Employer representative: online training

2022-09-05

SEPRI organizes the training course “Employer’s representative, employer or worker designated to carry out occupational health and safety activities”, as a DGERT-certified training entity.

Location: online (e-learning training)

Duration: 35 hours

Training certificate: Yes

Syllabus: see here for a summary of the course syllabus.

For more information: training@sepri.pt

Legal framework

The training of an Employer’s Representative is mandatory by law.
In the sense that Portuguese legislation states that occupational safety must be promoted within any company and that it is the employer’s responsibility to organize the occupational safety and health service.
The Employer’s Representative/Employer/Designated Worker training applies in the following situations:

In joint or external occupational health and safety services, the employer must appoint a suitably trained worker at each establishment to represent him or her in order to monitor and assist in the proper implementation of prevention activities;
In the case of a company, establishment or group of establishments up to 50km away from the largest, which employs a maximum of nine workers and whose activity is not high-risk, occupational safety activities may be carried out directly by the employer himself if he is adequately trained and usually stays at the establishments, or by one or more workers designated by the employer, who are adequately trained and have the time and means to do so.

For the purposes of the previous paragraph, adequate training is understood to be that which enables the acquisition of basic skills in the areas of safety, health, ergonomics, the environment and the organization of work.

Who should attend

Workers in small and medium-sized companies, assigned to perform basic-level occupational safety duties, whose sector of activity is not considered high risk, in accordance with the provisions of Law 102/2009, of September 10, amended and republished by Law 3/2014, of January 28;
Senior Technicians and Occupational Safety Technicians who wish to carry out scientific and technical updating through continuous training, and who have worked in the field for a minimum of two years during the validity of their professional title.
Anyone interested in acquiring professional knowledge and skills in the field of occupational safety.

Advantages of taking the “Employer Representative” course online

Learn at your own pace: e-learning allows you to attend classes at your own pace.
There are no set deadlines for completing a lesson or a module.
Wherever and whenever you want: the ease of taking the course online is that you don’t have to travel.
You can complete the training from the comfort of your home or workplace.
Online support: our trainer will be available to answer any questions you may have during the course, providing support via email and through our platform.
Learning resources: in addition to the video lessons recorded with our trainer, you will have access to other learning resources that we will make available to you on the platform.

Quality and interactivity: we’ve made a clear commitment to video and sound quality, so that your experience is even better than what you’d get in a face-to-face class.
We have created interactive resources so that watching the video lesson is a dynamic and not boring experience.