Description
Benefits of Safety for Executives and Directors:
IOSH Safely for Executives and Directors enables senior leaders to understand their health and safety responsibilities and the responsibilities of others.
The course helps to ensure health and safety is managed effectively and in compliance with the law which reduces accidents and absence rates, boosts productivity and enhances brand reputation.
IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors is an internationally recognised qualification from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
This course is delivered by Praxis42 Limited, IOSH approved training provider 900.
Course overview:
1. The moral, legal and financial case
- Exploring the moral imperatives guiding health and safety practices and the legal responsibilities of executives and directors.
- Looking at the financial ramifications of inadequate health and safety management through case studies.
2. Plan
- How to develop a strategic health and safety plan aligned with the organisation’s goals and objectives. This includes identifying workplace hazards, assessing risks, establishing clear policies and procedures, implementing effective communication channels, and setting measurable objectives for health and safety improvement.
3. Do
- Focusing on the implementation phase.
- How to allocate resources and responsibilities for health and safety, provide adequate training and competency development for employees, ensure compliance with regulations, establish emergency response procedures, and implement effective control measures to mitigate risk.
4. Check
- How to establish systems for monitoring and measuring health and safety performance. This includes conducting regular inspections and audits, reviewing incident data, evaluating the effectiveness of control measures, and ensuring legal compliance through assessments and reviews.
5. Act
- Exploring ways to foster a culture of continuous improvement in health and safety.
- How to encourage employee involvement, review and update policies based on lessons learned, implement corrective actions, and promote a positive safety culture throughout the organisation.
6. Final review
- An opportunity to reflect on personal and organisational progress in health and safety management.
- Participants will assess their confidence levels, identify areas for further development, establish plans for ongoing professional development, and review key insights gained from the course.
Assessment
At the end of IOSH Safety for Executives course there is a personal commitment statement which gives participants an opportunity to reflect on personal and organisational progress in health and safety management. This will be graded as a pass or fail depending on the information submitted. Participants will be given feedback if they fail so they can amend their statement in order to pass.
Certificate
On successful completion participants will receive an IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors certificate.
Course aims:
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Understand their health and safety responsibilities as a senior leader.
- Integrate health and safety into strategic planning, decision making and the management of supply chains.
- Know that prioritising health and safety at management level minimises risks, reduces losses and ensures resources are allocated efficiently.
- Know the consequences of failing to manage health and safety effectively.
- Understand how to establish a strong safety culture throughout the business.
- Develop a strategic health and safety plan tailored to their organisation’s goals and resources.
- Understand how to improve health and safety management performance through monitoring and review.
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