IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & Directors

Who Should Attend?

The IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & Directors course is suitable for Directors, Senior Executives and other senior managers who have the operational and/or strategic responsibility for policy making, planning and the effective implementation of their organisation’s health and safety arrangements.

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Course Content

The IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & Directors course covers the following areas:

• Basic principles of health and safety – moral, financial and legal.
• Concept of safety management – using the Plan/Do/Check/Act model
• Importance of health and safety strategy, plans and objectives.
• Management of occupational risk – risk profiling.
• The legal framework—criminal and civil, corporate manslaughter, corporate and personal liabilities.
• Enforcement arrangements.
• Safety leadership – key actions a senior manager can take.
• Reviewing your health and safety performance and risk management arrangements.

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Expected Outcomes

Having attended the course delegates should be able to:

• Understand the health and safety roles and responsibilities of Senior Executives.
• Recognise the importance of integrating health and safety objectives with other business objectives.
• Take account of health and safety aspects during strategic planning, decision making and effective supply chain management.
• Know the consequences of failing to manage health and safety effectively.
• Understand the principles of health and safety management, the importance safety culture and continual improvement and the role of regular reviews of health and safety performance within the organisation.

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Assessment & Certification

Delegates will be expected to complete an IOSH approved assessment at the end of the course and those who achieve a mark of 65% or higher, will be awarded an IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & Directors Certificate.

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In House Training

Opus Safety can deliver the Safety for Senior Executives & Directors course for you at your premises tailored to suit your business.

A closed course on your site will also allow us to tailor our course and the examples to your organisation’s activities and procedures.

For a tailored quote, contact us today.