The Minister of Labour has, in terms of section 27(1) of the OSHA, given notice that as from the date of this notice, all applications for approval from a person or organisation who wants to provide First Aid training approved by the Chief Inspector, as referred to in regulation 3(4)(a) of the General Safety Regulation, published under GNR 1031 of 30 May 1986, will only be considered if it is accompanied by a valid accreditation certificate issued by the Quality Assurance Body that has been delegated the quality assurance responsibilities for First aid unit standards by the Quality Council for Trades & Occupations, established in terms of section 26I(1) of the Skills Development Amendment Act, 2008, and has been authorised by the Chief Inspector to carry out such accreditation.
This notice provides further that those already registered with the Department of Labour, will after the promulgation of this notice, be granted 12 months to be accredited with Quality Assurance Bodies. All service providers who fail to register within the given period will automatically be de-registered from the Department of Labour database and will no longer be recognised as legitimate service providers.
This notice is an amendment to the previous notice issued on the 30 September 2016.
