Health and Safety Officer

• Utilise current health and safety legislation and/ or regulations to ensure that all reasonable and proper measures are taken to ensure the safety and health of employees, clients and visitors
• Investigate all accidents and incidents and make recommendations to management to prevent any re-occurrence of incidents.
• Conduct Safety Audits on sites on a regular basis.
• Accompany and assist in the Department of Labour investigations/or audits as required
• Ensure that all contractors and sub-contractors comply with the relevant Health and Safety requirements as per legislation and companny specifications for projects.
• Encourage employees to actively participate in SHE matters
• Conduct SHE Committee meetings.
• Implement an action plan to correct non-compliant behaviour or conditions regarding safety and health
• Update and submit monthly safety, health and environmental statistics
• Create SHE documentation templates as required
• Compile SHE reports as required
• Conduct monthly internal audits to ensure full legal compliance
• Manage, implement and report on NOSA audit as required
• Update documentation as per NOSA audit findings.
• Advise on changes in legislation and legal requirements.
• Initiate and participate in disciplinary action to employees not adhering to policies and procedures with regards to safety

• Grade 12
• Registration with the SACPCMP
• Fully proficient in Office 365
• Incident and accident investigation qualification
• Risk Assessor qualification
• Fall protection planner/ developer qualification
• Working at Heights (at least level 2)
• Working in confined spaces with a certificate of competence
• Fall protection planner (experience in fall protection or valid certificate)
• First aid L2 (previous certificate or valid certificate with experience)
• Rope access experience
• Basic lifting and rigging experience
• HIRA certificate
• SAMTRAC or equivalent qualification

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