IOSH Managing Safely

Course details

This 3-day IOSH Managing Safely course is targeted to those in a managerial or supervisory position who have experience of health and safety in the workplace, regardless of their industry. The IOSH Managing Safely Course aims to improve health and safety knowledge of delegates, ensuring that they are able to efficiently and successfully resolve workplace health and safety issues.

This is an exceptionally practical course that focuses on a step-by-step approach, with a focus on infiltrating health safety throughout all aspects of your organisation.

• Equips you with the skills and tools to safely manage  
  
• Practical, hands-on approach 
  
• Increases productivity of your organisation - less hours spent on time off and accidents 
  
• Builds a greater appreciation for workplace safety across all levels of your organisation 
  
• Prevent possible incidents with the ability to assess hazards and risks 
  
• Effectively investigate hazards in an efficient and productive manner 
  
• Thoroughly understand and appreciate health and safety responsibilities specific to you, as a manager
  

This is a course that includes a written assessment, which can be handed in up to one week after the course via email. The exam is on the final day. The course covers the following:

• Introducing Manging Safely 
  
• Why is it important to manage safely?  
  
• What is your role in influencing managing safely?  
  

Assessing Risks

• What is risk?  
  
• What is a risk assessment?  
  
• How are risk assessments carried out?  
  

Controlling Risks

• How do you reduce risk?  
  
• How do you decide which risk control to use?  
  

Understanding Responsibilities

•  What does the law require you to do?   
  
• How does the law work?  
  
• What are the key parts to a health and safety management system?  
  

Understanding Hazards

• What are common hazards?  
  
• What can you do about common hazards?  
  

Investigating accidents

• Why investigate accidents?  
  
• How do accidents happen?  
  
• How do you carry out an accident investigation?  
  

Measuring performance

• What is performance measurement all about?  
  
• How do you measure health and safety performance?  
  
• What is auditing?  
  

Protecting our environment

• What is the impact of industry on the environment? 
  
• How can you control pollution and waste?  
  
• What are the benefits of improved environmental performance?  
  
• What are the main elements of an environmental management system?