IOSH Managing Safely in Northern Ireland

This course has been designed to meet the needs of managers and supervisors from any organisation, who are required to manage employees and their work activities, in compliance with the company’s Safety Policy and Health and Safety legislation. The course concentrates on training managers and supervisors to apply sound management principles to Health and Safety issues as part of a total management strategy. It may be tailored to meet the particular needs of organisations and provides successful candidates with a recognised qualification in Health and Safety.

Upon completion of this course candidates will be able to:

• Apply basic management principles and practices to Health and Safety issues

• Set practical Health and Safety objectives and be able to plan and implement means of achieving those objectives

• Recognise risks present in the workplace and set appropriate control measures

• Take account of risks posed by human factors

• Ensure that adequate information, instruction, training and supervision is provided within the workplace

• Investigate all incidents involving injury or damage in order to determine the causes and to take appropriate remedial actions

• Communicate effectively on Health and Safety issues with superiors, employees, and Health and Safety professionals

• Understand the main legal requirements of employers and managers and to act to fulfil these obligations

• Assessing risks

• Controlling risks

• Understanding responsibilities

• Understanding hazards

• Investigating incidents

• Measuring performance

• Examination – (Day 3) : Test paper of 30 questions with a practical Risk Assessment project

‘Good, well-structured course, made enjoyable by a good group of course participants’ – Keith Smith Training Manager, St John Ambulance NI

‘Great course for the team that attended. Very knowledgeable tutor’ - Bryan Keane,

Operations Support Manager, Diageo