The successful learner will be able to:

• explain the duties of the employer and employee with regards to occupational health and safety in the mining workplace
• understand the requirements:
  • that apply to those entering the workplace and performing any duties therein
  • for the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), housekeeping and emergency procedures.

Course outline

By the end of the course, the successful learner will be able to:

• Employer and employee duties, including HSE representatives, and identifying and reporting hazards and risks
• General safety rules in the workplace, including consequences of alcohol and drug use, access control, use of motorised and mobile equipment, lockout procedures, and symbolic and other signage
• The use and application of PPE, including correct use and application, maintenance and storage, the importance of wearing PPE and limitations of use
• Good housekeeping practices, stacking and storage practices, demarcation and colour coding
• Emergency procedures, including escape routes, assembly points, refuge bays, emergency communication and planning a simulated emergency exercise