IOSH Managing Safely Version 5.0

Course Overview

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has recently updated its managing safely course to provide deeper insights for an effective management of health and safety in the workplace. This course is highly practical and primarily designed to equip managers and supervisors in any organization/sector with essential knowledge and skills to efficiently tackle health and safety issues in the workplace. It covers a wide range of topics with relevant case studies and real-time examples to show how the safety negligence impacts on organization's reputation. Further, it emphasises on why health and safety to be considered as an integral part of their responsibilities. This course is the ideal choice to demonstrate commitment to the health and safety standards in any organization/sector.

Target Audience

• Managers
• Supervisors
• Team leaders
• Directors and owners of smaller organizations, and
• Personnel who needs basic understanding of health and safety management.

Learning Outcomes

Existing learning outcomes to be deleted and replaced with the following:

The learner will be able to:

• Describe the key reasons to manage safety and health in the workplace
• Define the key terms relating to safety and health
• Identify how the law can have an impact on safety and health in the workplace
• Describe how to assess, reduce and control risk in the workplace
• Identify workplace hazards and risks, their impact and how to manage them
• Identify how to evaluate and respond to an incident
• List the benefits and characteristics of an effective health and safety management system
• Describe the principles that underpin good safety and health performance

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Modules Covered

• Introducing managing safely
• Assessing risks
• Controlling risks
• Understanding responsibilities
• Understanding hazards
• Investigating incidents
• Measuring performance

Benefits of Pursuing this Course

• Provides international recognition and boosts career prospects
• Empowers sound knowledge of health and safety management principles
• Aids in safeguarding the well-being of employee or staff that results in enhanced productivity and increased employee confidence
• Helps to satisfy legal requirements and serve the community better
• Promote company-wide safety awareness culture
• Facilitates to build up the trust among clients and stakeholders for enhanced reputation

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this qualification, however it is important that learners have proficiency to write / read in English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus.

Course Duration

Type	Training Days	Training Hours
Day	3	21 Hrs
Evening	6	21 Hrs

Assessment and Certification

Candidates are evaluated via multiple choice questions and workplace risk assessment project. Upon successful completion, candidates will be awarded an IOSH Managing Safely certification.

Assessment Method:

To be eligible for a Managing safely certificate, delegates must:

• Attend all seven modules
• Achieve the minimum mark on the multi - format assessment paper - this is 36 out of 60
• Achieve the minimum mark on the project - this is 23 out of 38
• Have a total score of 60 or more.

Further Progression

• NEBOSH Health & Safety at Workplace (HSW)
• NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (IGC)

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