{"id":13503,"date":"2023-10-27T22:11:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13503"},"modified":"2023-10-27T22:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:11:30","slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-certification-awarded-to-global-edge-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/occupational-safety-and-health-certification-awarded-to-global-edge-guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Safety and Health Certification Awarded to Global EDGE Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Global EDGE Guyana and nearly 20 of its employees have received Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) certification from the Ministry of Labour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recruitment firm specializes in technical placements within the Energy, Infrastructure, Automotive, and IT sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton commended the growing number of companies seeking OSH certification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that as the country undergoes infrastructural transformation, occupational safety and health should not be overlooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton stressed that safety and health in Guyana is not solely an issue between employees and employers, but a national and cultural concern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called for a collective attitude shift towards protecting oneself, families, colleagues, and the broader community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the certified individuals to apply their newfound knowledge within their organizations and share it with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the oil and gas industry&#8217;s emergence has prompted many businesses to develop OSH regulations, there is still progress to be made, noted Minister Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global E.D.G.E. Country Manager, Abdool Azis, praised the training&#8217;s positive impact on the business sector and commended the government&#8217;s commitment to citizen development through OSH initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton highlighted that increased OSH awareness has led to a reduction in workplace injuries and fatalities, with fatalities decreasing from 32 in 2020 to 21 in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Reporting by Josiah Williams for NCN News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global EDGE Guyana and nearly 20 of its employees have received Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) certification from the Ministry of Labour. This recruitment firm specializes in technical placements within&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13506,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13503\/revisions\/13506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}