OHS Audits, Inspections, Risk Assessments & Compliance Certificates

An OHS Compliance Certificate is a document issued by a competent person confirming that a workplace, site, plant or piece of equipment meets the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 and applicable regulations. It typically follows a formal OHS audit or inspection and forms part of the evidence pack used for client onboarding, tendering and Department of Employment and Labour engagements.

An OHS inspection is a routine check of a workplace, plant or activity against a checklist — it confirms day-to-day conditions are safe. An OHS audit is a deeper, scored assessment of your entire health and safety management system against legal and ISO 45001 requirements. We deliver both, and findings from inspections feed into the audit programme.

Most South African employers should conduct a full legal compliance audit at least once a year, with quarterly internal inspections and continuous risk assessments in between. High-risk sectors (construction, mining, manufacturing) and large multi-site operations often require a more frequent cycle, which we agree with you up front.

Our HIRA (Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment) includes a baseline assessment of all activities, issue-based assessments for specific tasks or changes, and continuous assessments for dynamic operations. Each hazard is rated for likelihood and severity, mitigated using the hierarchy of controls, and tracked in a live risk register with named owners.

OHS Compliance Certificates and statutory appointment letters are issued by appointed competent persons registered with recognised professional bodies (SAIOSH, SACPCMP). Training certificates are issued under accredited programmes and include verifiable QR codes so third parties can confirm validity.

Yes. Our digital audit platform streams findings, photos and scores to a client dashboard as the auditor works on site. You don't have to wait weeks for a PDF — you see issues as they're identified and can start corrective action immediately.

Yes. We deliver OHS audits, inspections, risk assessments and compliance certificates nationally across South Africa — Gauteng, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Free State and Northern Cape — and to selected clients across Africa and the Middle East.

Yes. Training centres, skills development providers and accredited training institutions use our OHS audits, risk assessments, statutory appointments and OHS Compliance Certificates to prepare for QCTO accreditation and monitoring site visits, SETA verification, Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) inspections, fire department compliance checks and municipal occupancy/health certificates. We package the evidence — HIRA, evacuation plans, Section 16(2) appointments, SHE rep letters, fire equipment registers, first-aid records and Letter of Good Standing — in the format inspectors expect.

Contact us via the form on our Contact page, call +27 87 265 0884 or WhatsApp our team. We'll scope the work, share an indicative quote within one business day, and confirm a named lead auditor before any site visit.

A Legal Register is a site- and activity-specific schedule of every Act, Regulation, SANS standard and municipal by-law that applies to your operation — for example the OHS Act 85 of 1993 and its regulations, the Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996, NEMA and its specific environmental management acts (NEM:AQA, NEM:WA, NWA), COIDA and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. For each instrument we capture the clause, the duty, the responsible person, the evidence of compliance and the current compliance status.

Compilation begins with a scoping workshop and an on-site or virtual legal audit to map your activities, plant, substances, environmental aspects and workforce profile. We then build the register against that scope, validate it with your appointed competent persons and issue it in branded PDF and digital format with CSV export. Maintenance is continuous: our legal team monitors the Government Gazette, sectoral bulletins and case law, and any changes are reflected in a versioned register revision delivered to you.

Updates are managed under an annual subscription. You receive quarterly Legal Update Bulletins summarising new legislation and amendments, automatic revisions to the affected register clauses, telephonic and email advisory support throughout the year, and an annual re-audit to confirm that controls and evidence still match the current legal duties. Subscriptions can be per site or grouped across multiple sites and divisions.

Yes. Our Legal Register and audit programme covers mining (MHSA, MPRDA), environmental compliance (NEMA, NEM:AQA, NEM:WA, NWA, ISO 14001), construction (Construction Regulations 2014), labour (BCEA, EEA, COIDA) and OHS (OHS Act, ISO 45001). We deliver group-wide programmes for multi-site operators with consolidated dashboards, per-site registers and a single point of contact for legal updates and re-audits.