IOSH MANAGING SAFELY

Duration: 5 days

Who Should Attend?
This programme is designed for anyone with responsibility for health and safety management and associated legislation.

Aim
The aim of the course is to ensure that safety requirements are appreciated by people employed as line managers and enable them to review their own departmental systems for safety, introducing new controls or implementing changes as appropriate to make their workplace safer.

Content
 Successful health and safety management
 Reactive monitoring and risk assessment
 Risk assessment and control
 Health and safety legislation
 Common hazards to include:
 Fire
 Electricity
 Work equipment hazards
 PUWER
 Movement of people
 Sources of vehicle hazards
 Housekeeping
 Manual handling
 Harms from DSE
 Noise
 Chemicals and substances
 Active monitoring
 Safety management systems

Knowledge
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:
 Work more safely to minimise risks to themselves and others
 Review safety management arrangements in place and their effectiveness
 Understand and appreciate the safety and legal implications of management actions relating to health and safety
 Play a key role in the development of safety management systems and a safer working culture for your organisation

Training Methods
A high proportion of case studies and discussion, supplemented with practical work and classroom based tutorials.

Additional Information
To be awarded the IOSH Managing Safely certificate delegates must attend every module and successfully complete the post course assessment and project, which is valid for a period of 3 years.

Suggested Follow-Up Courses
 IOSH for Senior Executives