OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH)

The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the Extractive Industry course is specifically designed to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge and skills related to occupational safety and health practices in the extractive industry. This course is essential for individuals working in or aspiring to work in the mining and extractive industry, where the identification and management of hazards are of paramount importance to ensure a safe working environment. Through a combination of theoretical instruction, practical exercises, case studies, and industry-specific examples, participants will gain a thorough understanding of hazard management, legal compliance, equipment safety guidelines, and safety management systems tailored to the extractive industry context.

Unit Description

Unit 1: Manage Hazards
This unit focuses on identifying and classifying hazards to evaluate the risks associated with the job task in the extractive industry. This course involves knowledge of the configuration of a typical mine pit, conducting a risk analysis to determine the likelihood and consequences of an accident/incident, and identifying mitigation strategies/methods to prevent and reduce the risk of accidents and fatalities.

Unit 2: Interpret Legal Acts
This unit comprises the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1997 which tailors six (6) sections from the act that apply to the mining industry and are deliverable to the participants. This includes The Duty of the Employee and the Worker; The proper handling of hazardous chemicals (both physical and biological agents); Notification of accidents/diseases; Liability of Offenses; Penalties, and Procedures.

Unit 3: Use Equipment Safety Guidelines
This unit provides essential knowledge on the safe maintenance of equipment that provides adequate protection against a particular hazard for which they are designed. This encompasses guidelines for using excavators, water pumps, generators, and chainsaws used in the process of gold extraction, notwithstanding the care policy for each piece of equipment.

Unit 4: Use Safety Management System
This unit focuses on developing a safety management structure designed to provide a top-down approach to managing safety risk and assuring the effectiveness of safety risk controls. It includes systematic procedures, practices, and policies for managing safety risks. It also provides for the use of signage within the mining sites since it is the first line of prevention against hazardous situations.

The conditions required to be able to sit the final exam are:

1. Attendance must be 75%.
2. All assignments MUST be submitted.
3. Assignments will NOT be marked if submitted more than seven (7) days after the
   deadline.

Assessments

Theory- 40%
Unit 1: conducting a risk analysis
Unit 2: completing a notice of accident form
Unit 3: completing an equipment description/maintenance sheet
Unit 4: Create a CAUTION, WARNING, SAFETY AND DANGER SIGNS using
paintbrushes, paint, spray paint, aluminium zinc sheets and stencils and position it at
Practical- 60%

Mode of Delivery

This course is delivered in person, in a face-to-face classroom setting. This course is conducted
within three (3) weeks.

The delivery modes will be lectures, self-directed study etc. The breakdown of contact hours for
the course is as follows:

Lecture: 10 hours weekly
Self-directed study: 3 hours weekly