SAWFHA Accreditation Option 3

Why is it necessary to be apply for SAWFHA (South African Working from Home Association) accreditation? 

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the mind-set of employer and employee’s worldwide, and transformed or revolutionised, and created a new line of thought, to “work in a home based / remote office environment” as opposed to “work from the conventional corporate office”. 

There is no benchmark on an international and national level to evaluate and determine compliance of employees home based / remote office environments, against the OHSA act no 85 of 1993. 

Home based / remote office environments have become a standard in the business industry. The cost and time saving benefits to employee and employer are monumental, but employers have an obligation as per the Occupational Health and Safety Act no 85 of 1993, to ensure the home based / remove office environments are safe for the employee, whilst performing daily activities. 

SAFWHA offers 3 user friendly options to assist the employer to comply with the regulations and standards OHSA act no 85 of 1993, relating to home based / remote office environments 

Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with the differences between option 1, 2 and 3 

OPTION 3: 

Objective: 

• Gain access to the Home Based Worker (HBW) software application which can be used for:
- compliance evaluation against the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA)    - reporting of the employee's home based / remote office environment evaluation outcome
- record-keeping of evaluation for future use 

• With this application you will be able to:
- Evaluate multiple employee's home based / remote office environments
- Conduct a “HIRA” (hazard identification and risk assessment) in each employee's home based / remote office environment
- Determine / identify possible risk areas and potential hazards o Address these risks and hazards to: 

▪ Reduce ▪ Remove ▪ Resolve 

Process:   

• In this option you will required to complete the registration page
   
• When the payment has been received a link will be send to the email address (in the contact section of the
  registration page) which will allow the employer access to the HBW (Home Base Worker) software application
   
• With this application you will be able to:
   

- Evaluate multiple employee's home based/remote office environments

- Conduct a “HIRA” (hazard identification and risk assessment) in each employee's home based / remote office environment

- Determine / identify possible risk areas and potential hazards o Address these risks and hazards to: 

▪ Reduce ▪ Remove ▪ Resolve 

- Data recording of all home based / remote office environments evaluations 

Payment note: option 1 Accreditation certificate: 

Organisations with multiple outlet / branches for example in the banking industry have to note, accreditation is required per branch, which implies individual payments are required for each outlet / branch 

R9,999 (excluding VAT)