NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

 PURPOSE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES 
1 Purpose (mission, mandate) of the organisation: 
The main objective of the Council is to be generate, develop and sustain at 
the  national level, a voluntary movement on safety, health and environment 2 Responsibilities or activities related to occupational safety and health: 

• Plan, develop and implement occupational safety and health training  progr-
  amme - both public and inplant.
• Undertake safety audits/surveys/studies
• Provide technical advice on specific problems
• Organise  national  level  campaigns  on safety, health and environment and national and international Conference on issues connected with them.
• Disseminate OSH information
• Publish technical literature
• Develop and distribute promotional material
• Issue  technical  guidelines  for  prevention  of  occupational  diseases  and 
accidents 
• Participate in national standard setting

3 Occupational safety and health services provided:  Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre:

• gathers relevant OSH information
• provides inquiry services to members
• participates in the national OSH information network
• publishes promotional material like safety calender, posters, stickers, etc.
• publishes quarterly Industrial Safety Chronicle

 Safety Control Division:  Conducts  safety  consultancy  and  audits  in  places  of  employment  with 
emphasis on hazardous work areas, conducts public and specialised inplant training courses, develops technical guidelines and course material/manuals, conducts  national  level  safety  campaigns,  organises national and interna- 
tional Conferences.

4 Occupational safety and health training programmes:  Short term public training programmes conducted are :

• Organising and motivating for safety
• Statutory requirements pertaining to OSH&E
• Safety Audit
• Industrial Safety for trade union representatives
• Safety in chemical industries
• Storage, handling and transportation of hazardous chemicals
• Major accident hazard control
• Chemical emergency prevention, preparedness and response
• Safety in engineering industry
• Community
• Safety in construction industry
• Electrical safety
• Safety in material handling
• Risk assessment in chemical process plants

5 Occupational safety and health research and development activities: