OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY ACT, 1993

Regulation 8(7) and 8(8) of the Construction Regulations, 2014

APPOINTMENT OF:
CONSTRUCTION WORK SUPERVISOR (tick box) Construction Regulation
8(7)
ASSISTANT CONSTRUCTION WORK SUPERVISOR (tick box) Construction
Reg. 8(8)
8. (7) A construction manager must in writing appoint construction supervisors responsible for
construction activities and ensuring occupational health and safety compliance on the
construction site.

(8) A contractor must, upon having considered the size of the project, in writing appoint one or more
competent employees for different sections thereof to assist the construction supervisor
contemplated in subregulation (7), and every such employee has, to the extent clearly defined
by the contractor in the letter of appointment, the same duties as the construction supervisor:
Provided that the designation of any such employee does not relieve the construction supervisor
of any personal accountability for failing in his or her supervisory duties in terms of this
regulation.

I,
(the appointed construction manager)

of
(name of company)

hereby appoint
(name of *construction work supervisor/*assistant construction work supervisor)
as the construction *work supervisor/*assistant work supervisor with the duty of
*supervising/*assisting in supervising the performance of the construction work (*Delete
whichever is not applicable)
at
(exact physical address of the construction site or site office)
for the duration of the project/contract or until you are relocated to another site/project or
leave the employ of the company. The appointee is reminded that you are required to be
conversant with all relevant statutory provisions and regulations of the Occupational Health
and Safety Act, 1993 in the regard to carrying out of construction work.

Signature Designation Date

ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT
hereby accept this
I, appointment as
(name of *construction work supervisor/*assistant construction work supervisor)

CONSTRUCTION WORK SUPERVISOR (tick box) Construction Regulation

8(1)
ASSISTANT CONSTRUCTION WORK SUPERVISOR (tick box) Construction
Reg. 8(8)
and confirm that I have the necessary competence required and that I am conversant with all
the relevant statutory provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 with regard
to carrying out construction work.

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