IOSH - Directing Safely
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IOSH - Directling Safely

Duration
One Day Course

Overview
Directing Safely for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises’ is designed to ensure that health and safety is appreciated by people at the most senior levels. The course reflects the principles embodied in: 
- The HSE’s ‘Successful Health and Safety Management’ 
- The Turnbull Report (internal controls: guidance for directors on the combined code) 
- The DETR/HSC’s ‘Revitalising health and safety’ strategy statement

Aims
The course aims to provide directors/owners of small and medium-sized enterprises with an understanding of the moral, legal and business case for proactive health and safety management and to give guidance on effective risk management.

Who Should Attend?
This course is intended for people with strategic responsibility for determining and implementing effective health and safety management within an organisation. By definition, the term ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ applies to organisations with fewer than 250 employees.

Learning Objectives
On successful completion of the course, delegates should be able to:
- Understand the importance of strategic health and safety management and its integration into other business management systems
- Understand directors’ and employees statutory duties
- Identify accident causes and plan for prevention through hazard identification, risk assessment and control strategies
- Appreciate the consequences of failing to manage health and safety effectively
- Understand the importance of employee selection and the effect of human factors on health and safety
- Recognise the importance of consultation and communication with employees on health and safety issues
- Appreciate the significance of performance monitoring for continual improvement of health and safety management
- Courses can be tailored to individual client’s requirements and processes on consultation.

Delegate Prerequisites
None



 
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Key Details
Duration1 day
 
£235
per delegate
 
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