IOSH Managing Safely

Overview

Course duration: 4 days.

Delivered in partnership with Partners in Safetythis coursedemystifies health and safety and provides nationally recognised and respected certificated training.

The course is certified by theInstitution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Europe’s leading body for health and safety professionals.

Is it right for me?

Suitable for those required to manage safely and effectively in compliance with both their organisation’s policy and best practice in health and safety.

What will I learn?

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Explain ‘working safely’.
• Define ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’.
• Demonstrate a practical understanding of a quantitative risk assessment technique
• Prepare and use active monitoring checklists and implement schedules for active monitoring, recording results and analysing records.
• 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.
• Outline relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes and information sources such as the Health and Safety Executive.
• Receive a nationally recognised certificate from Europe’s leading professional body.

What will it cover?

Introducing Managing Safely

Some managers may see health and safety as an add-on to their role – even an intrusion. The first module makes it clear that managers are accountable for their teams, and makes a persuasive case for managing safely.

Assessing Risks

This module defines and demystifies ‘risk’ and ‘risk assessment'. Risk assessments and a simple scoring system are introduced, and delegates carry out a series of assessments.

Controlling Risks

The session tackles cutting down risks, concentrating on the best techniques to control key risks, and how to choose the right method.

Understanding your Responsibilities

This module looks at the demands of the law and how the legal system works, and introduces a health and safety management system.

Identifying Hazards

All the main issues any operation has to deal with are covered in this module – entrances and exits, work traffic, fire, chemicals, electricity, physical and verbal abuse, bullying, stress, noise, housekeeping and the working environment, slips, trips and falls, working at height, computers and manual handling.

Investigating Accidents and Incidents

The session starts with why accidents should be investigated, and goes on to cover why things go wrong, and how to carry out an investigation when they do.

Measuring Performance

This module explains how checking performance can help to improve health and safety. Delegates learn how to develop basic performance indicators, and get to grips with auditing and proactive and reactive measuring.

Protecting our Environment

A short but effective introduction to waste and pollution leads into a look at how organisations and individual managers can get involved in cutting down environmental impact.

Certification

An IOSH ‘Managing Safely’ certificate is awarded to all those who attend the course and successfully complete both the written and practical assessments.Understanding of the course material is evaluated by means of a 45-minute written assessment paper consisting of 22 multi-format questions and the conduct of a practical assessment back in the workplace.

Trainer Profile

Andrew Munro

Let’s face it there aren’t many people who are rocket scientists so why try to turn health and safety into rocket science. It is a fairy tale that health and safety training should be dry and uninteresting – it is a fascinating subject and the only thing delegates require to bring with them is an open mind. If you want the myths surrounding health and safety to be dispelled and be equipped with the tools to enable you to effectively manage health and safety within your areas of responsibility this course is a must.

Expect to be actively involved in the learning process from the outset and be prepared to play board games, take part in quizzes and, most importantly, to enjoy the experience as well as the opportunity to be awarded a very credible certificate issued by Europe’s leading body in the subject, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

The faculty

Along with Ron Boyd, Andrew Munroispart of the dedicated faculty team who will deliver this course. The initials next to each date below indicate which trainer is scheduled to deliver which event.