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Health, Safety & Environmental Certifications Every employee and employer agrees that preventing accidents in the workplace that could result in injury, disability or potential death is the number one priority for any business. Most safety issues don’t stem from...
What Is Basic Health and Safety?
The term Health and Safety, also known as Occupational Health and Safety, relates to the prevention of accidents and incidents that could happen in the workplace. It is also about promoting positive well-being for staff in terms of comfort, contentment, happiness and...
The Benefits of Webinars for Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Training
Deciding which Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Training institution in South Africa to attend to further your skillset is no easy task. It’s even trickier when the course you are interested in is offered in a different city. But that shouldn’t mean...
2021 Winter Project: Imboyi Primary School
NOSA’s (now SafetyCloud) annual winter project sees the organisation donating jerseys and beanies to disadvantaged schools in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal before the winter season arrives. This year, we supported Grade R learners at Imboyi Primary School in Mkhambathini....
Safe and Secure E-Learning During COVID-19 Outbreaks & Beyond
With four of our nine South African provinces now battling the third wave of COVID-19 infections, and the possibility of other provinces following suit, President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved the country into an adjusted Alert Level 2 lockdown. Experts have warned that...
Update on the Presentation of First Aid Training
As of midnight on Wednesday, 31 March 2021, Notice 682 of 2020 came into full effect which states that only Education and Training Providers that are QCTO / SETA Accredited & DoEL-approved will be eligible to present First Aid Level 1, 2 and 3 training via Unit...
SafetyCloud launches as leading Occupational Health and Safety training provider in SA
South Africa’s fast-growing safety and testing powerhouse SafetySA has relaunched its Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental training division under the brand SafetyCloud to position the division for future growth and innovation. SafetyCloud encompasses...
NOSA – making training accessible for everyone
It’s important to evaluate your health and safety training because it’s easy to assume that if you’ve provided training to workers, you can pat yourself on the back and think you’re done.
The benefits of COVID-19 compliance training
It’s important to evaluate your health and safety training because it’s easy to assume that if you’ve provided training to workers, you can pat yourself on the back and think you’re done.
The importance of
ISO 45001 to your business
The objective of ISO 45001 is to continually drive you to improve on your company’s occupational health and safety
How to keep your workplace COVID-19 safe and risk-free
In order to ensure your business is as safe as possible
Keeping your workplace COVID-19 safe and risk-free
While the task at hand may seem overwhelming, there are a number of…
To all small businesses readying to reopen, NOSA is at your disposal
In his national address on Wednesday 17 June, Cyril Rampahosa announced the government’s move to an ‘accelerated’ version of Level 3. This will allow small businesses and select eateries to reopen, including beauty salons, hairdressers, and tattoo parlours. He stated...
The importance of accredited skills training
It’s important to evaluate your health and safety training because it’s easy
Furthering your career as a health and safety officer
It’s important to evaluate your health and safety training because it’s easy
Starting your career as a safety officer
It’s important to evaluate your health and safety training because it’s easy to assume that if you’ve provided training to workers, you can pat yourself on the back and think you’re done.
5 affordable courses to start your health and safety career
If you’re thinking about a career change, the health and safety industry could be an excellent choice for you. Not only is it a hugely satisfying and rewarding way to make a living, it’s one that allows you to make a real difference in people’s lives, ensuring their...
The benefits of e-learning
Quarantine has seen us spending more time at home than ever before – working, studying, unwinding, and sometimes even teaching little ones too. But now that so many guidelines have been relaxed over level 1, should life be going back to normal again, or should we be...
NOSA – teaching the solution to safe transportation of dangerous goods
On 4 August 2020, a devastating explosion ripped through the city of Beirut, lighting up the sky with ballooning orange clouds of smoke, and leaving 190 dead, 6,500 injured, and over 300,000 homeless. The cause of the explosion? Improper storage of dangerous ammonium...
Working together to keep our roads safe
Infectious diseases and pandemics aside, one of the most lethal threats to South African citizens remains fatal road accidents. In a country where the December death toll surpasses that of most countries’ annual road accident statistics, staying safe on our roads has...
NOSA COVID-compliant classroom training – putting your safety first
With lockdown regulations having been eased, more and more businesses have been given the opportunity to open their doors to the public again. What this means at NOSA is the ability to offer personalised classroom training once more, and to provide much-needed health...
Invest in your company’s future with in-house courses from NOSA
With the current state of the world being what it is, there’s never been a more important time to prioritise health and safety training. Not only does ongoing safety training keep your employees educated and informed, it can help to minimise downtime, decrease...
Yes, you can be promoted this year
There’s no doubt that COVID-19 continues to cast its shadow on just about everything at present – and for the immediate future. With unemployment figures set to reach up to 40% of South Africa’s population, you can be excused for looking at the above cri de coeur, and...
Compliance in a time of COVID-19: How a pandemic shifted critical safety positions
It’s a new world. And it wasn’t the one anyone asked for. For most of us, the change has been abrupt and unsettling. But in spite of this, many have accepted the status quo, albeit with varying degrees of resignation. The safety industry has a collective commitment to...
How NOSA is setting the safety standard in COVID-19 work preparedness and risk mitigation
While the economy opens, and various industries resume operations, the response from our citizens has been mixed. Some of us are delighted at the apparent freedom (or at least freedom in comparison to those difficult weeks in March and April), while for some, the...
Why self-regulation is intrinsic to successful completion of your online course
Perhaps the single greatest challenge to successfully completing an online course is yourself. In other words, you can be your own greatest enemy. And not by any deliberate action – you aren’t wilfully attempting to self-sabotage your efforts (well, unless you are,...
The 9 key qualities of a star safety officer
South Africa just breached the 100 000 mark for COVID-19 cases, with half these being reported in the last 14 days. This exponential growth is inevitable as greater easing of the lockdown restrictions is carried out. Now more than ever, rigorous application of safety...
How your specific training requirements will determine your choice between e-learning or classroom
Contrary to expected assumptions, transitioning from a classroom to a virtual learning space is not a one-for-one trade. While e-learning has gone from a niche type of teaching for techy subjects, to being a preferred and necessary way to teach just about everything,...
E-learning versus classroom training: The case for an all-inclusive approach
How a blended approach to upskilling will reap greater rewards than an ‘either, or’ scenario. During a time that now feels like it existed in an entirely different age, sitting down to a meal out was sometimes quite daunting. With everyone looking for the edge, you...
Johan Jonck on Road Safety in South Africa
1. In your experience of road safety advocacy, what is the major cause of road incidences in South Africa? I believe the best answer is human error and not obeying the rules of the road. This includes drunk driving, speeding, overloading, reckless crossing of roads by...
Why managing your migration from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001 is more critical than ever
When ISO 45001 was first published in March 2018, the three-year timeline to update your safety system seemed a long time away. Now, halfway through 2020, the March 2021 deadline looms. What once allowed for a paced approach to ensuring your existing systems aligned...
How a social species must adapt to social distancing to survive
Our biological imperative compels closeness to propagate and survive. And yet, right now, the inverse applies. Perhaps part of the general resentment at being told to stay home emanates from the innate need to be with people aside from those with whom we live. Our...
PPE: How fabric face masks will aid in limiting the spread of COVID-19
We understand there have been mixed messages regarding face masks’ effectiveness, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has made it clear they are effective, provided users follow certain principles when they wear them. Although it is the last step in the hierarchy...
The most effective way to wash your hands and sanitise them correctly
As our country emerges from a full and total lockdown into a situation where some stringent regulations are relaxed ever so slightly, those businesses who’ve been green lit to work now face the seemingly daunting task of readying themselves, their premises and – most...
HSE considerations for when employees return to work after COVID-19
Here in South Africa, and too the world over, governments are contemplating the risks of reopening the economy balanced against the benefits of allowing people to return to work. As of Thursday 23 April, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a risk-weighted, phased...
After COVID-19, we’ll need OHS practitioners more than ever
Right now, the world sits at home, contemplating weeks of inertia and prolonged boredom as it collectively attempts to flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic. And yet, while no end in sight can currently be seen, at some point a vaccine will be developed, and...
SAI Global Assurance agrees to sell South African business to NOSA Group
VUCA is an innocuous acronym for a complex issue that impacts the risk landscape of large organizations. Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous, or VUCA describes the nature of the present. We find ourselves in world transformed at previously unprecedented speeds by technology and business, and where the complexity for these increase exponentially.
Countering Complexity with Clarity: The changing face of HSE in a VUCA world
VUCA is an innocuous acronym for a complex issue that impacts the risk landscape of large organizations. Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous, or VUCA describes the nature of the present. We find ourselves in world transformed at previously unprecedented speeds by technology and business, and where the complexity for these increase exponentially.
NOSA acquires Deltamune’s laboratory business
NOSA Group, a leading global occupational health and safety (OHS) risk management solutions provider, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the Deltamune Group’s laboratory business (a leader in diagnostic testing and salmonella serotyping).
NOSA launches women’s safety initiative
In an initiative spearheaded by NOSA Group CEO Karl Campbell, NOSA recently launched a campaign aimed at countrywide efforts to place greater focus and emphasis on the safety of women. To make every NOSA branch a safe haven for any woman in distress, NOSA will assist...
The benefits of skills training
How skills training can help you to build a skilled and capable workforce. A willingness to invest in the skills of your employees shows that you are committed to them and are willing to help them do everything possible to get better at their job. The positive benefit...
Software vendor IsoMetrix acquired to create partnership with NOSA
The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm with $223 billion of assets under management, has acquired a majority stake in IsoMetrix, the world’s leading Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) software vendor, through their $698 million Carlyle Africa (Buyout) Fund. Madison Park Group served as exclusive financial advisor to IsoMetrix on the transaction and existing shareholders and management retain a significant stake in the business.
ESG matters are now considered material risks
The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm with $223 billion of assets under management, has acquired a majority stake in IsoMetrix, the world’s leading Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) software vendor, through their $698 million Carlyle Africa (Buyout) Fund.
Mandela Day 2019: The Baby House Westville
Mandela Day 2019
NOSA joins forces with Stellenbosch University in the drive towards ‘Zero Harm’
On Thursday, 23 May 2019, NOSA confirmed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Stellenbosch University’s Water Institute (SUWI).
What are discretionary grants?
Use discretionary grants to secure funding for your training from SETA. Discretionary grants are paid out at the discretion of SETA management for skills development projects linked to scarce and critical skills. These grants are applicable when an employer addresses...
Aspirata becomes NOSA Testing
NOSA Effective 1 October 2018, Aspirata Laboratories will trade as NOSA Testing.
Mandela Day: Each branch gives back to their community
In 2018 the NOSA Group took part in Mandela Day, the nationwide drive Day to devote 67 minutes to a charitable cause. Each branch and service line partnering with a local organisation to give back to local community, with collection corners set up across the country....
2018 Winter project: Imboyi Primary School
2018 Winter project
Winter project: Imboyi Primary School
NOSA’s annual winter project sees the organisation donating jerseys and beanies to disadvantaged schools in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal before the winter season arrives. In 2018, we supported Grade R learners at Imboyi Primary School in Mkhambathini. NOSA’s Training...
Learn more, earn more
Employers can claim back up to R 120 000 from the learnership tax allowance programme. Training and development for employees plays a vital role in the growth and success of a company, but budget concerns often lead employers to think – or hope – that employees will...
The respiratory health hazards of asbestos and particulate matter
Indoor and outdoor air quality topics have been a global concern for a number of years. In 2016 the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that 92% of the world’s population lived in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits. Imagine an entire global...
Enterprise risk assessment methodologies: conclusions and strategic recommendations
Risk management and assessment are not new concepts and have been evolving for decades. Many methodologies and techniques originate from the military, aviation, shipping and petroleum industries, such as FMEA and bow-tie analysis. Today, they remain some of the major...
How effective is your HSE training?
It’s important to evaluate your health and safety training because it’s easy to assume that if you’ve provided training to workers, you can pat yourself on the back and think you’re done. But if you do, you’ve put your cart before your horse. If your goal is to...
2017 Winter project: Cosmoore Primary School
2017 Winter project
Winter project: Cosmoore Primary School
NOSA is proud to have been involved in helping the Grade R learners at Cosmoore School in rural KwaZulu-Natal to keep warm and comfortable, by brand-new jerseys and beanies during the cold winter of 2017. NOSA’s Training Facilitator Cheryl Simchowitz shared the...
The true cost of construction accidents
Construction, and the costs of construction accidents, is an area of major concern to employers. Many people do not realise how much accidents really cost, because a lot of the expense isn’t obvious. Attention to accident prevention can and will improve a company’s...
Quiz: Are you up to global HSE standards?
Everybody needs a benchmark. How can you know whether what you’re doing is good enough, if you have nothing to compare it to? Take this quick quiz to see how your HSE efforts measure up! Answers at the end. General 1. The most important reason for carrying out a risk...
6 Ways health & safety training will make your business more efficient
Training is a major responsibility. Whether you’re a training professional, a veteran of company training, or have just been asked to take over or start up a training programme, you have a great deal of responsibility. Just think about all the different kinds of...
FAQs: ISO 14001: 2015
Here’s a look at the 2015 revisions to ISO 14001, and how these have change and improved the standard. What is ISO 14001? ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system. It helps organisations...
FAQs: ISO 9001: 2015
Although it’s already been some time since ISO 9001 was revised, you may still be a little hazy on the details. Here’s a look at the main points. What is ISO 9001? ISO 9001 is the world’s most popular and most commonly used standard for quality management systems. A...