IOSH Certificate in Managing Safely

This Managing Safely Certificate is designed to give managers or supervisors in any sector the practical knowledge and tools they need to manage health and safety. It’s designed to get them up to speed on the practical actions they need to take to handle health and safety in their teams.

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Overview

The IOSH Managing Safely course is designed to give managers and supervisors knowledge on practical actions they can take to manage and minimise health and safety risks that they are responsible for, ensuring best practice is carried out and legislation followed.

The programme incorporates practical case studies, examples and facts related to the course.

We can deliver this course in-person for up to 10 attendees, as a live, instructor led remote course or as an eLearning course.

Who is this course for?

If you manage people and are responsible for their day-to-day safety, this
course gives you the practical tools and framework you need. You’ll gain new capabilities and practical tools that make an immediate difference.

With better confidence and credibility in your role, you’ll also be able to reduce risk and liability for your teams and help to reduce sickness and accident absence across your business.

Delivery Methods

What does the course cover?

  • Assessing risks
    Understand how to identify hazards in your workplace, and evaluate the
    likelihood and severity of harm.
  • Controlling risks
    Learn the practical actions and controls needed to reduce risk and protect your team.
  • Understanding responsibilities
    Master your legal obligations as a manager and how safety fits into your role.
  • Understanding hazards
    Recognise different types of hazards, from physical dangers to environmental and human factors
  • Investigating incidents
    Develop skills to investigate what went wrong and prevent it happening again.
  • Measuring performance
    Use data and monitoring to track safety performance and drive continuous improvement.

Course Benefits

  • Recognised and respected certificated training that’s designed and quality controlled by the Chartered body for health and safety professionals – Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
  • Two key areas – health and safety and environmental basics – are covered in a single programme
  • On successful completion, attendees will be able to actively contribute to a positive site safety culture
  • Experienced, qualified and competent trainers

Assessment

The assessment for this course is in two parts. The assessment is the same for all delivery methods (in person, online, elearning etc.)

  • A multiple-choice examination in which candidates must demonstrate what they have learnt.
  • Practical assessment in which participants must show how to apply the knowledge they have gained throughout the course to real-life situations.

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