Safety Officer Course: Invest In Your Education With EMCARE

Safety officer courses ensure workplace environments are being maintained by qualified individuals. EMCARE's safety officer course not only informs participants how to comply with safety protocols in various industries, but it also provides you with a recognised and advantageous qualification. Since the course can be taken after grade 10, you have the opportunity to start your career early. If you are already a working professional, you will be ensuring you are qualified and knowledgeable in the field. It can be completed as a first step into the Health and Safety work environment, or as a requirement as a part of your employment.

Either way, you are learning valuable skills that can only be built upon to make you more experienced. In this article, we discuss why you should invest in our safety officer course and walk you through careers and tertiary education you can pursue with this qualification.

Why You Should Invest In Your Training With EMCARE

EMCARE is a national health and safety training institution. We have 26 years' worth of experience, providing training since 1997. Our instructors are specialists in their field and have a minimum of 1000 work hours of experience. The knowledge of our instructors, the esteem of our work ethic and the validity of our company make us an ideal choice for your Safety Officer Training. EMCARE's safety officer course offers the necessary qualifications needed before entering the Health and Safety industry. Not only does it offer the qualification, but the course equips you with thorough knowledge that will assist you in managing and complying with South African legislation.

Our course is made up of 10 diverse modules. Some of our practical training covers all levels of first aid, basic firefighting, and emergency evacuation. The theory modules cover legal liability, RISK assessments and accident investigations. These in addition to SHE representative and hazardous material handling?ensure you know everything you would possibly need to know. The job of a safety officer cannot be taken lightly, and ensuring you are able to follow protocols and protect the safety of those in your workforce is crucial to avoiding long-term harm and serious consequences.

Pursuing A Degree Related To Health And Safety

Pursuing an education in the Health and Safety industry might be daunting because of the gravity of its consequences, but it is also incredibly rewarding. South Africa's Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) legislation was put into place to protect workers from injuries, fatalities and diseases. Considering that 3,852,071 occupational accidents were reported between 2001 and 2019, being able to ensure a safe and healthy work environment is a necessity to decrease those statistics.

By becoming qualified as a safety officer, you are able to contribute to these goals and genuinely make a difference in the workplace. There is no industry that should not value health and safety, and by setting yourself up with our safety officer course from as young as grade 10, you can jumpstart a career and understanding of the industry.

Even if your aim is not to be a safety officer, the course broadens your knowledge and contributes to alternative educational pursuits. There are numerous degrees you can pursue related to health and safety. One such degree is environmental health studies, a degree that includes the treatment of hazardous materials and focuses on sustaining ability and environmental awareness. These are all skills you will learn in our Safety Officer Course. If you want to pursue a degree in Engineering, the modules you learn with us are equally as beneficial. In engineering technical skills are valuable, whether mechanical, electrical or chemical.

Completing our safety officer course can also give you an idea of what kind of engineering to specialise in. Another related degree is industrial hygiene. Being able to control and ensure the health protection of employees in industrial industries is crucial, and our course offers theoretical and planning knowledge to guarantee this.

Overall if you're not sure what to do with your future, our safety officer course sets you up for numerous options and possibilities, investing in the course is investing in your future.

Becoming Certified In Health And Safety

If you are already a working professional, our safety officer course offers a lifetime certificate qualification with both an OHS Supervisor Certificate and a South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (SAIOSH) Safety Officer Certificate. SAIOSH is the largest OHS professional body in South Africa, a course qualification is consequentially reputable in the industry. If you simply want to refresh or need credentials for one module, completion will last 2 years for individual modules, which is still recognized by SAIOSH and OHS bodies.

With these certifications, you can pursue a safety officer career in a plethora of fields, including retail, construction, manufacturing, engineering, mining, environmental health, food safety and hygiene. The world becomes your oyster, and you have the steppingstone to further your knowledge in your career or transition to a new one.

Plan Ahead By Signing Up Today

The world of Health and Safety is a vital part of every industry. Having safety officers is crucial to the health and safety protocols that protect workers. You will contribute to a career that takes care of others, doing a job well done is rewarding. At EMCARE you learn more than just how to do the job well. Here at EMCARE, we will train you to be better than the best. From theory to practical knowledge, we equip you to learn about the field, grow in the industry and thrive as an employee. Sign up to learn more today and help us help you invest in your future.