IOSH Approved Managing Safely e-learning

IOSH Approved Managing Safely e-learning 

  • Showcase your commitment to maintaining a safe working environment.
  • Ideal for Supervisors, Managers and Team Leaders 
  • Rated Outstanding and fully approved by IOSH
  • Study Online  Fully supported from IOSH-approved tutors 

£225.00 Total Price

Assessments

The course is assessed in two parts.

  • 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.

Certification Successful candidates receive an IOSH-approved certificate.

Course Modules

  • Introduction 
  • Assessing Risks
  • Controlling Risks
  • Understanding Responsibilities
  • Understanding Hazards
  • Investigating Incidents
  • Measuring Performance
  • Online Interactive  Assessment
  • Work Based Risk Assessment

This IOSH Approved Managing Safely® online training course is fully approved and rated as ‘outstanding’ by IOSH

  • Highly engaging video-based e-learning
  • 100% online – no need for classroom attendance.
  • Enjoy unlimited access to the course on a renowned, award-winning Learning Management System.
  • All IOSH Managing Safely® training materials are included.
  • Duration approximately 75 hours*.
  • Get assistance from a dedicated tutor and technical support team for all your questions.
  • Complete your final examination and assignment conveniently online upon course completion.
  • IOSH course registration fee and certificate is fully included.
  • 190-day access to complete the course from the date of enrolment. 
  • Immediate enrolment and course access available.
  • No hidden costs.
  • Successful candidates receive an official IOSH Managing Safely® Digital Certificate issued by IOSH.

*depending on learner input, there is no time limit to complete.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this IOSH Approved Managing Safely e-learning course, candidates will be able to:

  • Understand the importance of their role in managing health and safety in their workplace
  • Define key health and safety terms
  • Identify hazards and carry out an effective risk assessment in the workplace
  • Describe how to identify, measure and control hazards and risks
  • Understand their responsibilities in relation to health and safety at work
  • List the steps that need to be taken to effectively investigate incidents
  • Apply practical steps to measure the effectiveness of health and safety programmes in the workplace

Modules in Full

Module 1 – Introducing Managing Safely

  • The three key moral, legal and financial reasons for managing safely
  • Manager responsibility and accountability for safety and health in the workplace

Module 2 – Assessing Risks

  • The definitions of the terms hazard, hazardous event and risk
  • The definition of the term risk assessment
  • The definitions of the terms likelihood and consequence
  • The risk assessment process and risk rating system
  • The benefits of carrying out risk assessment

Module 3 – Controlling the risks

  • The definition of the term ‘reasonably practicable’
  • How to evaluate risk using a risk matrix and how to control those risks
  • How to reduce risk by applying the ‘hierarchy of risk control’
  • How implementing risk controls can impact the likelihood of an incident, consequence of an incident or both factors
  • The definition of the term ‘residual risk’

Module 4 – Understanding Responsibilities

  • What the law requires an organisation to do to protect the safety and health of workers and other persons under its control
  • The definition of the term ‘reasonably foreseeable’
  • The three knowledge tests to help determine ‘reasonably foreseeable’ risks: common, industry and expert knowledge
  • The difference between criminal law and civil law in relation to safety and health
  • The possible outcomes of not working within the law
  • Where to find help and guidance for working within the law
  • The key parts, and the elements of each part, of a health and safety management system
  • The key benefits of introducing a health and safety management system
  • Why leadership is an essential part of a health and safety management system

Module 5 – Understanding Hazards

  • The six main hazard categories and how hazards can fall into more than one group
  • Common hazards in the workplace, their effects and symptoms and how to manage them including:
  • Access and egress
  • Aggression and violence
  • Asbestos
  • Bullying
  • Chemicals and harmful substances
  • Computer workstations
  • Confined spaces
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • Electricity
  • Fire
  • Heights
  • Housekeeping and welfare
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Lighting
  • Manual handling
  • Noise
  • Plant and machinery
  • Radiation
  • Slips and trips
  • Stress
  • Temperature
  • Vehicles and transport safety
  • Vibration

Module 6 – Investigating Incidents

  • The definitions of the terms incident, accident and near miss
  • The reasons to investigate incidents
  • The benefits of incident investigation
  • The definitions of the terms immediate, underlying and root causes in relation to incidents
  • The actions to be taken following an incident
  • Incident reporting
  • The stages of a structured approach to incident investigation

Module 7 – Measuring Performance

  • What types of information performance indicators can give to help improve safety and health in the workplace
  • The characteristics of good key performance indicators
  • The differences between proactive and reactive performance indicators
  • What is meant by auditing
  • The two types of auditing: internal and external
  • Types of evidence used in an audit.

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