Health and Safety Officer in South Africa

The Health and Safety Officer Training Course in South Africa is for anyone who needs to work in a variety of industries, where Health and Safety is a requirement either through legislation or the type of work that must be performed.

Our Health and Safety course is designed to meet the South African legislative requirements as determined by the Department of Labor, the Labour Law for Managers Loose Leaf Service, Occupational Health & Safety Act 2003, Occupational Health & Safety Regulations 1998, Occupational Health & Safety Directive 2003, National Fact sheets, Hand Books and other resources that are listed in the content of each learning unit.

The course will provide an understanding of legal responsibilities regarding health and safety at work, including first aid and medical services, first aid at work, risk assessment, first aid training, first aid equipment, first aid guidelines for first aid providers, emergency medical care and treatment during work place incidents, accidents and emergencies. Furthermore this course will assist an individual to understand what to do when accidents or incidents happen.

OHSTraining is a specialist provider in occupational health and safety training in South Africa.

OHSTraining offers a full suite of courses that will help you achieve a better understanding of your role as a health and safety officer, from OH&S induction training to OHS for supervisors courses. They also provide CPD accredited training for experienced OHS professionals.

Health and Safety Officer Training provides Health and Safety training in South Africa. OHSTraining was established to introduce a quality, professional training service to the industry, with the aim of introducing consistency to health and safety training in South Africa.

South Africa is a dangerous place to work with 3.3 workers per day being killed on average, but by attending our health and safety officer training you can help reduce these statistics by learning from our experienced trainers from OHSTraining.

Health and Safety Officer Training in South Africa will teach you everything you need to know about health and safety by walking you through the following modules:
Module 1 – Understanding health and safety law
Module 2 – Understanding health and safety policy
Module 3 – Understanding the hierarchy of control
Module 4 – Risk identification, risk assessment and risk control
Module 5 – Health and safety equipment and first aid provision
Module 6 – Managing workplace hazards
At the end of this training you will be able to prove your knowledge as a qualified Health and Safety Officer Instructor.
Training includes:
Full attendance at all lectures/tutorials
Fully accredited certificate, diploma or degree as per relevant qualification level of enrolment.

The OHSTraining School Health and Safety Officer training course in South Africa is designed to give you a detailed understanding of all aspects of health and safety in the workplace to become competent in your duties.

The majority of the time, the cumulative amount of working hours employees spend at their place of employment far exceed the amount of time spent at home. It is therefore the duty of each employee to ensure that he/she completes his/her tasks within safe parameters. Employees are obligated to conduct their assigned tasks in ways that are safe for themselves, their colleagues, and for the general public.

To ensure that your health and safety needs are adequately addressed, you therefore need to take steps to improve your skills. Take action today to attend one of our Health and Safety Officer training courses in South Africa so that you can have better knowledge in your role.

The Health and Safety Officer (HSO) is a position which is usually assigned to a person with a tertiary education in a Health and Safety discipline, who is assigned the responsibility of ensuring that the health and safety of employees and contractors at a workplace is not adversely affected by hazards. The HSO will usually be the person accountable for the planning, implementation and monitoring of the organisation’s health and safety management system at a workplace.
Hence Health and Safety officer can be considered as a health and safety professionals whose roles include:

-Ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, including those on occupational health and safety, environmental protection, etc.
-Health and Safety Inspector: A certified inspector of the South African Institute of Occupational Hygienists (SAIOH), the South African Institute of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE), or similar institute.
-They establish a health and safety policy for the organisation that is communicated to management and staff, and monitor compliance with this policy.

In South Africa, OHSTraining is a leading provider of H&S training to the Mining, Oil and Gas industries. We offer training in a variety of areas from basic awareness training to advanced practical lectures.

We deliver training to students from all walks of life and have a great team of instructors that have a proven track record in the field. We have an excellent Safety Confidence Assessment system where we can provide a fully comprehensive course to clients within a 1/2 week time span.

We have a high pass rate from our students and have been doing business for 4 years with a 100% satisfaction rate from our clients.