Legal OHS training is vital in South Africa to ensure businesses and employees are aware of their duties under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act. It equips individuals with the skills to identify, control, and prevent workplace hazards while maintaining legal compliance. This training enhances workplace safety, reduces the risk of injuries, and protects employers from legal liabilities.
The importance of legal OHS training is supported by the OHS Act:
Section 8(2)(e):
"Providing such information, instructions, training, and supervision as may be necessary to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of his employees."
Section 13(1):
"Every employer shall, as far as is reasonably practicable, cause every employee to be made conversant with the hazards to his health and safety attached to any work which he has to perform, any article or substance which he has to produce, process, use, handle, store or transport and any plant or machinery which he is required or permitted to use, as well as with the precautionary measures which should be taken and observed with respect to those hazards."
By law, operators are required to have a valid driver's license before operating moving machinery.
Legal liability training will ensure that the employer is aware of what is required of them according to the OHS Act.
By law, you need a trained health and safety team to assist with any emergency, this includes fire fighters and evacuation officers
By law, you need a trained health and safety team to assist with any emergency, this includes your first aiders
By law, you need trained Health and safety reps to represent the employees and ensure that all risks and hazards are identified.
Investigate incidents by collecting data, analyzing the data, and identifying the root causes.
All employees working at heights are required to be formally trained and deemed medically fit
Induction training is required to be done annually with all staff, which includes the company policies, health and safety procedures and practices
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