Institutions Offering Safety Courses in Nigeria

Safety course are very important in every industry in Nigeria. Truth is every industry requires safety and its members off staff need t be properly trained in that regard.

There are certain safety procedures that need to be followed by virtually everyone in an industry and the best way to handle things is to train members of staff to give attention to these safety procedures and also to implement them.

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An employer must not assume that his/her members of staff are aware of these safety procedures. Rather, the employer should train them and get them informed. This will help ensure prevention of health hazard, which is better than cure.

Safety course are very important for all entry-level workers this will help to ensure occupational health of the environmental protection of the employee. Virtually all organizations make health and safety training mandatory for every member of staff.

Some organizations would take up the training of their members of staff, while some other organizations would require their members of staff to already have such training and present their safety certificates during job interview.

Some of the sectors in Nigeria where health and safety training is very important are energy, power, telecommunication industry, oil & gas and the likes. Others are construction industries, financial institutions, manufacturing companies, consulting firms, NGOs, aviation industries, technology companies and construction industries.

If you ever dream to become a professional engineer, you need to be trained in health and safety aspect of your field.

In this write-up, you are going to lean about certain safety related courses that are offered in various institutions in Nigeria.

Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPN)

This is undoubtedly the leading safety course provider in Nigeria of today.  This organization was established in 1980 and it has grown in popularity over the years.  Wide ranges of safety professional courses are provided by this organization.  They also offer certificates to their students after the training.

SMSTZ Group

This is yet another outstanding institution that offers safety courses in Nigeria. This is however a foreign industry, but they have branch in Nigeria where they offer several health and safety courses to any willing individual or group of people.

They have developed partnership with several health and safety training institutions over the years to further improve on the quality of training given to their students.  They have a consultancy center based in Lagos. They offer various safety courses, like IOSH Managing Safely and International General Certificate course.

International Competency Certification Center (ICCE)

The institution is certified by CIEH. They provide various trainings in Industry Health, Safety & Environment.  They equally provide online training programs that ensure their students can benefit from any part of the world.

Some of the programs they offer are Health Safety for Directors, NEBOSH, Health and Safety for Manager, Health Safety Awareness and Workplace Health. They offer their course ate very affordable rates.

Lonadek

This organization involved in oil & gas consultancy.  They train oil and gas staff members incompetency and in health and safety. They train them on how to keep the work environment safe for improved workplace effectiveness.

SGS Nigeria

They provide several health and safety related courses to interested individuals.  Their Occupational Health & Safety Trainings are of top quality. Purpose of their training is to improve on the coordination of occupational health and safety risk in any organization or industry.

They equally offer safety seminars and all their programs are available at very affordable rate.

OilTrain

This is one of the leading oil & gas training schools in Nigeria.  Wide varieties of courses are available in this institution of Nigerians. Many corporate organizations in the oil & gas industry have benefited from their expertise over the years.

They provide courses at various levels of Health, Safety and Environment.  They equally provide varieties of management courses and this can help enhance the expertise and professionalism of their students in the oil and gas industry.

Hybrid Consulting Ltd

This institution is accredited and approved by CIEH and it is one of the leading health and safety training institutions in Nigeria.  It is approved for Project Management Institute, USA. It is equally approved for NEBOSH UK and IOSH UK.

Their purpose is to help organizations prevent losses due to occupational health hazard and to help them promote security and environmental safety. They equally help their clients with project management methodologies.

SkillEdge Consulting Limited

This is yet another very important health and safety training institution in Nigeria. They too have been around for quite a while and they have proved themselves to be reliable. They train their clients on several aspects of health and safety.  Their trainings are applicable in all fields of human endeavor. They are equally accredited by Health Safety and Environment in Nigeria.

NEBOSH courses

These courses are very important for anyone desiring to get trained in health safety and environment.  The various institutions mentioned above can train you on NEBOS courses. The training usually take 12 days, after which you will have to go for examination.

All you need as qualification for the training is the ability to write simple and correct English language.  The courses are available for those who may want to get trained in the safety, including Human Resources & Labour representatives, Technologists, Technicians, Engineers, work representatives and other personnel.

It is equally available for professionals from various fields, like Government & Regulatory Agencies, Manufacturing industry, Engineering industries, Building & Construction industries, Transport & Logistics industries, Marine industries, Oil & gas industries and lots more.

They train their students on safety & health principles and practices and provide them with comprehensive knowledge in these areas.

Some of the common courses are:

  • Health and safety foundations
  • Setting policy for health and safety
  • Organizing for health and safety
  • Promoting a positive health and safety culture
  • Risk assessment
  • Principles of control in health and safety
  • Investigation, recording and reporting of health and safety incidents
  • Monitoring, review and audit of health and safety performance
  • Movement of people and vehicles
  • Hazard and control
  • Manual and mechanical handling of hazard and control
  • Work equipment hazard and control

 

The list is endless.

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