Educational Services Industry

First Aid in schools is a legal requirement in South Africa, first aiders, emergency equipment and procedures must be in place.

A Health and Safety Risk assessment simply involves the employer (school) identifying hazards to health and safety,

A training policy indicates to employees that their training is taken to heart and also ensures that the correct training is being implemented.

Schools need to follow the health and safety act and enforce a health and safety policy

Schools need proper Health and Safety procedures to have a healthy and safe environment

The OHS Act and its Regulations require a number of appointments to be made

Most checklists that you can obtain for inspections of a school’s health and safety system are generic

The audit protocol is essentially a checklist that is used during an inspection to ensure all the requirements for compliance are being met.

When the employer (school) puts a health and safety system in place, they need to be sure that it complies with the laws of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act