{"id":12247,"date":"2024-11-22T08:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T08:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namcol.edu.na?page_id=12247"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:48:57","slug":"occupational-health-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/namcol.edu.na\/index.php\/occupational-health-and-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Health and Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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National Vocational Certifcate in Preventive Health (Level 4) (Occupational Health and Safety) with strands as Supervisor and Safety Representative. This qualification recognizes people who have the competencies required for performing supervising occupational health and safety and as a safety representative in the workplace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Each programme consists of Unit Standard Titles and modules, recognised by NTA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUNIT STANDARD TITLES\n<\/br>\n\u2022 Ensure your own actions reduce risks to health and safety<\/br>\n\u2022 Demonstrate responsibility within the workplace to protect the environment<\/br>\n\u2022 Monitor procedures to safely control work operations<\/br>\n\u2022 Supervise the health, safety and welfare of an employee new to a role in the workplace<\/br>\n\u2022 Advocate and keep pace with improvements in health and safety practice<\/br>\n\u2022 Develop and maintain individual and organisational competence in health and safety matters<\/br>\n\u2022 Develop and implement the health and safety programme<\/br>\n\u2022 Develop procedures to safely control work operations<\/br>\n\u2022 Promote a positive health and safety culture in workplaces<\/br>\n\u2022 Contribute to health and safety legal actions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Introduction National Vocational Certifcate in Preventive Health (Level 4) (Occupational Health and Safety) with strands as Supervisor and Safety Representative. This qualification recognizes people who have the competencies required for performing supervising occupational health and safety and as a safety representative in the workplace. Programme Structure and Content Each programme consists of Unit Standard Titles and modules, recognised by NTA Level 4 UNIT STANDARD TITLES \u2022 Ensure your own actions reduce risks to health and safety \u2022 Demonstrate responsibility within the workplace to protect the environment \u2022 Monitor procedures to safely control work operations \u2022 Supervise the health, safety and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nOccupational Health and Safety - Taking Education to the people<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NAMCOL is a State Owned Educational institution created by an Act of Parliament (Act 1 of 1997) to provide learning opportunities for adults and out-of-school youth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/namcol.edu.na\/index.php\/occupational-health-and-safety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Occupational Health and Safety - 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