Course Overview
The NCFE IOSH Level 3 Certificate in Safety and Health for Business will give an understanding of what safety and health contributes in a business context. It will provide the real-world knowledge and skills that organisations and employers demand.
Building on the IOSH Managing Safely course, this qualification is the ideal next step to become eligible for IOSH membership. Being a member of IOSH opens up a world of professional opportunities and resources that will support progress at work and contribute tangibly to business success.
The objective of this qualification is to enable you to develop an understanding of safety and health in a business context. To meet this objective, you will:
- discover how internal and external roles affect safety and health in the organisation
- explore the main functions and aims of an organisation, and how safety and health should be incorporated within them
- learn about monitoring safety and health performance, and how improvement plans can be used to improve practices
- understand organisational culture and techniques that can help develop a safety culture.
The course is made up of both guided learning and self-study learning.
Duration
10 days of classroom learning
24 months to complete the course.
Who should attend?
This qualification is designed for managers, supervisors, team leaders and aspirational technical professionals across all sectors.
It’s also ideal for you if you want to pursue a career in safety and health. If you are already working in this field,
you will be able to refresh your technical safety and health knowledge with a more business focused understanding of how effective safety and health management can improve your organisation’s performance, productivity and profitability.
Pre-requisite
You must have completed the IOSH Managing Safely or Managing Safely Refresher course within the
last three years before taking this qualification. IOSH’s tried-and-tested training course helps to equip
safety and health professionals with the right knowledge and skills to evaluate safety systems, identify areas for improvement, implement control measures and reduce risk.
Course content
To be awarded the IOSH Certificate in Safety and Health for Business, learners are required to successfully complete three mandatory units.
Unit 01
Safety and health management in an organisation
In this unit learners will understand their own responsibilities in relation to the safety of themselves and others in the organisation. Learners will also learn about planning and monitoring safety and health performance, and how improvement plans can be used to improve practices.
Assessment
Develop and write a business case to implement an enhanced safety and health management system in an organisation, putting theory into practice in a way relevant to all sectors, organisations and workplaces.
Unit 02
Understand how to influence a safety and health culture in an organisation
In this unit learners will understand organisational culture and techniques that can help develop a safety culture. They will also learn about human failure in an organisation and how this can influence a safety culture.
Assessment
Complete a project researching organisational health and safety culture, using primary and secondary research
methods to collect data. Produce a report evaluating the existing safety culture and recommending an improvement plan.
Unit 03
Understand a strategic, business focused approach to safety and health
In this unit learners will understand the main functions and aims of an organisation, and how strategic drivers affect its operation. They will learn about the impact safety and health practices can have on how an
organisation operates, including the added value they can bring.
Assessment
Analyse the main functions and aims of an organisation, including how strategic drivers affect its operation,
then develop and deliver a presentation to brief a senior management team.
Assessments are based on projects and practical work directly relevant to each learner’s workplace. As there are no sit-down exams, these assessments are marked by a training provider who is quality-assured by IOSH, at a time and place that suits both parties. So the learner does not need to visit a nominated assessment centre.
Career progression and continuing professional development (CPD)
Learners who achieve this qualification will have greater credibility and confidence
when talking to senior management about safety and health in business.
This qualification will:
- enable delegates to apply for Associate or Technical IOSH membership, allowing access to a multitude of benefits, including IOSH Blueprint and CPD
- open doors for those looking to progress into the safety and health profession.
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