IOSH MANAGING SAFELYINTRODUCTION

Leadership in health and safety comes from all levels in an organisation andensuring that managers and supervisors have the correct level of competence and capability to manage risk is essential. The IOSH Managing Safely course has for many years set the standard for health and safety management training by enabling trainees to appreciate their own responsibilities and how to execute them in the role that they undertake.This nationally and international recognised course will furnish managers with the tools they need to manage safely and effectively.

AIM OF THE COURSE

To ensure health and safety requirements are appreciated by managers employed to implement an organisations policy. It is also designed to enable managers to review their own departmental safety systems, introduce new controls or implement changes as appropriate to ensure health and safety in the workplace. At the end of the course trainees will be able to:

• Define ‘hazard and ‘risk’ and describe the legal requirements for risk assessment• Demonstrate a practical understanding of a quantitative risk assessment technique and what needs to be recorded• Describe a hierarchy of controls• Identify the data and techniques required to produce an adequate record of an incident and demonstrate the procedure for an accident investigation recognising the human factors involved• Describe statutory requirements for reporting and procedures for checking on non-reporting where appropriate• Describe methods for basic trend and analysis for reactive and proactive monitoring data• Identify common hazards in the workplace and how to control them• Prepare and use active monitoring checklists and implement schedules for active monitoring, recording results and analysing records• Outline the main provisions of the law and its purpose• Outline relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes and information sources such as the health and safety executive• Explain the component parts of a recognised safety

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WHO IS IT FOR?

Managers and supervisors in all types of organisations who want to manage safelyand effectively in compliance with both their organisation’s policy and best practicein health and safety. The course comprises eight core modules.

HOW IS IT DELIVERED?

The course is delivered to the trainees desktop or laptop computer for them toundertake the training at their own pace. Using the supplied password the traineeslogin through a link provided to them. They have four months from the time theylogin to complete the training and submit their project.

CONTENT OF THE MODULE

• Course administration• Introduction to managing safely and general principles of management• Assessing risks• Controlling risks• Understanding your responsibilities• Identifying hazards• Investigating accidents and incidents• Measuring performance• Protecting our environment• End assessment and practical project

DURATION AND CERTIFICATION

The course can take up to twenty four hours to complete however typicallytrainees will take less time than this. Once the end assessment has been completedand practical project submitted successful candidates will be awarded an IOSHManaging Safely Certificate.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

HARDWARE• IBM PC Compatible • Pentium I GHz • 128 Mb RAM (256 Mb for XP) Note: standard Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor are required to operate successfully SOFTWARE• Operating System: Win XP/2000/ME/98 • Windows Internet Explorer v 6 (or above) OR Mozilla Firefox v1.0 (or above) • Flash Player v 8 (or above) CONNECTIVITY• Broadband/Network Ethernet 10/100/1000 or 56k modem. The specification provided is the recommended minimum specification that we support. However, although we do not support/nor guarantee performance on lower specifications, our eLearning moduleware has been tested and found to operate successfully on lower PC specifications/configurations e.g. PII 300 MHz using Windows 95, Firefox and a dial-up 56k modem. We provide solutions that follow a number of industry and sector specific standards/guidelines including those defined by W3C, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), e-GIF technical policies and specifications (governing information flows across government and the public sector), e-Government’s Interoperability Framework. Our understanding, knowledge and experienceof these standards/guidelines ensures that we conform to accepted models, producing standardised solutions that meet today’s information system requirements.

Our eLearning modules can be delivered to your Learning Management System or Platform via a SCORM interface. Modules can be customised and integrated to meet your organisation’s requirements.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

OPERATING SYSTEM· Windows XP(with SP3)· Windows Vista· Windows 7· Windows 8· Mac OSX v10.6

BROWSER· Firefox· Chrome· Safari

· Internet Explorer 7 or higher

MEMORY· 1 GB minimum for Windows XP/Windows Vista and 2GB minimum for Windows 7/ Windows 8/ Mac