Driven Machinery e-Learning Training Course

• Managers
• Supervisors
• Line managers
• Safety and Union Representatives
• Contractors, and
• Self-employed and organisational employees

This course outlines the scope of Driven Machinery Regulations along with the application thereof which includes:

1. Designers
2. Manufacturers, and
3. Operators of driven machinery

It outlines the application of the regulations in addition to including a list of definitions, terms, and phrases relevant to the application of these regulations.

Upon completion of this course, the attending candidate will be able to:

1. Demonstrate basic knowledge pertaining to the responsibility of relevant personnel associated with the safe use and operation of driven machinery as employers and managers need to ensure that there is accountability for duties.
2. Explain and develop a hazard assessment program that pertains to supervision as an essential part of monitoring safe operations. This should reflect the severity of risks involved and the ability of employees to avoid them.

The content of this course is formulated in such a way that candidates are made aware of and able to identify the operating principles associated with most of the ascribed driven machinery and includes safety mechanisms of such machinery.
The importance associated with the identification of safety, health, and environmental hazards must be included in the job description per the employee’s safety responsibilities.
Included in the content in this course is that hazards and safety responsibilities should also be included in contractors’ contracts and companies whose employees operated listed driven machinery on site.
In addition, problem-solving and decisions to be made through critical thinking when implementing or creating a driven machinery regulatory policy or procedures are also included in this course.
In addition, the following content can be expected to form part of this course:

1. Evaluated potential hazards and the implementation of required processes to promote the safe use and operation of all driven machinery.
2. Safety issues as well as the identification of safety responsibilities in the information, instruction, and training provided to people who are new in the workplace.
3. Preparation for ensuring a safe workplace and a fundamental understanding of the types of conditions that employees will be exposed to.
4. Knowledge on how to perform a basic hazard assessment and selecting the appropriate operating of driven machinery circumstances, where possible, and
5. The interpretation and understanding of the context pertaining to training requirements to ensure that safety issues are raised relevantly
6. The responsibilities of supervisory employees
7. Display relevant information on notice and bulletin boards.
8. Risk assessment findings, safety inspections, and the representation thereof in addition to the displaying thereof on notice boards and bulletins.
9. The utilization of the principle of duty to care in the management of all driven operations, and Identification of the most common impacts that incorrect and poor operating skills, and incomplete and poor policies and procedures may have on employees.

The candidate attending the course will be assessed against the outcomes of each element through the completion of a subscribed knowledge assessment. These assessments will cover the essential embedded knowledge as stipulated in the course and will ensure that the candidate can apply the learning to a working situation.