About This Course: The overall aim of this course is for candidates to acquire knowledge and practical skills to manage competently, the health & safety issues at their workplace and to international accredited levels.
This Managing Safely course is designed for managers and supervisors, of any organisation or sector. It is full of step-by-step help you’ll find that the highly innovative format and content inspires delegates – critical to getting essential health and safety messages across.
The course will take 24-30 hours and offers health and safety management basics. The animated videos and easy to read materials make it fun and engaging. You’ll find everything you need in the pack including interactive activities, quizzes and practice questions. Work through each element and section in order reading, watching videos, reading extra PDF materials before trying the quizzes and assessments. There are a number of activities relating to the workplace which are not only essential to learning but at the end of it you will have a safer workplace.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
Apply basic management principles and practices to health & safety issues as part of a total business strategy
Set practical health and safety objectives, plan and implement courses of action to achieve those objectives
Recognise safety and health hazards present in the workplace
Ensure adequate information, training and supervision is provided
Investigate incidents and take remedial action
Understand and implement their legal responsibilities
COURSE CONTENT
The course comprises of seven core modules
Principles of accident prevention
The costs of accidents
Common and statute law (UK Based)
Health and safety management systems
Safety management models and risk management
Workplace hazards, such as fire, electricity, COSHH, noise and work equipment
Accident causation and investigation
Effective communications
Audit and review
This assessed course will cover the application of recognised management principles in health and safety and will equip the delegate to tackle the issues in their own work place.
Delegates must allocate sufficient time after the course for completing a workplace based assignment.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The course is designed for anyone (managers, supervisors, team leaders) who has responsibility for “managing” health and safety and needs a OHS qualification; anyone requiring a broad basic based knowledge in health and safety or has a need to develop practical safe systems of work.
ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
This course is assessed by:
A short written/objective multiple-choice paper.
A workplace based written assignment in English.
Delegates who attend and successfully complete both the practical and written assessments, will be awarded the Managing Safety certificate issued by the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) in the UK.
The practical assessment must be completed in the delegate’s workplace and submitted within two weeks of completing the course. A minimum pass grade of 70% is required for certification.
Note: Tuition is in English but candidates can request their final examination in dual language. Contact us via email:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It is well recognised by all parties that time can erode both knowledge and skill. To overcome this, for delegates who took the full IOSH Managing Safely® course within the last three years, IOSH is now recommending that they sit a re-certification course prior to the end of their three-year period. For those who took the full course more than three years ago, IOSH recommends that they undertake the full 3-day course.
Course Study Time
The recommended time for course completion is from 24 to 36 hours.
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