THOZAMA PHALO KHOPHE
Health And Safety Specialist
Cape Town,WC
Summary
Committed Health and Safety Specialist with strong working knowledge of OSHA regulations and well-developed problem solving and critical thinking skills to monitor and respond to safety and security key performance indicators and needs. Manages multiple complex assignments with direct implications to business. Self-driven and excels autonomously and in teams to develop and implement environment, health and safety solutions to support business assets.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Health and Safety Specialist
Transnet
Cape Town, Western Cape
02.2010 - 03.2020
- To perform the health and safety duties at the place of work. responsible for ensuring that the is safe working environment for employees and other relevant parties.
- Developing, Implementing and improving the health and safety plans, program and procedures at workplace.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety legislation.
- Administer and investigate occurrences
- Identifying health safety related training needs at workplace.
- Created safe work environment by complying with safety, health and security requirements.
- Accompanied, documented and reported OSHA inspections, insurance oversight and other formal safety and security measures at work site.
- Evaluated workplace conformance with OHSAS 18001 standards and OHSact 85 of 1993 regulations, implementing immediate strategies to resolve deficiencies.
- Built successful hygiene programs based on techniques such as atmospheric monitoring and noise surveys to provide ongoing worker support.
- Collected samples of materials and coordinated testing for hazardous conditions.
- Identified accident causes and optimal prevention strategies by conducting thorough investigations and analyses.
- Eliminated dangerous behaviors potentially impacting worker safety and Risk Assessment settings through careful analysis and process optimization
- Provided new-employee health and safety orientations and developed materials for presentations.
Education
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SCHOOL ATTENDED HECTOR PIETERSON HIGH SCHOOL
01.1995 - 01.1999
COURSE DIPLOMA - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
CPUT
Cape Town 01.2002 - 01.2006
B TECH - Environmental Health
CPUT
CAPE TOWN 01.2008 - 01.2011
Skills
Critical thinking
Certification
SEX FEMALE
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 12 Employees in 2014 in the development of health and safety integrated management system, integrate 3 standards ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001 & ISO 9001. In 2016 we were certified on integrated management system.
Timeline
Health and Safety Specialist
Transnet
02.2010 - 03.2020
B TECH - Environmental Health
CPUT
01.2008 - 01.2011
COURSE DIPLOMA - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
CPUT
01.2002 - 01.2006
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SCHOOL ATTENDED HECTOR PIETERSON HIGH SCHOOL
01.1995 - 01.1999
SEX FEMALE
NATIONALITY SOUTH AFRICAN
MARITAL STATUS MARRIED (TRADITIONAL)
HOME LANGUAGE XHOSA
OTHER LANGUAGES XHOSA / ENGLISH AFRIKAANS (READ WRITE SPEAK)
DRIVERS LICENCE CODE 8
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