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Tebogo Gerson Kganyago

Delmas

Summary

Accomplished safety professional with extensive expertise in occupational health and safety, specialising in ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 standards. Demonstrates a proactive approach to safety culture through visible felt leadership and management safety walkabouts. Skilled in incident investigation, root cause analysis, and risk management, with a strong focus on behaviour-based safety and employee engagement. Proficient in systems internal auditing, policy development, and implementation, ensuring compliance with legal liability requirements. Committed to enhancing workplace safety through peer education, health promotion awareness, and effective facilitation of training programmes.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

SHE Officer

Daybreak Foods
04.2016 - Current
  • Work in accordance with the OHS Act, SANS, OHSAS 18001 and the NEMA, NEMAQA, NEMWA , ISO 14001 :2015 and other required legislation.
  • Managing two processing plants of 1200 employees each and monitor their safety objective and performance.
  • Pre-Employment and Training
  • Ensure all employees undergo safety training before starting work.
  • Maintain accurate records of employee training.
  • Conduct regular refresher training sessions.
  • Provide personal protective equipment (PPE) training.
  • Ensure employees understand emergency procedures.
  • Conduct regular workplace risk assessments.
  • Identify and control hazards.
  • Ensure proper lighting and ventilation.
  • Maintain clean and organized workspaces.
  • Enforce proper waste disposal.
  • Provide suitable PPE for each task.
  • Ensure proper PPE maintenance and inspection.
  • Train employees on PPE usage and limitations.
  • Monitor PPE compliance.
  • Update PPE policies as needed.
  • Conduct regular fire drills and training.
  • Ensure fire extinguishers are inspected and maintained.
  • Maintain clear emergency exit routes.
  • Store flammable materials safely.
  • Prohibit smoking in the workplace.
  • Ensure electrical equipment is properly maintained.
  • Use lockout/tagout procedures for electrical work.
  • Train employees on electrical safety.
  • Use Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs).
  • Label electrical panels and equipment.
  • Conduct regular fall hazard assessments.
  • Provide fall protection equipment (e.g., harnesses).
  • Train employees on fall protection procedures.
  • Ensure proper scaffolding construction and maintenance.
  • Use safety nets or catch platforms when necessary.
  • Identify and label hazardous materials.
  • Provide material safety data sheets (MSDS).
  • Train employees on hazardous material handling.
  • Ensure proper storage and disposal.
  • Conduct regular hazardous material inventory.
  • Develop and communicate emergency response plans.
  • Conduct regular emergency response drills.
  • Ensure employees know evacuation procedures.
  • Designate emergency response team members.
  • Maintain emergency response equipment.
  • Provide first aid kits and training.
  • Ensure employees know basic first aid procedures.
  • Maintain accurate medical records.
  • Conduct regular medical surveillance.
  • Provide access to medical facilities.
  • Establish incident reporting procedures.
  • Conduct thorough incident investigations.
  • Identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
  • Maintain accurate incident records.
  • Review and update safety policies and procedures.
  • Implementing and standardized procedure for control audits to be uniformly observed.
  • Assist in conducting Safety Audits.
  • Ensure that medical surveillance programs are implemented.
  • Ensuring the security are doing what the company required.
  • Ensuring that the contractor control files are up to date.
  • Ensuring that all people who is working at height follow our company standards and full inspection is done on them.
  • Developing company procedures, policies and sops and updating them.
  • Issuing the contractors authorization certificate and also doing the job observation before signing off for job completion, make sure that 60 second form is completed as well before the job is done on our site and also issuing the relevant work permit to contractors.
  • Ensuring that security is all in full PPE.
  • Induction Trainings and awareness training.
  • Implement SHER Policies and training to employees regarding new policies implemented.
  • Co-ordinate training to ensure that training needs analysis and requirements are met.
  • Implement any other duties as required by Health and Safety standards and procedures.
  • Mentoring SHE Reps by assigning duties to them and continuous coaching.
  • Conducting SHE Committee meetings on monthly basis.
  • Safety compliance by ensuring risk assessments are done, hazard identification, safety inspections, contractor compliance, submits reports to DOL, incident investigations, COIDA reports.
  • PPE issuing.
  • Notice boards updating.
  • 20 Keys - housekeeping standard.
  • Working with the WCM pillar project for in-house.
  • Participating on accidents and incidents investigation process.
  • Issue PPE and recording.
  • Managing the Gardener, Laundry, Canteen and Clinic Nurses and staff.
  • Waste Management including hazardous and Medical waste.
  • Managing the SHE Budget for 12 Months.
  • Take part in plant specific safety activities.
  • Assist with incident investigations and implementing of corrective action plan.
  • Receive and analyses SHE audits to determine focus areas.
  • Ensure that the training records are maintained and updated.
  • Ensuring that the incident register is updated.
  • Assisting with the risk assessment and with the risk reduction projects.
  • Receive and analyses SHE audits to determine focus areas.
  • Ensure that training records are maintained and updated.
  • Ensure that incident and accident registers are updated.
  • Ensure incident and accident statistics are updated.
  • I schedule SHERQ legal training onsite and making sure that they take place.
  • Ensuring that inductions are done for all employees, contractors and visitors.
  • I facilitate SHE meetings and implement recommendations.
  • Developing safe working procedures and collaborate with operations.
  • Coordinate internal and external audits, hygiene survey and inspections.
  • Preparing and reviewing of Safety files.
  • Setting up of business objectives and targets and do follow ups.
  • Raising the job cards and do follow up on closer.
  • SHE talks done monthly and communicated.
  • Ensuring that all health and safety appointment letters are in place and up to date.
  • Ensure that fire drills are done twice a year.
  • Ensuring that incidents and near misses are reported.
  • Communicating with Department of Labour regarding IOD's.
  • SHE Talk communication to staff.
  • SHE Incident investigation using RCA and 5Why's.
  • Production Line Walk and do the Risk Assessment.
  • Safe working procedure drafting with team leaders.
  • Conduct SHE Internal audits.
  • Contractor Audits.
  • Assist and control the PPE/PPC (Personal Protective Equipment/Clothing) on the site and ensure that stock-takes are done monthly, shortage of orders are done on time.
  • Secretary and Chairperson of the she committee meeting

Safety Coordinator

Glencore Platinum Mine
10.2011 - 12.2015
  • Ensure that all relevant cross ISO systems are maintained.
  • Conducting Safety Audits Participating in audit programs of the company.
  • Participated and volved in ISO45001/ISO 14001 implementation.
  • Align the contractor standard and procedures to Glencore standard.
  • Managing the site audit from Glencore with Non-Conformance.
  • Managing Onsite Vehicle according to the Glencore Standard.
  • Train employees, Drivers and management about the Glencore and On-site Absolute Rules.
  • 2012-2015 Score obtained from Nosa: 98%.
  • Developing company procedures, policies and sops and updating them.
  • Ensuring that the organizations quality management system conforms to customer.
  • Manage and monitoring measurement, and review of internal processes.
  • Work with customers, employees, contractors.
  • Established the companies SHE Pillar.
  • Ensuring that all the SHE calibrations and inspections are done for the devices that the organization use.
  • Ensure that medical surveillance programs are implemented.
  • Ensuring that the contractor control files are up to date.
  • Co-ordinate training to ensure that training needs analysis and requirements are met.
  • Implement any other duties as required by Health and Safety standards and procedures.
  • Mentoring SHE Reps by assigning duties to them and continuous coaching.
  • Conducting SHE Committee meetings on monthly basis.
  • PPE Controlling and issuing.
  • Ensuring that induction is done on all contractors and employees yearly.
  • Notice boards updating.
  • Participating on accidents and incidents investigation process.
  • Assist with incident investigations and implementing of corrective action plan.
  • Ensure that the training records are maintained and updated.
  • Drafting the SHE annual plan.
  • Completing the W.CI.2 forms for incident.
  • Assisted the company to obtain ISO 14001 certificate, SO 45001 Certificates.
  • Site inspections and site audits conducted to supplier and sub-contractors.
  • Reason for leaving: Growth and challenges, wanting to show case his knowledge and skills in a Food processing industry, which he holds a great passion for.

General Worker / Safety Rep

Lonmin Platinum Mine
02.2003 - 09.2009
  • PPE compliance checks.
  • Notice safety board's updating.
  • Assist Safety Officer with incident investigation.
  • Participating in accidents and incidents investigation process.
  • Issue PPE and recording.
  • Holding safety rep meetings.
  • Distributing Safety toolbox talks.
  • Inspecting First Aid boxes and fire extinguishers.
  • General mining worker duties.
  • Reason for leaving: Mine Closed and Retrenched.

Education

National Senior Certificate -

Leolo Comprehensive School
Burgersfort SA
1996

Skills

  • Vision
  • MS Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Outlook
  • Behaviour-based safety
  • Near misses reporting
  • Proactive approach to safety culture
  • LTIFR management
  • Visible felt leadership
  • Management safety walkabout
  • Employee engagement
  • Peer education
  • Health promotion awareness
  • Incident investigation
  • Systems internal auditing
  • ISO 45001
  • ISO 14001
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • First aid
  • Legal liability
  • Fire fighting
  • Evacuation
  • Risk management
  • Working at heights
  • SHE rep principles
  • Facilitation
  • Assessor
  • Warehouse safety
  • Ammonia safety training
  • Root cause analysis
  • Policy development
  • Policy formulation
  • Policy implementation
  • Policy auditing

Languages

Afrikaans
English
Pedi
Sotho
Tswana
Venda
Zulu

Custom Section

Permanent

Personal Information

  • Available: Immediately
  • Age: 46

References

  • Bheki Mtambo, 076 4542273, Safety Manager, Glencore
  • Hector Mapheto, 084 789 0529, Area Manager, Lonmin
  • Noko Mahlaba, 081 836 7504 / 072 059 7664, Safety Manager, Daybreak Foods
  • Andisiwe Mgolozeli, 073 997 9137 / 072 897 1449, Plant Manager, Daybreak Foods
  • Mamosa Modise, 082 934 3110, Acting Plant Manager, Daybreak Foods
  • Lettie Rangaka, 071 605 8340, Head of SHEQ, Daybreak Foods

Timeline

SHE Officer

Daybreak Foods
04.2016 - Current

Safety Coordinator

Glencore Platinum Mine
10.2011 - 12.2015

General Worker / Safety Rep

Lonmin Platinum Mine
02.2003 - 09.2009

National Senior Certificate -

Leolo Comprehensive School

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