IOSH Courses

This 4-day IOSH Managing Safely course is intended for those required to manage safely and effectively in compliance with both their organisation’s policy and best practice in health and safety. Managing Safely is a high impact interactive course covering the health and safety management for managers and supervisors in any organisation in any sector. It’s designed to give managers all they need to know to help them handle health and safety in their teams.

Dates:

This course is suitable for:

• Non-health and safety expert personnel who have to manage risk and resources.
• Those required to manage safely and effectively in compliance with both their organisations policy and best practice.
• Supervisors
• Managers
• Site Foremen

Course Objectives:

• To identify the competent parts of a recognised Safety Management System such as BS 8800, HSG65, or OHSAS 18000 and gain an appreciation of risk assessment within the system.
• Identify the data and techniques required to produce an adequate record of an incident.
• Describe statutory requirements for reporting and procedures for checking for non-reporting.
• Define hazards and risks and describe the legal requirements for risk assessments.
• Demonstrate a practical understanding of quantitative risk assessment techniques.
• Identify workplace precautions, outline the provisions of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005.
• Outline relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice, HSA guidance notes and other information sources.

Course Contents

• Module 1: Introduction and Overview
• Module 2: Risk assessment and risk control
• Module 3: Health and safety legislation
• Module 4: Safety management systems
• Module 5: Common hazards
• Module 6: Active monitoring
• Module 7: Hazards – Organization specific
• Module 8: Reactive and Proactive monitoring

Qualification Achieved: successful delegates will be awarded an IOSH Managing Safely Certificate.

Assessments:  a multiple-choice exam completed on day 4 and a Risk Assessment Project