| (a) | provide employees with any information, instruction, training or supervision that is necessary to enable them to perform their work safely and without risk to health; and |
| (b) | ensure that every employee becomes familiar with work-related hazards and risks and the measures that must be taken to eliminate, control and minimise those hazards and risks. |
[Employees must not be made to pay for health and safety training. See section 24.]
| (2) | As far as reasonably practicable, every employer must ensure that every employee is properly trained— |
| (a) | to deal with every risk to the employee's health or safety that— |
| (i) | is associated with any work that the employee has to perform, and |
| (b) | in the measures necessary to eliminate, control and minimise those risks to health or safety; |
| (c) | in the procedures to be followed to perform that employee's work; and |
| (d) | in relevant emergency procedures. |
(3) In respect of every employee, the provisions of subsection (2) must be complied with—
| (a) | before that employee first starts work; |
| (c) | before significant changes are introduced to procedures, mining and ventilation layouts, mining methods, plant or equipment and material; and |
| (d) | before significant changes are made to the nature of that employee's occupation or work. |
| (4) | The employer must keep a record of all formal training provided in respect of each employee in terms of subsection (2). |
[Section 10(4) inserted by section 3 of Notice No. 428, GG 32140, dated 17 April 2009 (Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act No. 74 of 2008)]
| (5) | All mines must submit a workplace skills plan and the annual training reports to the Mining Qualifications Authority. |
[Section 10(5) inserted by section 3 of Notice No. 428, GG 32140, dated 17 April 2009 (Mine Health and Safety Amendment Act No. 74 of 2008)]
