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GEN20 - IOSH MANAGING SAFELY

Managing Safety’s target audience is people in an organisation who have to manage risk and resources. The course’s aim is to provide these people with the knowledge and skills they require.

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 make the department work more safely.

Taking a proactive, risk management-driven approach to health and safety, Managing Safely is based on:

COURSE DURATION:  4 Days

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    • COURSE OUTCOME :

    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 or BS 8800 and appreciate the role of risk assessment within the system
    • 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 for non-reporting
    • Describe methods of basic trend and epidemiological analysis for reactive monitoring data
    • Define hazards and risks and describe the legal requirements for risk assessment
    • Demonstrate a practical understanding of a quantitative 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 records
    • Outline the main provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
    • Outline relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes and information sources such as the Health and safety Executive
    • Describe procedures and techniques used in management reviews
    • Distinguish specific hazards both generally and from an organisational perspective

    COURSE CONTENT INCLUDES :

    • Identification and achievement of desired workplace behaviours
    • Skills-based training with practical exercises wherever possible
    • Formal assessment of skills as well as underpinning knowledge
    • Best practice rather than legislation, allowing international delivery of training