in right now at each gate or site. During a fire drill or a real evacuation, the muster officer opens the live list and checks names off against who has cleared the assembly point. Workers are marked out when they sign off at the end of the shift, so the on-site count stays accurate through the day.

Most on-site workers do have Singpass, including foreign workers, because Work Permit and S Pass holders are issued one. For anyone who genuinely cannot authenticate, there is a manual sign-in fallback where they enter their details on a form. These entries are clearly marked as unverified on your dashboard, so you always know which check-ins are Singpass-verified and which are self-reported.

Yes, and there is a compliance reason to move now. Since 2019 the PDPC has restricted collecting full NRIC numbers by default, and from 31 December 2026 organisations must also stop using the NRIC to authenticate people, with enforcement stepping up from 1 January 2027. A paper attendance book that records NRICs at the gate falls foul of both. Switching to Singpass check-in removes the exposed NRIC problem, gives you a real digital attendance trail, and folds the permit-to-work and induction sign-offs into the same flow.

Verify every contractor
at the gate with Singpass.

Free to start. 50 verified check-ins included. One QR code per gate, live in minutes.