Guide

Who can deliver OHS training?

The certificate a trainer needs depends on the subject and the type of training; not everyone can teach every topic.

Who may train

Occupational health and safety training is delivered by the safety specialist, the workplace physician and, depending on the subject, people whose competence is certified. Where a subject requires specialist competence — electrical work, work at height, chemicals, first aid — that subject's own authorisation regime applies.

Who verifies the certificate

The party organising the training verifies the trainer's certificate and adds it to the record. What an inspection asks is not that training happened, but who delivered it and whether they were authorised for the subject.

No record, no training

The attendance list, date, duration, subject headings and the trainer's identity are kept together. If one is missing the training does not count as delivered; a signature sheet alone is not enough.

In Optifora

The training module records the trainer with their certificate; it will not let a trainer without a valid certificate be assigned, and it calculates the repeat date itself.

  1. Set the subjectWrite the subject and the competence it requires.
  2. Choose the trainerChoose a trainer authorised for the subject; add the certificate to the record.
  3. Build the programmeSet the duration, the date and who will attend.
  4. Deliver itCover the subject headings in a traceable way.
  5. Complete the recordRecord attendance, duration, subject and trainer together.
  6. Plan the repeatEnter the next training date in the calendar.

Manage this in Optifora

Optifora is not a single program but a compliance platform assembled from modules. The catalogue states which module is ready today and which is on the roadmap.

See what Optifora is