This course is suitable for those who manage others as well as risks and resources.

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is Europe’s leading body for health and safety and is committed to promoting protection from workplace hazards at every level.

This course covers the basics in health and safety management in a high impact, interactive format, whilst giving management the tools to introduce new workplace controls, implement sensible changes and reduce workplace risks.

SSG offer this as an e-learning course, which will take approximately 21 hours to complete. Delegates will be able to check their progress throughout the course using the e-learning checks at the end of each part of the course.

This course covers:

• Introducing managing safely

• Assessing risks

• Controlling risks

• Understanding your responsibilities

• Identifying hazards

• Investigating accidents and incidents

• Measuring performance

By the end of the course, the delegate will be able to:

• Describe the key reasons to manage safety and health in the workplace

• Define the key terms relating to safety and health

• Identify how the law can have an impact on safety and health in the workplace

• Describe how to assess, reduce and control risk in the workplace

• Identify workplace hazards and risks, their impact and how to manage them

• Identify how to evaluate and respond to an incident

• List the benefits and characteristics of an effective health and safety management system

• Describe the principles that underpin good safety and health performance

Delegates are formally assessed at the end of the course with a multiple-choice assessment, and a practical assessment in which they apply the knowledge gained in a real-life situation. Those who pass will receive an IOSH certificate on completion of the course.