NOSA was established in 1951 by the South African Government with the primary objective of reducing the injury and fatality rates in both the mining and general industry sectors of the South African economy. In 2005, MICROmega Holdings Limited acquired NOSA (Pty) Ltd, fully privatising the parastatal’s domestic and global operations.

The NOSA Group comprises 9 companies and 12 business units. NOSA is entrenched across all domestic industries, along with providing a wide array of products and services to our international corporate clients, their employees, our global partners and resellers, and private students. Thus, through our suite of products and services, The NOSA Group presents emerging and developed market clients with the expertise, competency, and resources to deliver an integrated enterprise risk programme across the following broad categories:

Auditing
Certification
Consulting
Chemical and microbiological laboratories, testing and examination services
Corporate and public training
Driver and operator risk management
Educational sector HSE management systems and training
E-learning, blended learning, learner management systems, video and bespoke content digitisation
Fire safety and first aid training, and support services
Food safety and quality
Injury on Duty (IOD) and occupational disease claim management
Mining
NOSHCON conference and exhibition
Occupational hygiene services
Employment services within the HSE and risk sectors
Research and development
Software solutions
Supplier vetting
Working at height training and installations

The NOSA Group conducts approximately 3 500 annual site audits, 1 800 monthly site audits and trains approximately 65 000 individuals on an annual basis. The NOSA Group comprehensively services over 20 000 clients, across five continents, through established operations in China, South America, Africa and the Middle East, and with a widespread global network of accredited partners and resellers.