IOSH Managing Safely

Our IOSH Managing Safely training course offers an excellent basis in providing you with the knowledge and skills to effectively integrate health and safety management practices into your role.

Module 1 - Introducing Managing Safely: Awareness of safety responsibilities to oneself and others; why do accidents and incidents occur; understanding the implications of the cost of safety to people and the company; definitions; liability insurance, breaches and possible fines and duty holder definition and responsibility.

Module 2 - Assessing Risks: Describes what risk is and the definitions; explanation of what risk assessment and the risk assessment process is including fire risk assessments and specific groups of people at risk; culminates in teaching you how carry out a risk assessment.

Module 3 - Controlling Risks: Explains how to reduce risk; the different methods of risk controls and factors that affect your risk control decisions including control costs; culminates in establishing how you know when you have done enough to reduce risk.

Module 4 - Understanding Responsibilities: Explains how heath and safety law works, what laws you need to know about and what they require you to do; describes the difference between criminal and civil law; authority of inspectors; financial implications of accidents and ill health; explains health and safety management systems.

Module 5 - Understanding Hazards: Provides explanations of common hazards and controls including but not limited to: asbestos; bullying; chemicals; VDU; confined spaces; working at height; electricity; fire; lighting; manual handling; noise; machinery; radiation; slips and trips; stress; vehicles and vibration

Module 6 - Investigating Incidents: Explains how accidents are caused through a chain of events; describes types of loss; and reviews root causes, indirect causes and direct causes. In addition, it provides the background for a successful accident/incident investigation.

Module 7 - Measuring Performance: Defines how Safety Inspections and Audits are used to prevent accidents; how to go about carrying out Safety Inspections and Audits and the purpose and use of Performance Measurement statistics. 

Module 8 - Protecting Your Environment: Explains how companies and individuals can have an affect on the environment and provides awareness and understanding of the basic responsibilities regarding the environment.  Furthermore, this module explains Business Sustainability and its purpose and benefits.