Apply for EmCare’s Safety Officer Course to Protect Those Around You Today!

• 1 September 2021

It should come as no surprise that a world without safety officers is a world not safe enough to live in. When it comes to their rank in the workplace, safety officers are often seen as one of the more important employees at any given place of work, as they ensure that all other employees remain in a safe working environment. If you are looking to start your career as your workplace’s safety officer, then waste no time in applying for EmCare’s Safety Officer course once having read this brief article.

Why Should a Company Consider Hiring a Safety Officer at all?

In many industries across the globe, it is often said the safety officer that is considered to be the parent in terms of the invaluable protection that they are able to provide to the rest of the employees working on site. By having a safety officer be employed at your company, you will be providing the rest of your employees with a sense of physical security as they have no need to worry about working in an unsafe work environment, something that not everyone is lucky enough to experience.

By leaving the workplace without any sense of security through the lack of any occupational health and safety (OHS) being present on-site, the rest of your employees may start to feel unsafe, distracted, and potentially as if they are not being looked after enough. On the other hand, by having a safety officer be present throughout the day in the midst of practically any work environment, your employees may instead start to feel far safer, secured, and as if they are actively being looked after.

As is expressed in practically any safety officer training course currently available, the safety officer’s main concern is to provide a much-needed sense of security to the workplace, allowing the employees and visitors within to stop worrying about their physical health in the slightest while still allowing businesses to be conducted at peak efficiency. This is achieved through the safety officer in question’s ability to create, expand upon, guide, and look over all health and safety procedures that are taking place at work.

While you may be thinking that not all businesses are in need of a safety officer, this is just not the case as a well-trained safety officer that is experienced in their field is able to implement and improve the safety and security of any place of business in a number of different aspects that may not have even been originally thought about. In a world as fast-paced as today, not everyone is able to keep their focus on the safety of others while still remaining competent and fully committed to their work, which only adds emphasis to the importance of having a safety officer be present at a moment’s notice.

The level of protection that your company’s safety officer is able to provide has become exceptionally more important within recent times due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and the number of different variants that have since made their way out into the world. While this global pandemic may be on everyone’s mind, the safety protocols revolving around this virus may not be, which places even further emphasis on the employment of a dedicated safety officer.

What are the Key Roles of Any Safety Officer in the Workplace?

Once having been able to complete a Safety Officer course and finding employment, the safety officer in question is tasked with performing any duties that can lead to the physical protection of the employees around them, providing them with a safe and stable work environment where their well-being is not put into question. This can see the safety officer performing a multitude of different tasks at any given moment but can be summarized down to:

• Looking over and training junior health and safety officers.
• Investigating any accidents that may have occurred in the workplace.
• Conducting regular and extensive risk assessments and safety inspections.
• Reporting on any and all OHS-related activities.
• Seeing which OHS-related training sessions are needed in the workplace.
• Creating, installing, and improving any health and safety plans, programs and measures at the workplace.
• Making sure that the company in question is abiding by and remaining compliant with all relevant health and safety legislations.

As you can clearly tell with all the requirements of the average safety officer, this is a full-time job, one in which the best results are easily achieved when the officer takes the health and safety of those around them to heart. With requirements such as this, it is no wonder that all safety officers would first need to acquire the needed formal qualifications. These qualifications are put in place to prevent incompetent safety officers from entering the workplace and wreaking havoc, even if only an accident.

Firstly, the qualifications of any safety officer require that they first attain a formal qualification within the industry that they wish to work in. Secondly, the officer in question needs to be able to provide a valid safety officer qualification, which can be attained via a certificate when completing EmCare’s Safety Officer course. Thirdly, the safety officer needs to be experienced and well-versed in their chosen industry, as becoming familiar with your surroundings as well as the happenings within said surroundings can see any safety officer thrive.

With some industries, however, it is first required that the safety officer complete a series of registration requirements before entering the field on a permanent and official basis. While The South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (SAIOSH) may be able to provide registration for safety officers entering into a number of different industries, certain industries that have a mining, medical and construction work environment first need to register through specific organizations, such as the Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA), the South African Society of Occupational Medicine (SASOM), and the South African Centre for Project Construction Managers and Plumbers (SACPCMP), respectively.

Other sectors that could make great and much-needed use of qualified safety officers would include but are not limited to chemical industries, farms, mechanical and electrical engineering industries, clothing manufacturers, food and tobacco industries, hotels, and civil transportation industries too.

Why Should You Consider Entering into EmCare’s Safety Officer Course?

Before you can even think about stepping into the boots of a safety officer, it is first required that you go through a certified Safety Officer course that is able to equip you with the knowledge and physical capabilities that are needed in order for you to maintain a high level of success on the job. Thankfully, EmCare is able to help in this exact regard as their Safety Officer course provides you with high-quality training that will lead you to improve the work environment for the employees around you.

The EmCare Safety Officer course is purposefully designed to fit in with South African legislation by providing you with the necessary skill sets, whether it be theoretical or practical, to allow you to become proficient as a qualified safety officer. If you find yourself interested in enrolling in EmCare’s Safety Officer course, all that is required of you is a grade 10 level of education alongside a proficient understanding of the English language. This Safety Officer course will take no longer than 2 weeks to complete when you will then receive your very own safety officer certificate.

This short training period is not the only reason behind why people turn towards Emcare’s safety officer training course over those provided by other organizations. By enrolling in this Safety Officer course as opposed to any other option, rest assured that you will become fully prepared for the tasks and requirements that are expected of you through the information seen in EmCare’s extensive yet comprehensive training course. From the countless rules, requirements, and regulations that a safety officer needs to abide by and know, you can feel safe knowing that absolutely every topic necessary is covered in a thorough manner while still being demonstrated in a practical setting too.

Alongside this, EmCare’s Safety Officer training course is currently being conducted by highly trained industry professionals that each have a number of years of work experience under their belts. With trainers such as this, all of which are registered as training facilitators, you can remain at ease knowing that your education in this field is kept in good hands.  As we at EmCare are fully aware that the future of our safety is in the hands of those that we train, the facilitators that currently conduct our Safety Officer course are all fully committed to providing you with a professional service where all trainees are treated with respect, and where your participation and commitment towards building a safer future is appreciated and applauded.

To makes things even better, EmCare’s Safety Officer training course is also accredited with the Construction and Training Authority (CETA) as well as the previously mentioned SAIOSH. With such approvals under EmCare’s belt, the certificates that are given to those when completing the course are given value due to the course itself being held to a high and legal standard, a standard that we uphold with pride.

Due to EmCare being an organization that specializes in the field of health and safety, we possess a level of dedication to our trainees that is rarely seen in other courses, especially those trainees who display a level of eagerness to increase their ability to maintain the general wellbeing of the employees surrounding them. It is in our hopes that our dedication is able to seep into those that we have the honour of training.

This dedication is seen in the number of branches that EmCare has opened up across the country. With branches in Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Hoedspruit as well as Polokwane, we ensure that you are never too far away from entering yourself into the training courses that you desire. In fact, we are even able to come to business and personal premises for groups consisting of 10 or more members that are interested in enrolling in our training course. Each of our 7 branches all come fully equipped and prepared to provide you with all the necessary training that is needed in order for you to become a highly successful and respected safety officer amongst your peers.

To book your enrolment today, all that you need to do is go over to EmCare’s website and click the “Contact Us” button that is located on the top right corner of the homepage. From here, you simply need to fill out all the relevant information. It is from this point that you can begin your journey towards peak efficiency and great success within the field of health and safety as a qualified safety officer in training!