IOSH Managing Safely
Programme Overview
To ensure that safety requirements are appreciated by key staff employed as managers and to enable them to review their own departmental systems for safety, introducing new controls or implementing changes as appropriate to make the department work more safely.
Course Objectives
During the 5 days you will understand all the aspects which surround health and safety from a supervisors or managers level. You will look how to assess and control risks, understand you responsibility, identify hazards, investigate hazards, accidents and incidents, measure performance and protecting the environment.
Course Content
On successful completion of the course you will be able to:
- Explain the component parts of a recognised safety management system such a HSG65 and appreciate the role of risk assessment within the system
- Compare safety management systems with other management systems and describe how to integrate systems successfully if appropriate
- Identify the data and techniques required to produce an adequate record of an accident and demonstrate the procedure for an accident investigation, recognising the human factors involved
- Describe statutory requirements for reporting and procedures for checking for non-reporting
- Describe methods of basic trend and epidemiological analysis for reactive monitoring techniques
- Define hazards and risks and describe the legal requirements for risk assessment
- Demonstrate a practical understanding of a quantitative risk technique and the data required for records
- Identify workplace precaution hierarchies and the criteria for types of workplace precautions and controls
- Prepare and use active monitoring checklists and implement schedules for active monitoring, recording results and analysing records
- Explain the purposes and techniques of a health and safety audit
- Outline the main provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Describe procedures and techniques used in management reviews
- Outline relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes and information sources such as the Health and Safety Executive.
This course is available on our open programme, click to see our course calendar
The course is also available exclusively for your organisation and can be tailored to your exact needs. Please contact us to get more information or call 01656 644300 to speak with one of our advisors.
