IOSH_SS Revision No: 5 Issue Date: May 2008

The IOSH Supervising Safely Certificate

Target Audience This course is aimed at supervisors to introduce them to the concept of a safety management implementation through monitoring, intervention and coaching. Course Aims This course has been designed on a modular basis. The modules include the following:

• Health and Safety Legislation • Risk Management • Supervisor Behavioural Based Safety Management

Programme • Common Hazards

Course Objectives Upon completion of this course, candidates will be able to:

• identify health and safety legislation of relevance to their responsibilities

• understand the purpose of risk assessment • identify hazards (PEME) • rate the risk associated with each hazard • select appropriate workplace precautions for specific

risks • understand the various monitoring techniques (pro-

active and reactive) and their role in the process • conduct unsafe act and unsafe condition reviews

(USAACR) • conduct adequate investigations of incidents and record

results as per company procedures • understand the principles of accident prevention • understand the purpose of behavioural modification • identify unsafe acts/conditions using USAACR • understand the importance of verbal feedback • measure the performance of employees and

contractors in their area of responsibility to identify and combat trends.

Course Details Timetable: 0900-1230 and 1300-1730 daily, plus private study. Duration: Three days Venue: To be supplied by customer (to include flip chart, OHP, screen, VCR and monitor and all refreshments). Cost: Dependent upon location, number of delegates and number of trainers, plus VAT at rate in force at time of invoice. Examination: (i) Multiple choice test paper of 30 questions (ii) A practical, work-based project Successful candidates will be awarded the IOSH Supervising Safely Certificate. Who is BSS? British Safety Services is a major provider of training in the field of occupational safety and health both in the UK and abroad. BSS staff are specialists in their respective fields, and offer a range of presentation styles and techniques to make attendance as enjoyable and worthwhile as possible. BSS is approved to deliver accredited courses by the main two health and safety bodies in the UK; the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), as well as others, including CITB, CIEH, EIMA, ECITB, BSC and SPA Passport.

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