Health and Safety Officer Training Course

Course Fee:

₦300,000.00

Course Overview

This crucial and comprehensive course will equip the participants to:
• Understand the qualities, attributes, roles & responsibilities, knowledge and skills of HSO
• Systematically comprehend various workplace hazards and ways to control them
• Participate in case-studies and brainstorm for identifying various hazards and controlling them
• Understand avenues for higher educational and professional qualification available for HSO’s
• Heed professional affiliations available for HSO’s
• Prepare themselves to take up the profession of Health & Safety management
• Ultimately, project HSO as a harbinger and agent of happy family life and society because workers are safe, thanks to his/her efforts

Course Content

WHO IS A HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER?
• Concepts
• Responsibilities
• Foundations in Health & Safety
• Regulatory and statutory requirements
• Safety-Related Disciplinary Action
• Each employee is a Health & Safety officer?
• Health, Safety & Environment Committee
QUALITIES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER
• Communication
• Leadership
• Dynamism
• Resourceful
• Sense of Planning
• Trainer/Educator
• A H&S representative of workers in front of management
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL-SETS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER-1
• Occupational injury and illness
• Hazards and Risks
• Health & Safety Policy
• Organising /Resource Planning for health & safety
• Promoting a positive health & safety culture
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL-SETS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER-2
• Risk Assessment
• Principles of hazard control
• Monitoring, review and audit
• Occupational incident, recording and reporting
• Accident investigation and reporting
• Feedback from workers to management on H&S improvement
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL-SETS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER-3
• Movement of people, equipment & vehicles – hazards and control
• Manual and mechanical handling – hazards and control resource planning
• Working equipment hazards and control
• Electrical hazards and control
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL-SETS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER-4
• Fire hazards and control
• Chemical and biological health hazards and control
• Physical and psychological health hazards and control
• Construction activities – hazards and control
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL-SETS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER-5
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Permit to Work System
• H&S Inspections and Audits
• Corrective, Preventive and Improvement Actions
RESPONSIBILITIES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER
• Developing Health & Safety Policy for the company
• What you can count on from leadership?
• Statutory, regulatory and legal interfaces
• Routine guidance on hazard identification and control
CASE STUDIES – BRAINSTORM IDENTIFYING HAZARDS AND SUGGESTING CONTROLS
• Case study from steady state Oil & Gas based process/chemical industries
• Case study from construction industry
• Case study from marine industry
• Case study from other industries as per needs of majority of participants
QUALIFICATIONS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICER
• NEBOSH International General Certificate & Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety
• IOSH certifications
• ASSP – Certified Safety Professional
• University graduation and post-graduation in occupational health and safety
• Others
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & TRAINING BENEFICIAL FOR HSO
• IOSH
• ASSP – CSP
• OSHA
• EUOSH
• Others
Methodology
The training methodology integrates lectures, interactive discussions, collaborative group exercises, and illustrative examples. Participants will acquire a blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practical experience, emphasizing the application of learned techniques. This approach ensures that attendees return to their professional environments equipped with both the competence and self-assurance to effectively implement the acquired skills in their responsibilities.