IOSH Managing Safely
Introduction
This course is designed as an introduction to health and safety in the workplace for managers. It focuses on training the manager to apply sound management principles to safety and health issues as part of a total management strategy.
Suitable for
Supervisors and managers who are required to manage health and safety issues as part of their general responsibilities.
Course objectives
By the end of the training, delegates will be able to:
- Apply basic management and practices to safety and health issues as part of a total management strategy.
- Understand why incidents and accidents occur and know how to undertake a suitable investigation.
- Understand the basic principles of risk assessment, developing control strategies and evaluating performance.
- Be familiar with the employer’s, managers’ and the employees’ legal and moral responsibilities for health and safety.
- Have the capacity to communicate effectively on health and safety matters.
- Recognise the hazards within the workplace and the type of action which may be needed to control and manage them.
Duration
Four or five days (depending on whether managers in a particular industry want additional focus on industry-specific hazards).
Exam Format
One hour examination paper, comprising multiple-choice questions and a workplace risk assessment project undertaken at the delegate’s own workplace.
Course Content
- The legal framework for workplace health and safety.
- General approach to health and safety management, using the HSG65 management model.
- Understanding why incidents involving injury or damage occur.
- Communication skills for health and safety.
- Commonly-occurring hazards, such as chemical hazards, slips, trips and falls.
- Machinery safety
- Manual handling and mechanical handling.
- Electrical safety.
Cost from £255.00 per person based upon 10 people in-house (including books and certificate issued by IOSH)
IOSH Working Safely
Introduction
Working safely is for people at any level, in any sector and focuses on the basic principles of health and safety at work.
Everyone at work should have an understanding of why they must ‘work safely’ – and this course offers exactly that.
Working safely meets the government’s guidelines for introductory health and safety training and is a 100 per cent match to the Health and Safety Executive’s ‘passport’ syllabus
Suitable for
All staff in an organisation. This course can also form part of an induction training programme.
Course Objectives
By the end of the training delegates will be able to:
- Identify common hazards in the workplace.
- Be aware that some types of injury or ill-health can occur after prolonged exposure.
- Identify factors that constitute a satisfactory working environment.
- Appreciate how individual actions may endanger colleagues or those passing through the workplace.
Duration
One day.
Exam Format
Examination paper, comprising multiple-choice questions lasting a maximum of 45 minutes.
Cost from £95.00 per person based upon 10 people in-house (including books and IOSH certificate)
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