Vishni Palaniandy
Vacoas
Summary
Knowledgeable professional eager to leverage knowledge in occupational health and safety. Qualified to create safety policies, conduct inspections. Hardworking professional commended for consistently evaluating current processes to confirm adherence to prescribed laws, standards and company goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Safety & Health Officer
MEDINE LTD
CASCAVELLE
01.2022 - Current
- Handling business units within the Group namely; Medine Ltd (Agriculture), Yemen Ltd, Tamarina Beach Club Hotel, Tamarina Golf Club.
- Conduct risk assessment and review findings
- Act as secretary in the Safety & Health committee
- Maintaining the safety & health dossier for the business units
- Conducted job safety analysis and personal protective equipment analysis to identify hazards for elimination and select proper safety equipment to protect employees from hazards of job.
- Delivered and coordinated health and safety training for employees, educating on workplace regulations, policies.
- Planned, implemented and evaluated safety goals and objectives for entire facility.
- Directed post-accident investigations and prepared reports to identify possible accident causes and hazards.
- Identified opportunities to remove hazards from workplace and developed programs and processes to mitigate workplace hazards.
- Guided, wrote and revised various safety & health SOP.
- Developed and implemented safety awareness communications between employees and management to increase hazard awareness.
- Provided new-employee health and safety orientations and developed materials for presentations.
- Educated employees on hazardous waste management, emergency response and safe work practices.
- Conducted safety audits, food safety audits and inspections to identify workplace hazards and deficiencies.
Safety & Health Officer
HYVEC PARTNERS LTD & HYVEC GROUP
Construction Sites All Around Mauritius
07.2015 - 01.2022
- Handling a busy caseload and exceeding challenging targets for 35+ construction sites, clothing shops, food outlets, warehouses, workshops, restaurants and 10+ employees lodging accommodation.
- Carry out site safety inspections, risk assessments, highlighting any issues and agreeing remedial action with relevant CEO - Construction, Construction Managers & Site Managers.
- Handling OSHI court cases
- Develop and implement policies and ensuring policies and procedures are in place and enforced.
- Ensure the relevant risk assessments are conducted and monitor actions, whilst considering how risks can be minimized.
- Liaise with registered machinery inspector for inspection of machinery on site.
- Ensure the completion of regular inspection and review of all work equipment and machinery.
- Keep records of all incidents and accidents, providing statistics to Management along with recommendations for improvement.
- Identify and organize specific training programs as and when required.
- Increase health and safety awareness at all levels within the organization.
- Investigate and report on all serious/ critical personal injury accidents.
- Respond to employees’ safety concerns.
- Assist in the running of Health & Safety Committees.
- Ensure compliance of dormitories and other trades (workshops, facilities for storage, Head Office).
- Create liaison with the different authorities (Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Health, MFRS, and Radiation Protection Authority) for safety-related matters.
- Act as Radiation Safety Officer.
- Ensures facilities are covered with a fire certificate.
- Handling the emergence of COVID 19 at the workplace.
- Undertaking BLUP procedure for dormitories as legal requirement.
Education
Master of Science - Total Quality Management & Performance Excellence
University of Mauritius
Reduit, Mauritius08.2023
No Degree - Food Safety Audits
SGS
Highlands, Mauritius07.2023
No Degree - NC4 Level 4 in Scaffolding Erection & Maintenance
Mauritius Institute of Training & Development
Beau Bassin, Mauritius09.2017
Bachelor of Science - Occupational Safety & Health Management
University of Technology
La Tour Koenig, Mauritius07.2015
Skills
- Emergency evacuation procedures
- Safety, Health & Quality checks
- Food safety audits
- Machine operations
- Driver Safety Programs
- Government Regulations
Cooking
“Real cooking is more about following your heart than following recipes.”
- Vishni
Languages
French, English, Creol
Native language
Espanol
Elementary
A2
Timeline
Safety & Health Officer
MEDINE LTD
01.2022 - Current
Safety & Health Officer
HYVEC PARTNERS LTD & HYVEC GROUP
07.2015 - 01.2022
Master of Science - Total Quality Management & Performance Excellence
University of Mauritius
No Degree - Food Safety Audits
SGS
No Degree - NC4 Level 4 in Scaffolding Erection & Maintenance
Mauritius Institute of Training & Development
Bachelor of Science - Occupational Safety & Health Management
University of Technology