Online Certificate Course

Occupational Health and Safety

A guided, step-by-step journey through workplace health and safety: hazards and risk assessment, safety signs and PPE, fire and emergencies, common workplace hazards, hazardous substances, and incident reporting. Finish every module and receive your Certificate of Competence from Habakkuk Academy.

8Modules
$17.83Once-off (USD)
100%Self-paced
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About this certificate. On completion you receive a Certificate of Competence issued by Habakkuk Academy. This is a non-accredited short course. It is not an accredited qualification or an NQF qualification, carries no NQF credits or academic credit, and is not issued or endorsed by SAQA, a Quality Council or any professional body. It does not confer professional registration or legal accreditation.
What you will learn

Eight modules, one clear path

Short lessons, colour-coded safety icons and illustrations, a quick check in every lesson, a quiz at the end of each module and a final assessment. Your progress saves automatically.

  1. 1. Foundations of Occupational Health and Safety

    Why health and safety matters, hazard versus risk, and who is responsible for what.

  2. 2. Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

    Finding hazards, rating the risk, and choosing controls that actually work.

  3. 3. Safety Signs, Colours and PPE

    Reading safety signs at a glance and choosing, using and caring for protective equipment.

  4. 4. Fire Safety and Emergency Preparedness

    How fires start and spread, which extinguisher to use, and how to evacuate safely.

  5. 5. Common Workplace Hazards

    Slips, trips and falls, working at height, electricity, machinery, manual handling and vehicles.

  6. 6. Hazardous Substances and Health at Work

    Chemical labels and safety data sheets, noise, ergonomics, biological hazards and wellbeing.

  7. 7. Incidents, First Aid and Reporting

    What to do when something goes wrong, basic first aid principles, and learning from incidents.

  8. 8. Final Assessment

    Bring everything together. Answer every question to finish the course and receive your certificate.

Pricing

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  • 8 modules with lessons, checks and quizzes
  • Safety Coach: ask questions as you learn
  • Certificate of Competence issued instantly when you finish
  • QR code and public page so employers can verify it

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Your certificate

Verifiable by anyone, in seconds

Illustration of a certificate with a QR code

Every certificate has its own unique ID and QR code. Scanning it opens a public verification page on this site that checks the record in our database and shows the learner’s name, the course, the completion date and whether the certificate is valid.

Employers can also enter the certificate ID at ohs.habakkukai.co.za/verify.

The certificate confirms completion of this non-accredited online course. It is not a licence, a registration or a substitute for site-specific or legally required training.

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