General Worker Safety Induction.
One day, six contact hours, one outcome: a worker who can spot a hazard, wear the right protection, and raise the alarm the right way. The induction every new employee on any Namibian site should sit through before their first shift.
Who sits this level
Every new employee on any site: general workers, cleaners, drivers, contractors' labour. No prior training is assumed, and none is required.
The day, module by module
01
What occupational safety is, and why it matters
The register of the day: what a hazard is, what harm looks like, and what the law expects of everyone on site.
02
Legal duties of employer and employee
The Labour Act and its occupational health and safety regulations, stated as duties: what the employer must provide, what the worker must do.
03
Hazard identification and reporting
Seeing the thing before it bites: spotting, naming and reporting hazards, and what happens to the report afterwards.
04
Personal protective equipment
What PPE is, when each piece is worn, how it is checked, and why the cheapest helmet is the most expensive thing on site.
05
Emergency procedures
Fire, first aid and evacuation: who calls whom, where everyone goes, and how a drill differs from the real thing.
06
Manual handling and basic ergonomics
Lifting, carrying and working positions that keep a back whole, demonstrated and practised on the day.
Assessment
- A 20-question multiple-choice test at the end of the day.
- Pass mark: 80 percent.
- Results within five working days of the sitting.
Outcomes
- Identify and report hazards on a working site
- Select, inspect and wear the PPE a task requires
- Act correctly under fire, injury and evacuation procedures
- State the legal duties of employer and employee
- Lift and handle loads without injury
The document
Certificate of Attendance
An internal record of completion, signed by the Principal. It is not an NQF-credit-bearing qualification and cannot be submitted to NQA as accredited prior learning. It is a record that you completed an Oryx course.
Fee
Published 15 November 2026, in Namibia dollars.
Dates
Cohort 1 is planned for January 2027. Intake dates publish on this page and in the register on 15 November 2026.
One message holds your place.
Register your interest through the application form selecting 'Safety training'. The office replies within three working days, and you hear the intake dates the moment they are set.