Safety and Health Committee

Introduction
The purpose of this training is to bring workers and management together in a non-adversarial, cooperative effort to promote safety and health in each workplace. A safety committee helps the employer and makes recommendations for change regarding occupational safety and health issues.

Course Objective

  • Gets employees involved
  • Creates interest in health and safety
  • Educates employees and managers
  • Promotes cooperation and coordination
  • Promotes the exchange of ideas Goals
  • Increase safety awareness
  • Build enthusiasm for safety programs
  • Reduce and prevent injuries

Legislation

  • Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Committee) Regulations 1996
  • Regulation Under Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994(Act514)

Information and Education

  • Respond to concerns raised by workers, supervisors and managers.
  • Recommend training for new employees, supervisors, and managers and refresher training on health and safety practices, procedures and emergency response.
  • Plan and organize training programs.
  • Establish or improve procedures for employees to report health symptoms without fear of reprisal.
  • Keep workers, supervisors, and managers informed about the committee’s activities.

Target Group

  • Health & Safety Committee Members
  • Managers, Engineers, Supervisors and Employees and any others

Methodology

  • Introduction to Legal requirements
  • Discuss on the incident and accident
  • Corrective Action plan
  • No reoccurrence
  • Identify Hazards.
  • Report writing skill
  • Group presentation
  • Unsafe act to safe condition.

Certification

  • Certificates of Attendance in “Safety and Health Committee ” are awarded to participants on successful completion of course of 2days

Course Content

Day 1

  • Regulation Under Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994(Act514)
  • Occupational Safety and Health (Safety and Health Committee) Regulations 1996
  • Legislation Requirements – Formation of Safety Committee mix of all section/Dept
  • Responsibility of safety committee members
  • Function of Safety Committee
  • Written exam of theory

Day 2

  • Guide on Safety and Health(Notification of Accident ,Dangerous Occurrence, Occupation Poisoning and Occupational Disease) Regulation 2004 NADOPOD
  • Identify Hazards
  • Accident Investigation
  • Report writing on incident
  • Preventive Action
  • No Reoccurrence of the same
  • Q&A Closed, Certificate Presentationaccident

Safety is not a gadget but a state of mind.
It takes leadership to improve safety.
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

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