Course Overview

The best way to achieve safety and health training success is to get people fully involved, having fun and learning by doing. IOSH Course helps delegates to get thinking about what they’re learning – and have the confidence and enthusiasm to put it into practice when they’re back at work – so that everyone notices the difference. 

Managing Safely is unlike any other course. You’ll find a practical program, full of step-by-step guidance, and a sharp business focus. But you’ll also find that the highly innovative format and content engage and inspires your staff – critical to getting safety and health embedded across the whole organization.

Managing Safely covers:-

Introducing Managing Safely (Why it is important to manage safely):-

- Assessing risks

- Controlling risks

- Understanding responsibilities

- Understanding hazards

- Investigating incidents

- Measuring performance

Who Should Participate?

Managing Safely is designed for managers, engineers, and supervisors in any sector, and any organization worldwide. They won’t suddenly become safety experts – but they’ll get up-to-speed on the practical actions they need to take and gain the knowledge and tools to tackle the safety and health issues 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. 

Learning Outcomes:

Upon the successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply basic management principles and practices to safety and health issues as part of a total management strategy.
• Set practicable safety and health objectives and plan and implement courses of action to achieve them.
• Recognize safety and health hazards present in the workplace and the types of control measures needed to manage them.
• Take account of risks from work activities arising from human factors.
• Ensure that adequate information, training, and supervision are provided for employees in the organization.
• Investigate an incident to determine the causes and take appropriate remedial action.
• Communicate effectively on safety and health issues with superiors, the workers they are responsible for, and safety and health professionals.
• Have a basic knowledge of health and safety legislation and understand the main legal responsibilities of employers and managers and act to fulfill them.

Course Material

The Participants shall receive a soft copy of the course material.

Pre-course Preparation requirements

None required

Course Duration

The course duration is 5 days.

Course Examination

• After completing the course there will be a 30- question test.
• Risk Assessment assignments shall be required from participants to be completed and submitted to the Instructor within one week from the date of completing the course.

Course Certification

Attending all sessions of the course and passing the test and completing the assignment is mandatory for getting the Course Certificate from IOSH-UK.

Course Language   

The course material is available in English and Arabic and explanation is available in both languages as well based on the participants.

IOSH Training Program

Day 1:                                                                                                          

Introducing Managing Safely:

• Why is it important to manage safely?
• What are your responsibilities as a manager?

Introducing Managing Safely – cont'd:

• Why is it important to manage safely?
• What are your responsibilities as a manager?

Assessing Risks:

• What is Risk?
• What is a Risk Assessment?

Video & Discussion

Day 2:                                                                                                          

Review of the previous day

Assessing Risks – cont'd:

• How are risk assessments carried out?
• The risk assessment game & discussions

Controlling Risks:

• How do you reduce risks?
• How do you decide which risk control to use?

Controlling Risks – cont'd:

• How do you reduce risks?
• How do you decide which risk control to use?

Understanding your responsibilities:

• What does the law require you to do?

Day 3:                                                                      

Understanding your responsibilities – cont'd:

• How does the law work?
• What are the key parts of the OHS Management System?
• The law Game.

Identifying Hazards:

• What are common hazards?
• What can you do about common hazards?

Identifying Hazards:

• What are common hazards?
• What can you do about common hazards?

Day 4:

Investigating Accidents & Incidents:

• Why investigate accidents & incidents?
• How do accidents & incidents happen?

Investigating Accidents & Incidents – cont'd:

• How do accidents & incidents happen?
• How do you carry out an investigation?

Investigating Accidents & Incidents – Cont'd:

• Video / Discussion

Measuring Performance:

• What's performance measurement about?

Day 5:                                                                                                                      

Measuring Performance – Cont'd:

• How do you measure OHS performance?
• What is auditing?

Protecting our Environment:

• What is the Impact of industry on the environment?

Protecting our Environment – cont'd:

• How can you control pollution & waste?
• What are the main elements of an environmental management system?