Assessment and certification:
This qualification is to equip learners working in any type of workplace with a broad understanding and knowledge of Occuational Health, Safety and Environmental HSE concepts and practices with sufficent detail to enable them to funciton in a safe and healthy way and to deal with health and safety problems and issues. It will also contribute to the further development of learners within this environment by providing articulation, recognition and mobility within this dynamic and changing environment.
Total credits for this qualification: 120
Study School 1: Mathematical Skills | Date: TBA
| Type | U/S ID | Unit Standard Title | NQF Level | Credits |
| Fundamental | 7469 | Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal and community life | 2 | 2 |
| Fundamental | 7480 | Demonstrate understanding of rational and irrational numbers and number systems | 2 | 3 |
| Fundamental | 9008 | Identify, describe, compare, classify, explore shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional shapes in different contexts | 2 | 3 |
| Fundamental | 9009 | Appy basic knowledge of statistics and probability to influence the use of data and procedures in order to investigate life related problems | 2 | 3 |
| Fundamental | 9007 | Work with a range of patterns and functiions and solve problems | 2 | 5 |
| Total Credits | 16 | |||
Study School 2: Communication Skills | Date: TBA
| Type | U/S ID | Unit Standard Title | NQF Level | Credits |
| Fundamental | 119454 | Maintain and adapt oral/signed communication | 2 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 119456 | Write/present for a defined context | 2 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 119460 | Use lanuage and communication in occupational learning programmes | 2 | 5 |
| Fundamental | 119463 | Access and use information from texts | 2 | 5 |
| Total Credits | 20 | |||
Study School 3: Basic Health & Safety Principles | Date: TBA
| Type | U/S ID | Unit Standard Title | NQF Level | Credits |
| Core | 259602 | Describe sources of and control measures for noise in a workplace | 1 | 2 |
| Core | 259609 | demonstrate an understanding of Occupational Hygiene | 2 | 9 |
| Elective | 9964 | Apply health and safety to a work area | 2 | 3 |
| Core | 259604 | Verify compliance to safety, health and environmental requirements in the workplace | 2 | 4 |
| Core | 259624 | Control workplace hazards and risks | 2 | 4 |
| Core | 259639 | Explain basic health and safety principles in and around the workplace | 2 | 2 |
| Total Credits | 22 | |||
Study School 4: Risk Assessment | Date: TBA
| Type | U/S ID | Unit Standard Title | NQF Level | Credits |
| Elective | 120330 | Conduct a continuous risk assessment in a workplace | 3 | 4 |
| Core | 259617 | Conduct an investigation into workplace safety, health and environmental incidents | 2 | 3 |
| Elective | 120337 | Demonstrate knowledge pretaining to the preparation, conducting, recording and follow-up actions of a planned task observation in a workplace | 3 | 2 |
| Core | 259619 | Conduct workplace Occupational Heath and Safety (OHS) inspections | 2 | 3 |
| Core | 199554 | Apply environmental management tools to assess impacts | 2 | 5 |
| Total Credits | 17 | |||
Study School 5: Handling of Safety Materials | Date: TBA
| Type | U/S ID | Unit Standard Title | NQF Level | Credits |
| Core | 259620 | Manoeuvre materials safely by hand in a workplace | 2 | 2 |
| Core | 13961 | Demonstrate knowledge and use of hand operated fire fighting equipment | 2 | 4 |
| Core | 259618 | Examine refuge bays/places of safety | 2 | 2 |
| Total Credits | 8 | |||
Study School 6: Emergency Preparedness | Date: TBA
| Type | U/S ID | Unit Standard Title | NQF Level | Credits |
| Core | 259597 | Explain emergancy preparedness and response procedures | 2 | 3 |
| Core | 120496 | Provide risk-based primary emergancy care/first aid in the workplace | 2 | 5 |
| Elective | 376480 | Provide first aid as an advanced first responder | 3 | 8 |
| Elective | 119567 | Perform basic life support and first aid procedures | 1 | 5 |
| Total Credits | 21 | |||
Study School 7: Computer Literacy | Date: TBA
| Type | U/S ID | Unit Standard Title | NQF Level | Credits |
| Core | 116937 | Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based spreadsheet application to create and edit spreadsheets | 2 | 4 |
| Core | 117924 | Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based word processor to format documents | 2 | 5 |
| Core | 116945 | Use electronic mail to send and receive messages | 2 | 2 |
| Total Credits | 11 | |||
Study School 8: Dealing With Speacial Needs | Date: TBA
| Type | U/S ID | Unit Standard Title | NQF Level | Credits |
| Core | 259621 | Manage the prevention of fatigue in the workplace | 2 | 3 |
| Elective | 260478 | Apply life skills to everyday life | 2 | 5 |
| Elective | 14656 | Demonstrate an understanding of sexuality and sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS | 1 | 5 |
| Elective | 260466 | Demonstrate stress management techniques as a self-help tool | 2 | 8 |
| Total Credits | 21 | |||
