Workplace Compliance with EHS4U
Training is a legal duty, not a nice to have
Section 8 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act requires employers to inform, instruct, train and supervise employees. Hazard-specific regulations reinforce this duty by requiring risk assessment, controls and training. An inspector from the Department of Employment and Labour will ask for the assessment, action plan and training register as evidence of compliance.
This catalogue is designed to meet those legal requirements. Every course is assessed, produces a dated certificate and creates an auditable training record. Training can be delivered online, facilitated on your site, or through a blend of both.
Workplace Compliance Courses
Regulations for Hazardous Chemical Agents, 2021
If your employees handle, decant, mix, clean with or work near chemicals, solvents, dusts or fumes, these regulations apply to you. They require a chemical inventory and safety data sheets, an exposure assessment against occupational exposure limits, control at source before personal protective equipment, and training for everyone exposed.
Ergonomics Regulations, 2019
Ergonomics under South African law includes more than lifting. It covers physical demands as well as the cognitive and organisational demands of work, including workload, work pace, job control and psychosocial stress. You must identify ergonomic risks, assess them, control them, and train both the employees who are exposed and those who carry out the risk assessments.
Noise Exposure Regulations, 2024
Noise-induced hearing loss is still one of the most compensated occupational diseases in South Africa, and it is entirely preventable. Under the Noise Exposure Regulations, 2024, an action level of 82 dB(A) and an exposure limit of 85 dB(A) apply. Where average exposure reaches these levels, you must declare and mark a noise zone, control the noise at source before relying on protection, run audiometric testing, and train everyone who enters.
Thermal stress is a physical agent, and in South African conditions its impact, especially the sharp jump from heat exhaustion, heat stroke and death, is widely underestimated. Construction, agriculture, mining and manufacturing all face this risk. People rarely drop without warning. The first clues are usually slower work, irritation or small mistakes.
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