IOSH Managing Safely

This online IOSH Managing Safely course aims to provide your employees with in-depth knowledge and the practical experience they need to manage key health and safety issues within their workplace.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - The course book for this course is sent in advance of the course via courier. We, therefore, need your address to send the book to. Please provide this information at the time of booking.

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Course Content

• The main provisions of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
• Relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes and information sources such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
• The parts of a recognised safety management system such as HSG65, BS 8800, and OHSAS 18001.
• Employer and employee roles and responsibilities.
• The importance of managing risk and your individual role.
• How to influence managing safely in the workplace.
• Risk assessments and where they fit into the management system.
• Reducing risk in the workplace.
• Common hazards and how to manage them.
• How to carry out a risk assessment.
• Why incidents and accidents need to be investigated.
• The procedure for investigation, recognising the human factors involved.
• The data and techniques required to produce an incident report.
• Measuring health and safety performance.
• How to prepare and use active monitoring checklists.
• Implementing schedules for active monitoring, recording results and analysing records.
• The purposes and techniques for a health and safety audit.

Examination

Candidates will be assessed by a 30 question, mainly multiple-choice, examination. The examination will take an hour to complete.

To achieve the IOSH Managing Safely qualification, candidates must complete a risk assessment based project after the course. This project will be moderated by IOSH.

The pass mark for each section is 60%.

This course is perfect for managers, supervisors, heads of department and team leaders from any business sector who have a responsibility for teams or groups of employees and require an in-depth knowledge of managing health and safety in the workplace.

Although it is not essential, we recommend that you have a basic understanding of health and safety before attending this course, ideally the Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace.

It is also recommended that candidates have a minimum of Level 1 in Literacy/English or equivalent to undertake this qualification. Candidates should be aged 14 or above.

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