Categories: IOSH Courses ,  IOSH Managing Safely

Four Day Course

The ‘Managing Safely’ Course is for those required to manage safely and effectively in compliance with both their organisations policy and best practice in health and safety.

On completion the candidate will be required to undertake a short written assessment followed by a practical assessment of their workplace to be completed within an agreed time limit of attending the course.

Aims
To ensure that safety requirements are appreciated by people employed as line managers, and to enable them to review their own departmental systems for safety, introducing new controls or implementing changes as appropriate to ensure safety in the workplace.

Delegate Prerequisites
None

Who Should Attend?
Any person who has to manage risk and resources within their organisation.

Learning Objectives
On successful completion of the course, delegates should be able to:
- Explain ‘working safely’
- Explain the component parts of a recognised safety management system such as HSG65, BS 8800 and OHSAS 18001
- Identify the data and techniques required to produce an adequate record of an incident and demonstrate the procedure for an accident investigation, recognising the human factors involved.
- Describe statutory requirements for reporting and procedures for checking non-reporting.
- Describe methods of basic trend and epidemiological analysis for reactive monitoring data.
- Define ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’, and describe the legal requirements for risk assessment
- Demonstrate a practical understanding of a quantitive risk assessment technique and the data required for records.
- Describe workplace precaution hierarchies
- Prepare and use active monitoring checklists and implement schedules for active monitoring, recording results and analysing results
- Outline the main provisions of the Health and Safety at work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
- Outline relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes and information sources such as the Health and Safety Executive

Courses can be tailored to individual client’s requirements and processes on consultation.

'The pace was fine, tutor was knowledgeable and helpful'
Greenspring Training

'Most useful about the course was understanding of legal requirements on employers. The course overall was very useful. I am sure it will be very useful to me in the future'
Quest Vitamins