Health & Safety Courses
- Principals of emergency care, safety and emergency scene management
- Artificial Respirations
- One man CPR
- Airway Obstruction
- Wounds & Bleeding
- Shock, unconsciousness & Fainting
- Fractures and Splints
- Burns
- Head & Spinal Injuries
- Practical demonstrations and participation by each learner in the practical exercises
- Level 1 Revision
- Chest, Hand, Eye Injuries
- Multiple Injury Management
- Environmental Illness
- Poisoning, Bites & Stings
- Chest Pain & Paralyses
- Fits
- Management of Soft Tissue Injuries
- Foreign Object Management
- Elementary & Applied Anatomy Physiology
- Practical demonstrations and participation by each learner in the practical exercises
Level 1 and 2 Revision
- Emergency Childbirth
- Water related emergencies
- Practical demonstrations and participation by each learner in the practical exercises
- Fire Introduction
- Giving Warning of a Fire
- The Burning Process
- The Fire Tetrahedron
- Classes of Fire
- PPE
- Extinguishing Mediums and Extinguishers
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- Water
- Foam
- Carbon Dioxide
- Dry Chemical Powder
- Understand the Occupation Health and Safety Act, and the principles of the Act
- Know the duties of employers and employees
- Know the functions of health and safety reps and be able to carry out these functions
- Know the reason for incident investigations and be able to participate
- Understand the functions of and actively participate in health and safety committees
- Employee duties and responsibilities
- Safety in the workplace
- Symbolic signs
- Safe use of workplace safety equipment
- Personal protective equipment
- Fire fighting and evacuation
- First Aid
- General policies and procedures
- The employee and the law
- Know the reasons for investigating incidents / accidents
- Know the investigation methods and be able to carry this out
- Be able to complete the required documentation and report on suggested corrective action
- The OHAS Act requirements for investigation
- The process of investigation
- Documentation required for reporting and claiming compensation
- Conduct a full investigation, with reporting, corrective action and follow-up
- Explaining the legal and specified requirements pertaining to conducting occupational health and safety (OHS) inspections
- Planning OHS inspections and workplace hazard identification
- Conducting inspections to identify hazards
- Reporting on OHS inspections and remedying workplace hazards and associated risks
- Interpret the Occupational Health and Safety Act with regard to planned inspections, hazard identification and the assessment of risks
- Formulate and prepare inspection checklists and tools in order to carry out specific audits, pertaining to hazards, in the workplace
- Complete a workplace audit, listing hazards identified
- Report on and recommend remedial action, hazards identified and assess the risks accordingly
- Purpose of an emergency plan – deal with SHE emergencies
- Fire Safety – Housekeeping
- Evacuation procedures – the Need to Know
- Preplanning
- The emergency scene
- Zone sweep
- Types of emergencies
- Specific emergencies and responses
- Communication channels
- General evacuation and duties
- Emergency response personnel