The Occupational Health & Safety Act

The OHS Act 85 of 1993 requires employers and employees to take all necessary measures to establish a safe and healthy workplace. It also mandates that the CEO, management, supervisors, OHS representatives, and other employees understand their respective health and safety obligations in the work environment.

Course Overview

Non-compliance with the OHS act can result in serious consequences, including fines, imprisonment, or both in extreme cases. To ensure a safer workplace for everyone, it is important to educate and train employees on this vital piece of legislation.

Although the one-day course provides an overview of the OHS act, further training or self-study may be required to gain a complete understanding of the act’s complexities.

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About The Occupational Health & Safety Act Course

Course Information

Duration	Occupational Health and Safety Act is a 1-day course.
Cost	The cost of the course is R875.00, exclusive of VAT.
Certification	The delegates will be issued with a certificate once they have successfully completed the 1-day course and the certificate is valid for a 2-year period
Venues	Training can be held on-premises at your organisation with a minimum of 8 attendees, or at one of our designated training centres located in Johannesburg North, Durban, Port Elizabeth, or Cape Town.

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Course Content and Modules

Introduction to law, health and safety in general, and the history of the OHS act.
Understanding the sections and regulations of the act
Important Sections of the Act such as:

Section 7: Health and safety policy
Section 8: General duties of employers to their employees
Section 9: General duties of employers and self-employed persons to persons other than their employees
Section 10: General duties of manufacturers and others regarding articles and substances for use at work, etc
Section 13: Duty to inform
Section 14: General duties of employees at work
Section 16: Duties of the CEO
Section 17: Health and safety representatives
Section 18: Functions of the health and safety representatives
Section 19: Health and safety committee
Section 20: Functions of the health and safety committee
Section 23: Certain deductions prohibited
Section 24: Report to inspector regarding a certain incident
Section 26: Victimization forbidden
Section 35: Appeal against the decision of an inspector
Section 37: Acts or omissions by employees and mandataries
Section 38: Offences, penalties, and special orders of the court
Section 41: This act is not affected by agreements

OHS contractor management and agreement arrangements.

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