Book – Construction Health & Safety Requirements in South Africa, by JA de Villiers

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Construction Health & Safety Requirements in South Africa (an in-depth study of Construction Regulations)

South Africa’s Department of Employment and Labour spends around R2.5 billion each year on compensation claims related to health & safety in the construction sector. With over 400 accidents each year, the question becomes: Why is the construction industry so dangerous?

With ample qualified and competent people working in the industry, the answer cannot be a lack of expertise. With all the Laws and Regulations, the answer cannot be a lack of rules or guidelines. One of the biggest reasons, is due to a lack of enforcement from the Department of Employment and Labour. They do not have the resources to deal with all the construction projects ongoing in South Africa, and many projects are finished without any inspection ever happening.

The second biggest reason is a lack of knowledge and understanding of the occupational health & safety legislation in SA. Training is mandatory, and employees are trained accordingly, however very few employees, and even fewer employers, understand what the law says, and as such, has no idea how to implement it. This causes a big gap to open, in which accidents are far too common.

This book is an attempt at bridging the gap between what the law says, and what it actually means to the employer and employee. This book strives to make the Occupational Health & Safety Act and the Construction Regulations more understandable, and hopefully plays a small part in helping to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities on construction sites.

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About the Author:

Johannes Adriaan de Villiers was born in March 1962. He is married to Dalene and together they have three sons. After his mandatory two years’ military service, he studied at the University of Orange Free State, where he received his B.Proc degree in 1987. In 1990, he left Law and studied at The AFM Theological College, where he received his Diploma in Theology in 1992.  In 2022 he completed his Bachelor of Arts Disaster and Safety Management Degree with Lyceum College.

He lives in Strand, Cape Town, where he has been involved with Occupational Health & Safety since 2010, becoming the co-owner of an Occupational Health & Safety Training Academy in 2014. He is also a registered facilitator, assessor, and moderator as well as a course writer and developer with various SETA’s, and he is a popular speaker on Legal Liability Workshops. He developed 3 courses for Lyceum College on Construction Health and Safety (specifically for the Disaster and Safety Management Degree), and was an assessor and lector for Lyceum College on all their health and safety courses, for about 5 years.