IOSH Managing Safely Course Syllabus
| Module 1 Introducing Managing Safely |
1. The moral, legal and financial reasons for managing safety
2. Managers’ responsibilities and accountability for health and safety in the workplace |
| Module 2 Assessing Risk |
1. Definitions of the terms: hazard, hazardous, event, risk
2. Definition of the term risk assessment
3. Definition of the terms likelihood and consequence
4. Risk assessment process and the risk rating systems
5. The benefits of carrying out risk assessment |
| Module 3 Controlling Risks |
1. Definition of the term reasonably practicable
2. How to evaluate risk using a risk matrix and how to control those risks
3. How to reduce risk by applying the hierarchy of risk control
4. How implementing risk controls impact incident and consequences of incident
5. Definition of the term residual risk
6. Modules 2 and Module 3 include a practical activity to spot hazards, assess and control risk. |
| Module 4 Understanding Responsibilities |
1. An overview of what the law requires an organisation to do to protect H&S of workers and other people under its control
2. Definition of the term reasonably foreseeable
3. The three knowledge tests to help determine reasonably foreseeable risks: common, industry and expert knowledge
4. The difference between criminal law and civil law in relation to health and safety
5. The possible outcomes of not working inside the law
6. Where to find legal guidance
7. Key elements of a health and safety management system
8. Why leadership is an essential part of a health and safety management system |
| Module 5 Common Hazards |
1. The six main hazard categories and how hazards can fall into more than one category
2. Common hazards in the workplace, their effects and symptoms and how to manage them |
| Module 6 Investigating accidents and incidents |
1. Definition of the terms incident-accident-near miss.
2. Reasons to investigate incidents
3. The benefits of incident investigation
4. Definition of the terms immediate-underlying-root causes
5. The actions to be taken following an incident
6. Incident reporting
7. The stages of a structured approach to incident investigation |
| Module 7 Measuring Performance |
1. What types of information performance indicators can help to improve safety and health in the workplace
2. The Characteristics of good key performance indicators
3. The difference between proactive and reactive performance indicators
4. What is meant by auditing
5. The two types of auditing: internal and external
6. Types of evidence used in an audit |
Learning Outcomes of IOSH Managing Safely
Upon successfully achieving the IOSH Managing Safely course, learners can:
- Recognise hazards and related potential risks in the workplace.
- Derive measures that control workplace risks.
- Realise the legal duties of managers associated with health and safety.
- Investigate workplace accidents to find out underlying causes, thus eliminating similar happenings.
- Observe and contribute to continual improvement of the organisation’s health and safety performance.
- Deliver the efforts to build a strong health and safety culture in an organisation.
