Occupational Health and Safety Courses: Occupational Health and Safety Careers

In every industry, there are workplace risks which employees, employers, and visitors need to be kept safe from. This creates a wide variety of career opportunities in the occupational health and safety field. We take a look into the different EMCARE occupational health and safety courses and the possible careers you can enter into after studying these courses.

EMCARE Occupational Health and Safety Courses:

EMCARE is a health and safety training facility that offers a range of occupational health and safety courses. We offer occupational health and safety courses of an exceptional standard to ensure that you can have a successful career in the occupational health and safety field. We have created a quick overview of a few of the occupational health and safety courses we offer that will aid your career in occupational health and safety.

1. Health and Safety Representative Course: This EMCARE health and safety course will provide you with the theoretical and practical skills to become a health and safety representative. You will receive training on the relevant acts, legislation, and other important information about health and safety.
2. Occupational Health and Safety Act Course: When working in any career in the occupational health and safety field, you need to have a competent understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act 85 of 1993. This EMCARE course will ensure that you understand the OHS Act 85 fully and will be able to implement it in your workplace and ensure compliance.
3. Occupational Health and Safety Workshop: This EMCARE workshop is aimed at gathering learners to have a conversation, raise queries, and deepen their understanding of the OHS Act 85. We recommend attending this workshop, which will take between 4-8 hours depending on the group size, once you have completed the occupational health and safety act course.
4. COIDA Course: The EMCARE Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) course covers all the relevant legislation regarding compensation obligations of employers and the rights of employees when there is a workplace injury. This EMCARE course will be beneficial for any occupational health and safety career as you will need to know how to legally advise on the correct procedures after an employee has been injured.
5. Health and Safety Supervisors Course: This EMCARE course is tailor-made for occupational health and safety supervisors, managers, or coordinators. You will learn all the theoretical and practical skills necessary for these careers.
6. Risk Assessment Course: Assessing risks in a workplace is an important aspect of any occupational health and safety career. This EMCARE course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to ensure that every workplace you are involved in is safe for employees, employers, and visitors.
7. Safety Officer Course: If you are drawn towards a career in the occupational health and safety industry, then this EMCARE course is for you. You will spend two weeks learning all the necessary practical and theoretical skills that will be pertinent in most occupational health and safety careers.
8. Legal Liability Course: This EMCARE course will provide you with knowledge on the legal framework and the OHS Act liabilities, and how to make practical decisions within this legal framework in your workplace.

When it comes to finding a company for occupational health and safety courses, EMCARE is the full package. All our occupational health and safety courses are accredited by the relevant governing bodies to ensure that you receive the best training from a reliable training facility. Your EMCARE certificate that you receive on completion of your occupational health and safety courses will hold value and meaning in the occupational health and safety field.

The training your receive from EMCARE is of exceptional quality. All EMCARE trainers are fully qualified professionals with relevant experience in their industries. You can confidently enter into an occupational health and safety career after receiving training from EMCARE.

EMCARE offers health and safety courses that will aid you in creating a career for yourself in the occupational health and safety industry. We have outlined a few of the career options you have when you study EMCARE occupational health and safety courses.

Career Options with EMCARE Occupational Health and Safety Courses:

Find the occupational health and safety career that suits you from our quick list of a few of the possible careers in the occupational health and safety field.

1) Health and Safety Representative:

A health and safety representative will represent employees in a workplace regarding the health and safety of the working environment. A health and safety representative will attend all health and safety meetings, listen to employee complaints, identify risks in the workplace, and provide relevant health and safety recommendations to management. A health and safety representative can also accompany a health and safety inspector and assist the health and safety officer.

The health and safety representative is often an employee within the business that has obtained additional training from occupational health and safety courses. Being an employee provides you with intimate knowledge of the working conditions within the workplace and allows you to create relationships with the other employees. This will enable you to be the best health and safety representative for the workplace.

According to the OHS Act, a health and safety representative is compulsory for every organisation with more than twenty employees. This ensures that there are plenty of opportunities for a career in an industry you are competent and comfortable in.

2) Safety Officer:

A safety officer will perform all health and safety duties in a workplace and is tasked with ensuring that every employee, employer, and visitor to the workplace is safe from any hazards. We have listed a few of the numerous responsibilities a safety officer has in the workplace.

Depending on your selected industry, you may have to acquire additional training to be a fully qualified safety officer in your field. Safety officers are critical in numerous industries which therefore makes this a viable career option to pursue after receiving your EMCARE occupational health and safety training.

3) Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality (SHEQ) Coordinator:

A safety, health, environmental, and quality (SHEQ) coordinator will ensure that the workplace is compliant with all regulations about health and safety, environmental laws, and workplace quality. The SHEQ coordinator will be responsible for having a competent knowledge of all the relevant legislation regarding health and safety and the environment for the specific industry they are working in. The SHEQ coordinator will then implement plans in the workplace that ensure the workplace is compliant.

The SHEQ coordinator will also perform all health and safety responsibilities, such as assessing risks, identifying hazards, suggesting health and safety improvements, and act as a communication channel between employers and employees. On top of monitoring the health and safety of the workplace, the SHEQ coordinator will also continuously monitor the impact that the workplace operations are having on the environment. The SHEQ coordinator will then recommend procedures that the workplace can implement to reduce their environmental impact.

You will need to have relevant training in your industry as well as occupational health and safety training to pursue a career as a SHEQ coordinator. There are multiple career opportunities as a SHEQ coordinator as the laws on environmental impact in the workplace are ever-increasing.

4) Occupational Health and Safety Inspector:

An occupational health and safety inspector will inspect the health and safety of a workplace to ensure the workplace is complying with all relevant legislation in the OHS Act 85. As an occupational health and safety inspector, you will be tasked with arriving at workplaces to perform checks that the workplace is safe and healthy for the employees. If you find a workplace that is not compliant, you will issue fines or stop-work notices.

As an occupational health and safety inspector, you can make recommendations for the workplace to increase health and safety. You will then need to return to the workplace to assess whether the workplace has made the necessary health and safety alterations. Occupational health and safety inspector careers are sought after as you perform an external evaluation of the workplace and thus ensure that there are no biases when evaluating the health and safety of the workplace.

5) Occupational Health and Safety Specialist:

An occupational health and safety specialist will have theoretical and practical skills about health and safety in the workplace, as well as specialised knowledge that is focused on a narrow field. We have listed a few types of careers that you can pursue within the occupational health and safety specialist field.

1. Ergonomists.
2. Industrial Hygienists.
3. Environmental Protection Officers.

Specific industries require specialised skills when it comes to ensuring that their workplace is safe from hazards and is compliant with relevant regulations. When pursuing this career, you will need health and safety training as well as specialised training in your chosen field.

About EMCARE:

Alongside the EMCARE occupational health and safety courses, we also offer courses in emergency medical, first aid, emergency evacuation training, and firefighting. EMCARE offers a total solution to any of your course needs within the wide field of health and safety. Our training facilities are conveniently located in several locations across South Africa.

You can find an EMCARE branch in Polokwane, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Hoedspruit, and Cape Town. If there is an EMCARE course you are interested in, find out which facility you can receive the training at. The EMCARE training facilities are designed to be the perfect environment for our courses. Our training facilities are stocked with all the necessary equipment so that you can receive practical training that you can apply to your workplace or in your career.

There is also the option to have EMCARE come to your work premises for employee training. For groups of ten or more, we will provide you with all the theoretical and practical aspects of your selected course from the comfort of your workplace. EMCARE is dedicated to ensuring that everyone receives adequate health and safety training, which is why we make it as easy as possible to partake in EMCARE training. EMCARE occupational health and safety courses will provide you with the knowledge and skills to enter into an occupational health and safety career of your choice.