Course Content

• 1. General Health & Safety
• 2. Advanced Health & Saftey
• 3. Health & Safety Representative
• 4. Incident Accident Investigation
• 5. Health & Safety for Junior Managers
• 6. Health & Safety for Senior Managers
• 7. Safety Committee

1.General Health & Saftey

• Legal knowledge
• Organizations safety rules & procedures
• Occupational safety vs occupational health
• Occupational hygiene vs personal hygiene
• Emergency planning

Duration : 4 hours

Target : Appointed/Candidate Health & Safety Representatives

Modules : 1 to 5

Description : Legal Knowledge, Organizations Safety Rules & Procedures, Emergency Planning

Legislation : Occupational Health & Safety Act of 1993

Students : Minimum of 6 to a maximum of 15

2.Advanced Health & Safety

• Introduction
• Legal knowledge
• OCC health vs OCC safety
• Prevention of incidents
• Hazard identification
• Incident identification
• Conducting a health & safety meeting

Duration : 2 days

Target : Appointed/Candidate Health & Safety Representatives

Modules : 1 to 7

Description : Comprehensive Hazard Identification & Incident Prevention

Legislation : Occupational Health & Safety Act of 1993

Students : Minimum of 5 to a maximum of 10

3.Health & Safety Representative

• Legislation governing occupational healthy and safety
• Section 8 of the Act
• Section 13 of the Act
• Section 14 of the Act
• Section 17 of the Act
• Section 18 of the Act
• Section 19 of the Act
• Section 20 of the Act
• General Administration Regulations (GAR 8, GAR 9, GAR 23)
• ABC of health and safety
• Occupational safety vs occupational health
• Occupational hygiene
• Measuring tools
• Level exposure
• Incident prevention
• Understanding incidents
• Incident ratio
• Rd investigation
• Symbolic signs
• Conducting a committee meeting
• Safety committee
• Functions of the chairperson
• Health and saftey committee

Duration : 8 hours, 1 day

Target : Appointed/Candidate Health & Safety Representatives

Modules : 1 to 6

Description : Comprehensive Hazard Identification & Incident Prevention

Legislation : Occupational Health & Safety Act of 1993

Students : Minimum of 5 to a maximum of 10

4.Incident Accident Investigation

• Introduction
• Section 1
• Legislation governing an investigation
• Section 2
• Incident investigation
• Reasons for investigation
• Causes of incidents
• Consequences of incidents
• Section 3
• Incident scene investigation
• Investigation steps
• Investigation team
• Recommendations of investigation
• Questioning of witnesses
• Gathering of evidence
• Interviewing witnesses
• Section 4
• Preparing for the interview
• Taking statements
• Root cause analysis
• Section 5
• Annexure for BPO

Duration : 1 day

Target : Appointed/Candidate Health & Safety Representatives

Modules : 1 to 6

Description : Hazard Identification, Incident Investigation, Legal Knowledge

Legislation : Occupational Healthy & Safety Act of 1993

Students : Minimum of 6 to a maximum of 15

5.Health & Saftey for Junior Managers

• Legal principles
• Interpretation of relevant sections of the Act
• General administration
• General safety
• Environmental
• Driven machinery
• Electrical machinery
• Electrical installation
• Vassals under pressure
• Facilities and dangerous goods substance regulations

Duration : 3 days

Target : Managers, Senior Supervisors and Supervisors

Modules : 1 to 10

Description : Applicable Safety Acts, Environmental, Electrical Machinery, Vassals under Pressure

Legislation : Occupational Health & Safety Act of 1993

Students : Minimum of 6 to a maximum of 15

6.Health & Saftey for Senior Managers

• Legal principles
• Interpretation of relevant sections of the Act
• General administration
• General safety
• Environmental
• Driven machinery
• Electrical machinery
• Electrical installation
• Vassals under pressure
• Facilities and dangerous goods substance regulations

Duration : 3 days

Target : CEO, Senior Managers, Managers, Senior Supervisors and Supervisors

Modules : 1 to 10

Description : Applicable Safety Acts, Environmental, Electrical Machinery, Vassals under Pressure

Legislation : Occupational Health & Safety Act of 1993

Students : Minimum of 6 to a maximum of 15

7.Saftey Committee

• Legal requirements
• Elections
• Conducting of meetings
• Agendas
• Minutes
• Facilitation

Duration : 1 day

Target : Appointed Candidates as Health and Safety Representatives

Modules : 1 to 6

Description : Conducting the Meetings, Facilitation

Legislation : Occupational Health & Safety Act of 1993

Students : Minimum of 6 to a maximum of 15