Course Methodology

The course includes relevant videos and written course material. Delivery of the course involves significant amounts of group discussion and small group work, with participants expected to feed back their assessments to the wider group for discussion.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Implement risk assessment methods to identify and rank health and safety risks within their business
• Develop controls to reduce or mitigate these risks to minimize business exposure
• Understand both personal and corporate responsibilities relating to health and safety
• Have an understanding of how to investigate incidents to reduce the likelihood of reoccurrence
• Develop methods of measuring performance against health and safety targets

Target Audience

IOSH Managing Safely is designed for safety managers and supervisors in any sector, and any organization worldwide. The course provides the knowledge, skills and tools to tackle the safety and health issues that they’re responsible for.

Importantly, Managing Safely makes a powerful case for safety and health being an integral part of day-to-day management and business and addresses the behavioral aspect of working and managing safely.

Target Competencies

• Hazard identification
• Risk assessment and risk ranking
• Health and safety critical control selection and implementation
• Incident investigation tools
• Performance measurement