Safety Training Department

Aims & Objectives

The MBA Training Department offers a range of Health & Safety training sessions, workshops and seminars. 

Course Outline

Health & Safety Representative Course

• Intro to course

• Objectives of the course

• History of OHSACT 85of 1993

• Injury stats

• Hazard identification

• Awareness and conditions in the workplace

• Environment and weather awareness

• Facilities e.g. First ai

• Health and hygiene

• PPE and PPC

• Tools and machinery

• Signage and Health and safety rules

• Awareness of emergency response

• Health and safety rep

• Functions of health and safety rep

• Health and safety committee

• Functions of health and safety committee and meetings

• Registers

• Duties of the employer

• Duties of the employees

• Safety inspector and duties (Incident and Accident Investigation)

• Conclusion

Scaffold Inspectors Course

• Course requirements

• References

• Scaffold Injury costs

• Statistics

• Causes of Scaffold accidents

• Prevention of Scaffold accidents

• Scaffold restrictions as per SANS codes

• Static Scaffolds

• Scaffold Classification

• Scaffold Principles as per SANS codes

• Foundations

• Bracing

• Tying

• Platforms and Scaffold Boards

• Fittings

• Other Safety considerations

• Mobile scaffold

• Trestle scaffold

• Steel folding type trestles

• Risk Assessment

• Ladders

• Ramps

• Boatswains Chair

• Scaffold Framework

• Offences and Penalties

• Work in Elevated position

• Work in danger of engulfment

• Registers