Occupationa health and safety
National Certificate: Occupational Health and Safety in Construction Activities, NQF Level 3, SAQA ID 77063
CORES
| Apply health and safety to a work area |
| Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based presentation application to prepare and produce a presentation according to a given brief |
| Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based spreadsheet application to create and edit spreadsheets |
| Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based word processor to format documents |
| Use electronic mail to send and receive messages |
| Work in confined spaces on construction sites |
| Conduct a continuous risk assessment in a workplace |
| Conduct an investigation into workplace incidents |
| Demonstrate knowledge pertaining to the preparation, conducting, recording and follow-up actions of a planned task observation in a working place |
| Implement safety procedures for open hole or deep excavations |
| Monitor, report and advise on the application of safety and health principles regarding the movement of people and materials in and around a working place |
| Monitor, report and make recommendations pertaining to specified requirements in terms of working at heights |
| Provide primary emergency care/first aid as an advanced first responder |
| Respond to, implement and manage emergencies according to an emergency action plan in a workplace |
| Use a GUI-based word processor to enhance a document through the use of tables and columns |
| Conduct a Task Analysis and take appropriate action to address identified risks |
| Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of relevant current occupational health and safety legislation |
| Monitor and make recommendations on the application of health and safety principles regarding hazardous substances in the working place |
| Monitor and make recommendations on the application of health and safety principles regarding lifting equipment in the working place |
| Monitor and make recommendations on the application of health and safety principles regarding pressure vessels and pressure systems in the working place |
| Monitor, report and make recommendations on the requirements applicable to permit to work systems in a working environment |
FUNDAMENTALS
| Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/signed communication |
| Demonstrate an understanding of the use of different number bases and measurement units and an awareness of error in the context of relevant calculations |
| Describe, apply, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts |
| Interpret and use information from texts |
| Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities |
| Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes |
| Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business and national issues |
| Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts |
ELECTIVES
| Demonstrate knowledge of and apply regulatory requirements pertaining to crane operation |
| Participate in the implementation and evaluation of a safety and health management programme in the workplace |
| Sling and communicate during crane operations |
| Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based web-browser to search the Internet |
| Measure noise levels, and take appropriate action |
| Demonstrate an understanding and implement environmental initiatives on a construction project |