Karabo Makhubele

Mr.

Karabo

Makhubele is a determined and loyal professional with over 10 years of experience as a Health & Safety Representative, with a deep passion for ensuring a safe and compliant work environment. He has 1 Year experience as a Volunteering Safety Officer at BMW Plant Rosslyn and is currently on an Internship Program at Mukona Geotechnics as an Intern Safety Officer. His career aspiration is to secure a Health and Safety Professional position where he can leverage his expertise to drive business excellence.

His objectives include ensuring legal compliance with health and safety regulations, achieving competitive health and safety results, preserving human life and minimizing injuries, reducing costs associated with injuries and legal contraventions, and providing strategic guidance to business/management on best health and safety practices.

Intern Health and Safety Officer at Mukona Geotechnics (2025-05 – Present)

Conducting health and safety operations on site and in yard, including toolbox talks, compliance checks, PPE verification, and safety inductions.

• Conduct toolbox talk using prepared materials and ensure attendance register are completed and submitted
• Breathalyze employees before they start work
• Check for compliance, check that employees are wearing full PPE, if not then provide
• Check that every position they are working there is good housekeeping and they have fire extinguishers and that the fire extinguishers are serviced and up to date
• Check if operators did checklists on machines before working
• Conduct safety induction for employees, ensure they are aware of hazards of work they will carry out
• Ensure damaged tools are removed and reported
• Ensure emergency contact numbers and evacuation plans are displayed-ensure first aid kits are available and inspected
• Do weekly SHEQ site observation
• Conduct the Risk Assessment
• Ensure everyone is wearing PPE and provided with PPE
• Conduct checklists for every Plant and Equipment that leaves the Yard and make sure they comply with safety requirements, Drill rigs and Trailers
• Check that fire extinguishers are serviced and work properly
• Do safety files and Working files
• Do safety induction for every new employee and contractors
• Do site visits to check for Safety compliance and SHEQ weekly site observation

Health and Safety Representative/Production Associate at BMW Rosslyn - Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (2012-11 – 2025-04)

Comprehensive Health and Safety role spanning production operations and health and safety management across 12+ years, ensuring compliance with OHS regulations and continuous improvement of safety performance.

• Follow safety protocols during operation
• Report defects or malfunctions
• Adhere to production timelines and schedule
• Conduct routine inspection of parts before inserting them in the car
• Ensure everyone is working in a clean and safe environment
• Make sure tools are working in good order and they are well maintained
• Make sure everyone is provided with personal protective equipment
• Attend health and safety committee meetings and report the near miss and potential hazards employees are experiencing
• Provide Health and Safety training and induction to new employees and contractors
• Ensuring that all OHS legal appointments are documented and updated if there is a need
• Doing a follow-up and ensuring that all incidents and near misses are reported and resolved
• Participate in incident investigation and root cause analysis
• Ensure adherence to Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
• Working together with management and employees to continuously improve Health and Safety performance, using SOP's and posters
• Train staff on 5s and ensure consistent implementation
• Performing HIRA, monitoring and updating the corrective and preventive actions thereof
• Health and Safety Support during shutdown projects
• Do a walkabout to check if contractors are following the company's Health and Safety policy
• Health and Safety inspection of contractors and projects to see if they are not using broken tools and ladders
• Participate in internal Audit to see if contractors have all the required documentation that aligns with the company's management system

National Diploma in Safety Management – University of South Africa (2018)

National Matric Certificate – Amogelang High School (2010)