Course Title: Safety, Health and
Environmental Representative
Course Code: SHE
Unit Standard ID: 8016
Unit Standard Title: Maintaining
occupational health, safety and general housekeeping
NQF Level: 3
Credits: 8
Duration: 2 Days
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 the training of Safety
Representatives, Supervisors and General Staff who are
required to have working knowledge of OHS practices and
perform the duties of a SHE Rep.
Content
Module 1: Legislation
- Objectives of the OHS Act
- Act and Regulations
- Generic structure of legislation
- OHS Act Definitions
- Chief Directorate of OHS
- General duties of the employer
- General duties of the employee
- Health and Safety Representatives
- Reporting to inspectors
- Reporting to the Chief Inspector
- Unsafe Work Practice and conditions
- Compensation of Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act
133 of 1993
- Compensation fund and reserve fund
- Compensation for occupational injuries
- Claims for compensation
Module 2: Housekeeping Practices and Personal
Protective Equipment
- Accidents in the workplace
- Basic causes of accidents
- Occupational safety
- Common hazards
- Safety precautions
- Electricity
- Working with machinery, plant and tools
- Hazards and risks
- General Housekeeping
- Personal Protective Equipment
Module 3: Safety Procedures
- The importance of procedures
- Workplace procedures
- Working safely
- Standard – ISO 14000
- Safety code for lifting
- Stacking articles – General Safety Regulation
- Contingency plans
Module 4: Risk controls
- Emergency procedures
- Responsibilities of employers and employees.
- Alerting Emergency Medical Services
- Examples of emergency procedures
- Risk Control Measures
- Classification of Hazards
- Implementing Risk Control Measures
- Signs and symbols
- Occupational Health
- Occupational Hygiene