IOSH Managing Safely in Construction Refresher

Course details

The IOSH Managing Safely in Construction Refresher is a one day course aimed at providing learners with a refresher on topics relating to safety and risk management within the construction industry.

Who Is This Course Intended For?

Delegates must have completed a Managing Safely course within

Course Objectives

The core programme is designed to revisit key management responsibilities from the Managing Safely course and provide updates on relevant changes in good practice guidance, legislation and standards.

Course Programme

Introducing managing safely

• Briefly revisit the moral, legal and financial reasons for managing health and safety and how this is an integral part of the manager’s role

Assessing risks

• Definitions of hazard, hazardous event, risk, likelihood and consequence
• Factors to consider when carry out a risk assessment
• Illustration of a simple risk rating system

Controlling risks

• Revisit risk control selection and the best methods to choose, including consideration of ‘reasonably practicable’

Understanding your responsibilities

• Recap on managers’ health and safety responsibilities
• Briefly review the demands of the law and update significant relevant changes in legislation
• Update any significant changes in health and safety management system good practice and standards

Investigating accidents and incidents

• Definitions of accident, incident and near miss
• Main causes of accidents: immediate, underlying and root
• Accident investigation process

Measuring performance

• Importance of measuring performance for improving health and safety
• Use of key performance indicators and the limitations of reactive and pro-active measuring
• Purpose and setting up of audits (internal and external)