About Absolute Health Services

At Absolute Health Services (AHS), we specialise in offering comprehensive, accredited Health and Safety courses and management services to ensure our clients are fully compliant and well-prepared. Our team of qualified Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) practitioners provide tailored training and consulting solutions that empower businesses to create safer workplaces and comply with the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993.

Our Mission

We aim to be a world-class provider of health and safety emergency-care training and OHS management services. Our focus revolves around four core principles: professionalism, client focus, quality, and cost-effectiveness.

What Sets Us Apart

All of our courses, including First Aid, Firefighting, and Health & Safety, are conducted by paramedics registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). Our training programs combine the latest theoretical knowledge with practical, hands-on exposure, ensuring participants gain both theoretical and practical expertise.

Our practitioners offer OHS management services tailored to each client’s unique working environment. From monthly compliance assessments to detailed risk evaluations, we provide ongoing support to help organisations maintain their compliance status.

Health and Safety courses and management services

Client-Centric Approach

We believe that our clients are integral to our success, and we are committed to providing professional, client-focused, and high-quality services that are also cost-effective.

What we offer

Accredited Health and Safety Training:

  • First Aid NQF Level 1 Course
  • First Aid Levels 1, 2 & 3 Course
  • Firefighting Course
  • Advanced Firefighting Course
  • Firefighting Equipment Servicing Technician – SAQCC 1475
  • Health & Safety Officer Course
  • Health & Safety Supervisor Course
  • Health & Safety Representative Course
  • Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (HIRA) Course
  • Occupational Health & Safety Act Course
  • 16.2 Workshop
  • Incident Investigation Course
  • CPR for Everyone Course
  • CPR for Professionals Course
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Course
  • Evacuation Planning
  • HAZMAT
  • Stacking and Storage
  • HIV AIDS Awareness
  • First Aid, Fire and Evacuation Responder Skills Program

What we offer

Services

OHS Management Services: Tailored monthly recurring visits to establish and maintain compliance.

OHS Compliance Assessment: Confidential assessment of your current OHS system and compliance rating.

OHS Risk Assessment: On-site hazard identification and risk ranking with a comprehensive report.

OHS Equipment Assessment: Evaluating emergency and OHS equipment needs.

OHS Files: Comprehensive documentation for OHS compliance.

Evacuation Drills: Bi-annual evacuation drills with a simulated emergency to prepare your workforce. AHS provides on-site assistance and a report with recommendations for improvement.

We supply a comprehensive range of OHS-compliant safety equipment, including first aid kits, fire extinguishers, fire blankets, and evacuation signs. Ensure your workplace is equipped with the right tools for safety and compliance with the Occupational Health & Safety Act 85 of 1993.

We provide accredited fire equipment servicing, ensuring compliance with SANS 1475. Our SAQCC-registered technicians service fire extinguishers, hose reels, and hydrants, issuing a Certificate of Compliance for your insurance and safety records.

We supply and maintain various fire extinguishers, including water, CO2, DCP, and foam, tailored to your specific fire risks. Ensure your workplace is prepared for Class A, B, C, D, or K fires with regularly inspected and compliant fire safety equipment.

Why Choose AHS

Extensive expertise across various industries.

National footprint with training centres in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha

Proven track record backed by positive client reviews.

Absolute Health Services Management Team

Helen Farish

Director & Instructor

With her wealth of experience over the last 20 years as a business owner and manager, Helen is the driving force behind the daily management, coordination, client liaison and all aspects of the general business management within the company. Her strengths include good communication skills, commitment to quality client service and logical and meticulous planning. She has successfully completed various Level 3 awards in Education & Training, Health & Safety and First Aid at Work as well as courses in fire safety and first aid instructing. This has enabled her to participate in presenting and assessing the company’s offering of training courses and keep her skills and knowledge of the industry up to date.

Alastair Farish

Director & Instructor

Alastair is currently finalising his NEBOSH OHS National Diploma and is a qualified ISO 45001 lead implementer and lead auditor through BSI. He first trained as a combat medic before going on to study and qualify as an advanced life support paramedic and work in both the public and private healthcare systems. His passion for first aid was realised at an early stage during his professional paramedic career, when he saw first hand the positive impact that first aid treatment can have on a critically ill patient. He is also a successful business owner within the field of health and safety and has a wealth of knowledge, experience and enthusiasm for implementing successful health and safety management systems.

Niell Truter

Associate Partner & Instructor

Niell Truter is an Associate Partner in Absolute Health Services’. Niell matriculated in 1990 at Hoerskool Roodepoort, after which he completed his National Service for 1 year as an Operational Medic. Niell then went on to join the Roodepoort Fire Department in January 1992 as a junior fireman and worked there until 2009 when he resigned with the rank of Platoon Commander and Intermediate Life Support Paramedic. Niell joined Absolute Health Services in March 2018 after working in the Health & Safety training industry for more than 9 years. Niell is currently studying his National Diploma in Safety Management and is a qualified ISO 45001 lead implementer through BSI.

Cape Town

Unit 6B The Waverley Business Park, Corner of Winchester & Wyecroft Road, Mowbray, Cape Town, 7925

Johannesburg

Unit 813, Hammets Crossing Office Park, 2 Selbourne Rd, Johannesburg North, Sandton, 2051

Durban

STC SA – Durban Campus, 48 Hannah Road, Congela, Durban, 4001