{"id":17889,"date":"2025-01-22T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T10:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=17889"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:47:23","slug":"occupational-health-and-safety-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/occupational-health-and-safety-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Health and Safety Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17889\" class=\"elementor elementor-17889\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e6a900e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e6a900e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40cf0d61 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40cf0d61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c6d85fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c6d85fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Occupational Health and Safety Department<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537fe270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"537fe270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Occupational Health and Safety Department ensures a safe and healthy work environment by implementing safety regulations and protocols.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695a2200 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"695a2200\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73bcb14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73bcb14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ffe0a39 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"7ffe0a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;start&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"2147355193\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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