Occupation Health and Safety (OHS) is concerned with the health and safety of the workplace in all fields. In order to ensure that both employers and employees understand what their responsibilities and rights are laws and regulations have been passed to ensure that no one is ignorant of these laws, responsibilities or rights. However, no work place is static and as new safety concerns arise and new issues are addressed these laws change or are added onto over time, making it difficult for the both employers and employees to understand and keep up with the changing laws.
So OHS regulations require that employers, employees, representatives and others take OHS approved training and refresher courses in order to insure that everyone understands the OHS regulations and are advised of new regulations and procedures and how they should be put in place in the workplace to help reduce work related accidents and illness.
The Importance of Taking OHS Training Courses
The importance of taking these OHS training courses is pretty obvious. From the employers perspective not only are these courses required by law and failing to comply with OHS guidelines including the taking of the necessary training courses can result in hefty fines and work stoppage which can be hazardous to a company’s bottom line. But employers can benefit greatly from knowing and understanding the law and what is expected of them. Most OHS training courses offer safety tips and how to apply them in order for the employer to reduce the chances of work related accidents and health problems.
In addition, most employers want to protect their employees from unnecessary risks and dangerous situations that could result in serious injury or even death and these training courses help them do that. It also helps them to understand their rights and responsibilities should an accident occur.
Training areas
In order to implement OHSE one must have knowledge and skills in the following areas.
| 1.1 Health and safety in South Africa:
1.1.1 Safety and law in South Africa 1.1.2 Objectives of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1.1.3 Importance and purpose of conducting Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) representative activities 1.1.4 Benefits of resolving SHE related issues 2.1 Layout of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations: 2.1.1 Sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2.1.2 Regulations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2.1.3 Important terms and definitions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 3.1 Legal Structures of the Occupational Health and Safety Act: 3.1.1 Role players in the SHE process 3.1.2 Legal structures of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 3.1.3 Legal appointments and responsibilities of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 4.1 Duties and responsibilities of employers, employees and other persons stipulated by the Occupational Health and Safety Act: 4.1.1 Requirements applicable to the employer 4.1.2 Requirements applicable to employees 4.1.3 Requirements applicable to other persons 4.1.4 Requirements applicable to manufacturers, designers, importers, sellers or suppliers 5.1 Health and Safety Representative and Committees: 5.1.1 Requirements applicable to a Health and Safety Representative 5.1.2 Requirements applicable to a Health and Safety Committee 6.1 Practical SHE: 6.1.1 Copy of the Act 6.1.2 Fines and penalties 6.1.3 Exemptions 6.1.4 Reporting of Incidents and diseases 6.1.5 Investigation of incidents 7.1 Performing SHE activities: 7.1.1 The importance of participating in the activities within the SHE structures. 7.1.2 Important of teamwork. 7.1.3 Consultation and communication with other parties within the organisation 7.1.4 Five step risk assessment 7.1.5 SHE inspections |
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