All organizations are required by law to be compliant in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). Besides the fact that failure to meet standards is punishable by law, there are tangible benefits to compliance. Compliance will minimise the risk of lawsuits, compensatory damage claims, incarceration, losses in productivity, fines, penalties, and even loss of lives.

The initial step to becoming legally compliant is to identify an organization’s risk areas through a simple audit, and to then systematically address each shortcoming through employing the recommendations generated from the audit. Thereafter, an ongoing management system must be implemented in order to ensure that compliance is maintained.

Who Should Attend

This Course is intended from all team leaders/ Supervisors/managers who Should know the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the consequences of non-compliance. It will be useful for managers at all levels as well as Safety and Security Officers, Compliance officers and Learners, Health and safety Specialists.

After this course you should be able to:

• INSPECT the workplace and report back on those risks with the potential for causing an illness, injury, damage or loss.

• INVESTIGATE various incidents that resulted in a loss, focusing on the identification of causes and recommendations.

• PARTICIPATE actively in the company Health & Safety Programme.

• FUNCTION within the Health and Safety system, making positive contributions