Duration: The Programme in Advanced Safety Management is a 12 month programme.
Language medium: English
Target group:
Managers at all levels in all types of business enterprises in South and Southern Africa will be empowered to perform their safety responsibilities with greater effectiveness. Qualified safety practitioners will experience a hike in their competence to perform their staff functionary safety responsibilities towards line managers who are primarily responsible for health and safety in the workplace.
Admission requirements:
National Senior Certificate
Or
3 years of experience in the field of Occupational health, safety and environment
And
Completed Programme in Safety Management
Registration periods:
No online registration for these short programme/courses are available through the official website.
Registration takes place from 1 December until the end of March . The fee per candidate is
R8000.00. This includes all study material, examinations fees etc. (A Centre for Business Management
registration form must be completed and submitted before full payment).
Course leader details:
Dr Preshodan Naidoo
Programme Leader
Safety Management
Department of Operations Management
Nkoana Simon Radipere (NSR) Building
Orcid id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6605-7929
E-mail: naidoop@unisa.ac.za
Programme administrator:
Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp
Purpose statement:
Students accredited with this unit standard will be able to influence the direct impact on behaviour and performance of organisational safety with the view to optimising overall safety by implementing processes and practices, including aspects impacting employee behaviour and organisational culture.
Modules:
APSM01N - Managing Safety Culture
Content:
Topic 1: Characteristics of a safety culture
Topic 2: Establishing a safety culture
Topic 3: Safety management vision statements, goals and
Objectives.
Topic 4: Development and execution of an effective safety
management system
Topic 5: Assess the effectiveness of an existing safety
management system
APSM02M - Supervising Safety
Content:
Topic 1: Safety supervisor's goals and responsibilities in the
workplace
Topic 2: Identification and evaluation of chemical and physical
hazards in the workplace
Topic 3: Concepts and development of an employee safety
programme
Topic 4: Role of ergonomics in the workplace
Topic 5: Key elements of safe materials handling and storage
APSM03O - Safety System
Content:
Topic 1: Elements of a safety system
Topic 2: Differences between posteriori safety and priori safety
Topic 3: System Safety Programme Plan (SSPP)
Topic 4: Quantitative methods and safety data analysis
Topic 5: Evaluation tools for safety and risk analysis
APSM04P - Design for Safety
Content:
Topic 1: Characteristics and qualities of a successful safety professional
Topic 2: Analyse and assess the importance of management's role in safety
Topic 3: Necessity, processes and implementation of risk assessment.
Topic 4: Necessity, processes of development and implementation of control measures
Topic 5: Personal ownership for safety as cornerstone for safety excellence