Course Description

Language of Instruction:English|Category: Healthcare: Health, Society and Culture

Primary objective of this course:

This specialized course has been designed to suit a site foreman/agent up to a site manager and has a strong focus on safety and legal compliance improvement. The course has been developed from a practical viewpoint, from the experience of the writer, in consultation with experienced Legal, Quality, and Project Managers.

Why it is important to go by OSHA regulations?

The legal aspects of constructing a building are often overlooked and underestimated. Thus many a times, project managers and engineers find themselves in court for liability suits due to injuries or even serious charges like manslaughter due to negligence; not following procedures and not adhering to OSHA regulations. Preparing and using the correct legal documentation is also not always understood and mistakes in contracts can lead to loss of money and even prolonged and legal battles.

This course has been designed for the following people:

• Persons within the building industry, currently conducting work on any single to multiple storey building, not limited to shopping centres and office apartments
• A private building contractor and sub-contractor
• The owner of a construction company
• Any site foreman or site agent
• Any site manager
• Any building project manager

Get introduced to the legal aspects in building construction as prescribed by the OSHA !

What’s in the course:

• 2 LIVE interactive online classes + Access to class recordings
• 2 Assignments
• Problem identification and solution sheets

Course outline:

CHAPTER 1: Health & safety in south Africa executive summary

• Global H&S performance of construction sector;
• Comparison with other industries
• Compliance and non – compliance

CHAPTER 2: Legislative framework

• Impact of the construction regulations
• CIDB standard for uniformity
• Generic legislation
• Standard forms (conditions) of contract

CHAPTER 3: Professional and voluntary associations

• Health and safety plan
• Safety representative inspection list
• Construction Health and Safety Guide
• Inspectors of the department of labour
• Inspections in the construction industry

CHAPTER 4: Improving construction health and safety in south Africa

About the instructor:

Jonathan Pangas has spent the past fifteen years gaining experience in many aspects of Construction, including the directing, coordinating, and budgeting of a wide variety of construction projects ; the supervision of an entire project or stages of different projects at the same time.

At present he is a self-employed professional independent advisor in the legal fields; including Consumer Protection Act; Building Construction; Building Contracts, Mediation, Labour Law cases and business contracts.

Jonathan has received training and experience on various projects at various stages and types, for example:

• Site preparation, clearing and excavation of the land, installing sewage systems, landscaping and Residential cluster and sectional title Developments including but not limited to rezoning township establishments registering and managing section 21

He lives in South Africa.