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MMG - MICROMEGA Holdings Limited - Boost for South Africa`s health and safety practitioners MICROmega Holdings Limited (Registration number 1998/003821/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) ISIN code: ZAE000034435 Share code: MMG ("MICROmega") Boost for South Africa`s health and safety practitioners Health and safety practitioners in South Africa now have the opportunity of joining the largest health and safety membership organisation in the world, through a partnership between NOSA (Pty) Ltd (NOSA) and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). MICROmega`s subsidiary company NOSA finalised an affiliation agreement with the UK-based IOSH whereby selected students who pass NOSA`s SAMTRAC Training Course have the opportunity of joining IOSH as a Technician at no charge. According to Hazel Harvey, Executive Director of Membership of IOSH, "NOSA is the premier training organisation for health and safety in South Africa. It has a long and illustrious history of producing excellent training programmes and we are thrilled that they recognise the value of IOSH membership and the opportunity to have accreditation from IOSH". IOSH members obtain a number of benefits such as free health and safety (H&S) advice, subscription to a monthly magazine, use of an online CPD system, downloadable best practice guides and the chance to shape the development of the global health and safety profession. Gary Streek, NOSA Director, stated "The partnership between the entities is in line with IOSH`s strategy to grow its membership base in South Africa given NOSA`s dominant position in the local market and allows NOSA to expand its training courses into the international market with IOSH`s recognition." "NOSA was happy to facilitate IOSH membership in South Africa and we are pleased to be affiliated with IOSH as we share the same outlook and objectives for the H&S industry," says Streek. IOSH was founded in 1945 and is the only Royal Chartered body for health and safety professionals in the world, and was the first European safety body to be awarded NGO status by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). IOSH has more than 40,000 individual members in 85 countries and has experienced a 35% growth in members over the past 5 years, which is a reflection of the growth in the global H&S industry. Greg Morris, MICROmega Chief Executive Officer, had this to say: "We are excited about the affiliation and are thrilled that NOSA and IOSH have agreed to work together to aid the development of excellence in H&S education and qualifications in South Africa". The two organisations are also meeting with SAQA and seven South African universities looking at developing the status of H&S as a profession through higher education." 20 June 2012 Sponsor Java Capital Date: 20/06/2012 08:57:01 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
