DHAKA: SAMTRAC international, the world's leading course in occupational risk management in the workplace, launched its occupational health, safety and environment management training in Bangladesh through a state-of-the-art e-learning platform.

Announcing the introduction of the training in Gulshan area of the city on Saturday, BizCare, a local consultancy firm, said it can help contribute to the improvement of health and safety conditions in all organizations particularly the readymade garments and other industries.

It said SAMTRAC is a unique training course in HSE, which has become fast popular in several countries across the world both in the developed and the developing ones.

Accredited by the Britain based Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and Brussels based Enhesa, the training modules include safety, environment, legal, health and risk management.

SAMTRAC is a product of NOSA, the South African based globally recognized provider of occupational risk management services. BizCare is the channel partner of NOSA in Bangladesh.

The training is currently being used by reputed companies like Unilever, Nestle, SABMiller, Freeport, Levi’s, GAP etc. The training is helpful for HSE practitioners, Risk/insurance assessors, occupational health practitioners, labor inspectors, design engineers and human resource managers.

President of AMCHAM Aftab ul Islam, Founder and Editor of Bangladesh Brand Forum Shariful Islam and senior executives from Lafarge, Cemex, Nestle, Linde, BAT and GIZ were present on the occasion.

BDST: 1216 HRS, MAR 02, 2015