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Course Title: General Occupational Health and Safety


Course Code: OHS

Unit Standard ID: 8016
Unit Standard Title: Maintaining occupational health, safety and general housekeeping
NQF Level: 3
Credits: 8
Duration: 2 Days

About the Programme
 
This programme is designed to identify hazards at the workplace and to comply with the relevant legislation. To highlight the good housekeeping practices and the use of personal protective equipment.
 
This programme is suitable for Supervisors and General Staff who are required to have working knowledge of OHS practices.
 

Content

 
Module 1: Legislation
  1. Objectives of the OHS Act
  2. Act and Regulations
  3. Generic structure of legislation
  4. OHS Act Definitions
  5. Chief Directorate of OHS
  6. General duties of the employer
  7. General duties of the employee
  8. Health and Safety Representatives
  9. Reporting to inspectors
  10. Reporting to the Chief Inspector
  11. Unsafe Work Practice and conditions
  12. Compensation of Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 133 of 1993
  13. Compensation fund and reserve fund
  14. Compensation for occupational injuries
  15. Claims for compensation
Module 2: Housekeeping Practices and Personal Protective Equipment
  1. Accidents in the workplace
  2. Basic causes of accidents
  3. Occupational safety
  4. Common hazards
  5. Safety precautions
  6. Electricity
  7. Working with machinery, plant and tools
  8. Hazards and risks
  9. General Housekeeping
  10. Personal Protective Equipment
Module 3: Safety Procedures
  1. The importance of procedures
  2. Workplace procedures
  3. Working safely
  4. Standard – ISO 14000
  5. Safety code for lifting
  6. Stacking articles – General Safety Regulation
  7. Contingency plans
Module 4: Risk controls
  1. Emergency procedures
  2. Responsibilities of employers and employees.
  3. Alerting Emergency Medical Services
  4. Examples of emergency procedures
  5. Risk Control Measures
  6. Classification of Hazards
  7. Implementing Risk Control Measures
  8. Signs and symbols
  9. Occupational Health
  10. Occupational Hygiene