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Colab Training – Health & Safety Training & Services

SHE consulting

Practical support for your safety, health and environment programme

Hands-on help to identify risks, strengthen your systems and keep them working — delivered within our confirmed scope of competence, with the deliverables set out up front.

Consulting services

What we help with — and what you actually receive

Each service below sets out the problem it addresses, the typical deliverables and the next step, so you know what you're buying before you commit.

Workplace risk assessment support

The problem
Risk assessments are a core legal duty, but many employers don't know where to start — or their existing assessments no longer reflect how work is actually done.
Typical deliverables
A structured assessment process covering the tasks, hazards and controls that matter, with a written risk register you can keep up to date.
Next step
Send us your industry, site and main work activities and we'll propose an assessment plan and scope.

Hazard identification and workplace inspections

The problem
Hazards are missed when inspections are informal or become routine paperwork — and findings that just get listed are rarely fixed.
Typical deliverables
Structured site inspections with clear, prioritised findings, corrective actions with owners, and support turning them into fixes.
Next step
Tell us the site type and size and we'll plan an inspection visit.

Hazardous substance assessment support

The problem
Chemicals, dusts and fumes are often in use without current assessments, and the duties that apply (hazardous chemical substances regulations, COSHH-style duties) are easy to underestimate.
Typical deliverables
An inventory of substances in use, assessment of exposure routes and existing controls, and recommendations on storage, handling and information requirements.
Next step
Send us your product list or safety data sheets and we'll confirm the scope.

Exposure measurements (air monitoring, noise surveys) are taken by an accredited consultant working with us. Work outside that scope is referred to an appropriately qualified specialist, and we help coordinate it.

Safety procedures and documentation

The problem
Documents that don't match how work is actually done get ignored — and in an incident, they can do more harm than good.
Typical deliverables
Drafted or reviewed SHE policies, procedures, registers and appointment documents, aligned to your operations and workable in practice.
Next step
Tell us which documents you need drafted or reviewed.

Incident investigation support

The problem
Investigations that stop at blaming a person miss the system failures — so the same incident repeats.
Typical deliverables
A structured investigation with root-cause analysis and practical corrective actions you can implement and track.
Next step
If an incident has just happened, call us — early preservation of evidence and facts matters.

Compliance gap assessments

The problem
Employers often don't know how far short their current arrangements fall, or which requirements actually apply to their operations.
Typical deliverables
A prioritised gap report comparing current practice against applicable requirements, with a realistic, sequenced action plan.
Next step
Share your industry and current safety documentation and we'll scope the review.

Safety training needs analysis

The problem
Training spend is wasted when courses are chosen by habit rather than by role, risk and legal duty.
Typical deliverables
A role-based training needs analysis mapping duties, risks and required competencies — which feeds directly into a training plan and quote.
Next step
Tell us your roles and sites and we'll map the training requirements.

Ongoing SHE consulting and outsourced support

The problem
Safety needs continuous attention, but many businesses can't justify a full-time SHE resource — so systems quietly lapse.
Typical deliverables
Scheduled check-ins, kept-current risk assessments and documentation, incident support and advice as your operations change.
Next step
Tell us your size, sites and current pressures and we'll propose a support arrangement that fits.
SHE consultant with clipboard inspecting a warehouse

Scope and limits

Clear about what we do — and what we don't

  • Our consulting helps you understand and improve your position. It does not guarantee legal compliance — responsibility for compliance remains with the employer.
  • Some matters require statutory appointments or specialist expertise beyond general consulting — for example occupational hygiene measurements, or holding yourself out as a legal appointee. We confirm the scope of our involvement per engagement, coordinate specialists where a matter needs them, and don't claim competence we can't verify.
  • Any accreditation or statutory recognition attached to training delivered through our programmes is confirmed per course and stated in writing before you commit.

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Tell us about your workplace

Share the basics and we'll come back with next steps — a short discussion, a scoped proposal, or a site visit where it helps.

Prefer to talk first? Call +27 741 200 495 or email training@colabdev.co.za.

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