Maintaining professional competence Neels Nortje 18th October 2019 Saiosh Neels Nortjé, chief executive officer of the South African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Saiosh), explains why it is important to pursue continuing professional development in the health and safe... Read More...
Engagement is key to success Brian Darlington 21st August 2019 Safety from the Heart When working towards an improved safety culture within an organisation, engagement is essential In my previous column, I spoke about developing a good safety culture in the workplace. As mentioned, a good safe... Read More...
How to make training work for you Andrew Sharman 21st August 2019 Sharman on Safety Professor Andrew Sharman and Darren Sutton tackle the challenges of making health and safety training stick, by exploring a range of techniques for management – and learners – to get more out of the next traini... Read More...
Mayday, mayday: we are having a mental meltdown SHEQ Management 21st August 2019 Safety Culture Do you sometimes battle to understand human behaviour in a stressful situation? Understanding how the brain works will help Without warning, smoke gushes into your office. You are confused about what is going... Read More...
Is workmen’s compensation a social welfare phenomenon? Albert Mushai 21st August 2019 Legally Speaking Dr Albert Mushai and Professor Robert W Vivian argue that workmen’s compensation probably has little to do with social welfare Workmen’s compensation is usually classified as being part of social welfare – and... Read More...
Key questions for monitoring and review of risk/opportunities SHEQ Management 21st August 2019 Risk Perspective One of the most frequently asked questions is: how often should risks and opportunities be reviewed and monitored? The answer helps us establish whether an organisation’s risk-management process is effective T... Read More...
Wanted: Health and safety for emerging contractors Sanjay Munnoo 21st August 2019 Saiosh Small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) play a vital role in developing economies because they absorb a significant part of the unemployed labour force, but they need to focus on health and safety In the ... Read More...
If we fail, people die Charleen Clarke 19th June 2019 Editor's Letter I recently attended the 14th annual HSE Excellence Europe in Amsterdam and it reminded me - yet again - of the vital importance of proper health and safety procedures. After all, if SHEQ professionals fail at t... Read More...
Mental health affects safety! Sanjay Munnoo 19th June 2019 Saiosh For some time now, I’ve been wanting to write about mental health - a condition that affects so many lives Some case studies on workplace accidents that result in serious injuries or fatalities have clear sig... Read More...
Fundamentals of good safety Brian Darlington 19th June 2019 Safety from the Heart Simply getting the basics right provides the foundation for developing a good safety culture in the workplace. In the first of a series of articles on the subject, BRIAN DARLINGTON offers some advice I often h... Read More...
