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IOSH - Directing Safely
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Contents:
On successful completion of the course delegates should be able to:
Who should attend:
This qualification is to provide Senior Management with a working knowledge of Health and Safety practices.
Course benefits:
IOSH - Directing Safely aims to ensure that health and safety is appreciated by people at the most senior executive levels. The course should enable executives to review policy and strategies, and, where necessary, introduce changes to make their organisation operate more safely.
Additional information:
The programme complements the Institution%u2019s Managing Safely training course, which is for those with line responsibility for health and safety.
Certificates:
All delegates who successfully pass the examination at the end of this 1 day course will receive an IOSH Certificate.
Trainers background:
The trainer for this course has extensive experience in design and delivery of health & safety training programmes. They are qualified by NEBOSH (National Examination Board for Occupational Safety & Health) and hold Chartered Member IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety & Health) status. He is also a member of the Chartered Management Institute and the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and the Association for Project Safety.
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Course Objectives:
The purpose of this programme is to ensure that top level decision-makers develop an appreciation of the moral, financial and legal issues relating to workplace health and safety throughout the management process.
- Module 1: Aims and Objectives Overview and introduction to the programme
- Module 2: Health & Safety management good business sense Examining the reasons for the promotion of health and safety and focusing on the influential Turnbull Report and the Revitalising Health and Safety strategy.
- Module 3: Health & Safety getting it wrong Raising awareness and understanding of accidents and their causes, consequences and costs.
- Module 4: Health & Safety getting it right Understanding the principles of effective health & safety management and requirements for compliance with legislation.
- Module 5: Planning for success Identifying the roles of risk assessment and risk control systems in successful planning.
- Module 6: People your most valuable asset Recognising the value of people within the organisation and factors affecting their performance.
- Module 7: How well are you performing? Exploring methods of measuring performance.
- Module 8: Improving performance Considering ways of improving performance.
Contents:
On successful completion of the course delegates should be able to:
- Explain the root causes of accidents
- Understand the charges of manslaughter and corporate killing
- Appreciate the reasons for promoting Health & Safety in the workplace
- Explain the role of directors in Health & Safety management
- Understand the basic principles in the Revitalising Health & Safety strategy
- Understand the main sections of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974, particularly relating to employers, managers, manufacturers, suppliers, designers and importers
- Appreciate the principles of strategic management and planning
- Understand the principles and application of safety management systems
- Explain the concept of continual improvement with regard to health & safety
- Understand the principles governing the use of workplace precautions, including relevant legislation, the environment and competence issues
- Appreciate the need for health & safety training
- Describe the role of safety professionals within the organisation
- Understand what is meant by active monitoring
- Identify means of active monitoring
- Appreciate the importance of identifying key objectives
- Recognise performance indicators
- Understand the process of change.
Who should attend:
This qualification is to provide Senior Management with a working knowledge of Health and Safety practices.
Course benefits:
IOSH - Directing Safely aims to ensure that health and safety is appreciated by people at the most senior executive levels. The course should enable executives to review policy and strategies, and, where necessary, introduce changes to make their organisation operate more safely.
Additional information:
The programme complements the Institution%u2019s Managing Safely training course, which is for those with line responsibility for health and safety.
Certificates:
All delegates who successfully pass the examination at the end of this 1 day course will receive an IOSH Certificate.
Trainers background:
The trainer for this course has extensive experience in design and delivery of health & safety training programmes. They are qualified by NEBOSH (National Examination Board for Occupational Safety & Health) and hold Chartered Member IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety & Health) status. He is also a member of the Chartered Management Institute and the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and the Association for Project Safety.
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