This Code of Good Practice direction regarding the foundation for training of all lifting machine/equipment operators with the objective of ensuring standardisation training, and safety standards that will impact directly on reducing the risk of injury/death to employees/persons or damage to plant and equipment inherent in all driven machinery operations especially when loads are lifted or transported.

1. respects the dignity, beliefs and constitutional rights of learners and in particular children, which includes the right to privacy and confidentiality;

2. acknowledges the uniqueness, individuality, and specific needs of each learner, guiding and encouraging each to realise his or her potentialities;

strives to enable learners to develop a set of values consistent with the fundamental rights contained in the Constitution of South Africa;

exercises authority with compassion;

avoids any form of humiliation, and refrains from any form of abuse, physical or psychological;

refrains from improper physical contact with learners;

promotes gender equality;

refrains from any form of sexual harassment (physical or otherwise) of learners;

refrains from any form of sexual relationship with learners at any school;

uses appropriate language and behaviour in his or her interaction with learners, and acts in such a way as to elicit respect from the learners;

takes reasonable steps to ensure the safety of the learner;

does not abuse the position he or she holds for financial, political or personal gain;

is not negligent or indolent in the performance of his or her professional duties; and

recognises, where appropriate, learners as partners in education.