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Practical screening and planning tools built on South African health and safety law. Free to use, no signup, and nothing is submitted unless you choose to send it.

Screening tools Free to use
Self-assessment 28 checks · 281 questions

Free Safety Checks

Twenty-eight screening checks across legal compliance, operational readiness, management systems and safety culture.

Scored against the OHS Act and Regulations Critical controls weighted over a headline percentage Copy, email or share your result summary
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Planning tool Indicative matrix

Training Needs Calculator

Answer practical questions on headcount, shifts, supervision, equipment and exposures to get an indicative training and competency matrix.

Statutory triggers separated from recommendations Regulated task competence flagged per activity Risk-based emergency coverage included
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Screening tool Task-based

Ergonomic Risk Screener

Screen an everyday task for lifting, repetitive work, workstation, pushing and pulling, posture and tool-use concerns, and get a practical next step.

Six task types screened with practical checks Outcome: formal assessment, improvement or monitor Aligned to the Ergonomics Regulations, 2019
Screen a task
Screening tool Exposure-based

Physical Agents Risk Screener

Screen a work area for heat, cold, lighting, air quality, vibration and radiation exposures — one at a time — and get a practical next step.

Eight exposure paths screened separately Outcome per exposure: formal assessment, improvement or monitor Conditions, evidence and controls, not a blended score
Screen an exposure
Screening tool Biological

Hazardous Biological Agents Risk Screener

Screen a work area for people, blood and sharps, sewage, animals, water, mould, organic material and laboratory exposures — one path at a time — and get a practical next step.

Eight exposure paths screened separately Outcome per path: formal assessment, improvement or monitor Routes, controls and evidence, not a blended score
Screen an exposure
Self-assessment Safety culture

Safety Culture Self-Assessment

See where your view of your workplace sits on the five-rung safety culture ladder — from Pathological to Generative — and get practical first moves.

Twelve topics: leadership, trust, systems and people Plain descriptions of everyday behaviour, no jargon A ladder position, not a percentage score
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These are indicative screening and planning tools. They do not determine full statutory compliance, replace a competent-person assessment, or override equipment, activity, client or site-specific duties.

Documents Free to download
Awareness training Free to use
Awareness course Online · self-paced

PPE Awareness Course

Correct use, care and limitations of personal protective equipment — a short online course with a certificate on completion.

Six short lessons, worked through at your own pace Covers selection, fit, care, storage and limitations Certificate of completion you can download
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Awareness courseOnline · self-paced

Physical Agents Awareness

Heat, cold, vibration, lighting, pressure and non-ionising radiation — the Physical Agents Regulations, 2024, in a short online awareness course with a certificate on completion.

16 modules across heat, cold, vibration, lighting and moreAction limits, controls and response — not a blended scoreCertificate of completion you can download
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Awareness courseOnline · self-paced

Hand Tools Inspector Awareness

Selecting, inspecting and safely using manual hand tools — a short online awareness course with a completion certificate.

16 modules on selection, inspection and safe useRecognise unsafe tools and remove them from serviceCompletion certificate (online, non-accredited)
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Awareness courseOnline · self-paced

Noise Exposure Awareness

Occupational noise — exposure limits, monitoring, hearing protection and medical surveillance, in a short online awareness course with a completion certificate.

16 modules on noise exposure and its controlAction and limit levels, monitoring and hearing protectionCompletion certificate (online, non-accredited)
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Awareness courseOnline · self-paced

Portable Electrical Tools Awareness

Portable electrical tools — the legal duty to inspect, visual inspection routines, common defects and damage classes, and when to remove a tool from use, in a short online awareness course with a completion certificate.

16 modules on portable electrical tool visual inspectionCommon defects, damage classes and safe-to-use decisionsCompletion certificate (online, non-accredited)
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Awareness courseOnline · self-paced

Ladder Inspector Awareness

Ladders — the legal duty to inspect, ladder types and their inspection scope, common defects and damage, and when to take a ladder out of service, in a short online awareness course with a completion certificate.

16 modules on ladder types, inspection and defectsCommon defects, damage and safe-to-use decisionsCompletion certificate (online, non-accredited)
Start the course
Awareness courseOnline · self-paced

PPE Inspector Awareness

Personal protective equipment — the legal duty to inspect, PPE types and their inspection scope, common defects and damage, and when to remove an item from service, in a short online awareness course with a completion certificate.

16 modules on PPE types, inspection and defectsCommon defects, damage and safe-to-use decisionsCompletion certificate (online, non-accredited)
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