IOSH Managing Safely, Stoke, Staffordshire

In the opening module, you look very broadly at what health and safety is.

You’ll review your responsibilities and accountability for keeping the workplace and the people in it, safe.

You’ll learn about health and safety from a moral, legal and financial perspective. At the end of this module, you’ll know why effectively managing health and safety is critical for business success.

The risk assessment module shows you how to:

• Distinguish between a hazard, hazardous event and a risk
• Assign a likelihood value between one and five
• Assign a consequence value between one and five
• Understand the risk assessment process
• Use the risk rating system and calculator

At the end of the module, you’ll see the benefits of carrying out a risk assessment and know how to assess and control risks in the workplace.

In the controlling risks module, you’ll be introduced to ‘reasonably practicable’. It refers to your legal obligation, under the Health and Safety Act 1974, to reduce risks in the workplace so that everyone is safe.

But, it’s not at any cost. You’ll learn how to balance the money and time needed to manage the risk to create a reasonable plan of action.

Lawfully, your business is responsible for keeping you and your colleagues safe.In this module, you’ll learn about the Health and Safety Act 1974 and distinguish between criminal and civil health and safety laws.

But, it’s not at any cost. You’ll learn how to balance the money and time needed to manage the risk to create a reasonable plan of action.

The six hazard categories that are the focus of this module:

• Mechanical
• Physical
• Chemical
• Environmental
• Biological
• Organisational

You’ll tackle common hazards and discuss how they affect the workplace and what you can do to manage them.

Initially, you’ll learn how to separate incidents, accidents and near misses.

You’ll also be introduced to HSE’s Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences 1995 regulations (RIDDOR) – it tells you who is responsible for reporting serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and near misses. 

You’ll review the structure of incident investigation and the benefits of scrutinising every incident.

This module also covers the use of accident ratios – the rate of incidents and accidents per employee – and ‘accident triangles’, the theory behind accident prevention,

You’ll know how to define the cause of an incident – whether it’s an immediate, underlying or root cause – and how to report it.

In this module, you’ll be introduced to auditing, defining performance indicators, and gathering evidence:

• What is good health and safety performance?
• Which metrics will help you to measure and improve the health standards in your workplace?
• What’s the difference between ‘proactive’ and ‘reactive’ performance indicators?
• What’s the difference between an internal and external audit?
• What evidence can you use during an audit?