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IOSH (Institution of Occupational Health and Safety) Directing Safely

This course can also be ran for one person at a very competitive rate. Price includes comprehensive and easy to understand course documentation. This course is delivered by a Managing Director, who is also a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner, so it reflects the reality of running a business.

We run this course for Executives at Gleeds the construction Giant who have over 120 years experience in the building and construction industry and currently employs over 1200 people in 13 countries across 5 continents.

Background

The IOSH Directing Safely course is established as a standard in Executive/Director health and safety training. Executives throughout the world have attended this course to ensure they are clearly aware of how to protect the companies’ most important asset – the people who work for them.

This course is for the people who provide strategic leadership, direction and oversight and set the policy on health and safety. For incorporated bodies this will be the board of directors. In public and voluntary sector organisations it will usually be the senior management board that provides strategic oversight and direction. The principles involved in achieving health and safety requirements are the same regardless of geographical location and legal compliance. So the IOSH Directing Safely course is the perfect for use throughout the world in any work environment.

Course Aim

Directing safely isn’t supposed to turn delegates into safety experts. It focuses on strategic management of health and safety and how executives can make a real difference in preventing accidents and ill health in the workplace in accordance with good corporate governance and the principles of risk management.

Who Should Attend

The course is intended for people with strategic responsibility for determining and implementing effective health and safety management within an organisation.

Objectives

On completion of this course, delegates should be able to:

	Understand the importance of strategic health and safety management and its integration into other business management systems.
	Understand directors’ and employees’ statutory duties identify accident causes and plan for prevention through risk assessment and prevention.
	Appreciate the consequences of failing to manage health and safety.
	Effectively understand the importance of employee selection and the effect of human factors on health and safety
	Recognise the importance of consultation and communication with employees on health and safety issues
	Appreciate the significance of performance monitoring for continual improvement of health and safety management

Content of Course

The course consists of 9 Modules:

Module 1	Aims and objectives
Module 2	The cost of accidents and ill health
Module 3	How accidents are caused
Module 4	The legal matters
Module 5	H&S management systems
Module 6	Risk assessment
Module 7	Communications
Module 8	Active and reactive monitoring
Module 9	Corporate governance

Relevant legislation (where applicable) will be discussed within the context of each module. We will also include any other topic areas relevant to the delegate group attending i.e. if your core business is transport and distribution we will add an extra module covering health and safety aspects of that particular topic.

Course Duration

The duration of study for IOSH Directing Safely is 1 Day.

Examination Information

Understanding of the course material is evaluated by means of a 15-minute written assessment paper consisting of 10 multi-choice questions and a project designed to test the delegate’s knowledge of acceptable records/documentary evidence required to support an organisation’s defence in litigation. An IOSH ‘Directing safely’ certificate is awarded to all those who attend the course and successfully complete both the written and practical assessments.

Other Information

This course takes into account UK Health and Safety Commission (HSC) guidance which explains how directors can ensure that their organisation has an active and effective approach to managing health and safety risks. The guidance can be found at here.

Oracle Safety Associates present this course as in-company package.