Dubai salons get health supervisors, trained staff

163 qualify as health supervisors while 5,301 get training organised by municipality

To raise the bar on hygiene and safety, Dubai salons have started getting certified health supervisors and trained staff members following a specialised training programme organised by the municipality.

A total of 163 employees were qualified as health supervisors after getting specialised training and passing the tests conducted by two certification bodies for this purpose. The training programme was implemented from December 2017 until the end of March this year, the civic body said in a press release.

The Health and Safety Department of Dubai Municipality has also completed training 5,301 employees of men’s salons and women’s beauty centres during the period. The training workshops were conducted by 72 trainers with specialised scientific competencies, health and safety expertise and speaking skills in a variety of languages given the cultural diversity in the UAE. The trainers were from 30 training and health consultancy companies approved by the municipality.

Reda Salman, director of Health and Safety Department, said the department had approved the basic training initiative and the training of the health supervisors in the salons and the beauty centres.

This is to prepare an integrated training programme that includes basic training on health and safety requirements for all employees and training of a health supervisor.

The health supervisor is someone who is always available to supervise the internal system of the salons and the work procedures as per the requirements stipulated by the competent regulatory body and follow up everything related to the provision of healthy and safe services to the customers.

Salman added that the trained employees will be responsible for assessing health and safety risks in the salons and beauty centres, developing corrective measures, updating work plans to prevent risks, supervising cleaning and sterilisation, dealing with disposable tools, employee practices and all other matters related to the health and safety of customers and employees, in addition to evaluating the hygiene status of the salon and the safety of its employees according to the checklist prepared for this purpose. “They also have to follow up the inspection reports issued by the competent regulatory body.”