Training for the Safety Committee on operational knowledge and skills

Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) organized two days long non-residential training on operational knowledge and skills for Safety Committee members with the financial and technical support of The Asia Foundation.

 

Venue: Anjuman Trading Corporation Ltd. Training Room, TIE, Savar, Dhaka

 

Factory: Samina Tannery Pvt. Ltd, Royel Tannery Ltd. International Tannery Ltd, and Arafat Leather Complex Ltd.

 

Objective: The main objective of the training is to increase the knowledge and build the capacity of the safety committee as per Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 and Bangladesh Labour Rules 2015.

 

Topic covered: Basic concept of safety committee, Safety Committee formation and responsibility, write meeting proceedings under the guidance of safety committee basic concept of Occupational Safety and Health, Building Safety, Risk assessment, and Steps and Activities of the Safety Committee and support.

 

Major outcomes: At the end of the training participants are able to prepare how to write meeting minutes and risk assessment at the factory level.

Apart from the program team A. M. Sajjad Hossain Khan, Senior Program Officer, The Asia Foundation, and Syed Nahid Hasan, Labour Inspector (General) of Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE) were presented in the training as guest facilitators.