PM Africa Magazine Issue 02 | Page 21

H&S/skills and Safety community at large. The requirement that Continual Professional Development (CPD) points must be maintained after registration has been completed,has not made matters easier. Registered individuals must ensure that they attend SACPCMP seminars, workshops and approved training interventions. This however carries a rather large cost and devotion of time, therefore explaining the resistance from current practitioners. There has been a large gap for accredited Occupational Health and Safety training in South Africa for a long time and I have used the word “accredite