Directors’ and Senior Management Responsibilities for Managing Safety

Who is this course for?
The course is intended for directors, senior management and persons with strategic responsibility for determining and implementing health and safety management.

What is it about?
The course aims to provide directors and senior management with a clear understanding of the moral, business and legal case for the proactive management of health and safety.
The course will reflect the guidelines in the Institute of Directors/Health and Safety Commission’s ‘Leading health and safety at work’ (INDG417).
The requirements of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 will be covered, together with other relevant legislation. The importance of integrating health and safety management into other business management systems will be explored together with the importance of behavioural based safety.

Content
On completion of the course, delegates should be able to:
• understand the health and safety role and responsibilities of directors and senior management
• appreciate the consequences of the failure to effectively manage health and safety
• understand the importance of the integration of health and safety management into the business decision making process
• appreciate the importance of the health and safety policy in planning, developing and implementing health and safety management
• appreciate the importance of continual improvement through effective monitoring and review.

The course is intended to be highly interactive and participants will be encouraged to engage in discussion throughout.

We can offer a further consultancy service for health and safety in the workplace and have a range of courses that can be personalised as required by the needs of a business.