IOSH Directing Safely

WYG Training is recognised as a market leader in the provision of training services in the construction, health & safety and environmental sectors in Ireland.

WYG Training is the training department of WYG Ireland, which we use to provide training and assessment services for both for our own staff and external companies. We have vast experience of the development, delivery and administration of a wide range of training courses for people and organisations throughout Ireland and the UK. With the size and breadth of our services, we are ideally placed to deliver high quality training courses for your organisation.

The ethos of WYG Training is to deliver quality training at the right price, time and location for the client using expert trainers. We can offer you tailored training packages which can be delivered at your premises or at our modern training facilities in Belfast or Derry at a very competitive rate.

The importance of training and staff development has long been recognised as the key to an organisations success. However, WYG Training also recognises the need to be flexible and adaptable to ensure that training is relevant, and delivered at a time and in a manner to suit the needs of the client.

We are constantly updating our courses provided to ensure that our clients have access to the most up to date information to help them achieve their goals. Our trainers are all experts in their respective fields and are normally actively involved in consultancy work ensuring that their knowledge is current.

WYG Training Courses are available in the following sectors:

• Health & Safety
• Construction & Engineering
• Environmental
• Sustainability
• First Aid
• Rail Training
• Management Systems

This one day course is designed for small and medium sized enterprises and ensures that Health & Safety is appreciated by people at the most senior levels.

Aims: The course aims to provide Directors/Owners of small and medium sized enterprises with an understanding of the moral, legal and business case for proactive Health & Safety management and to give guidance on effective risk management.

Who should attend? This course is intended for people with strategic responsibility for determining and implementing effective Health & Safety management within an organisation. By definition, the term ‘small and medium sized enterprises’ applies to organisations with fewer than 250 employees.

1. Aims and Objectives
   
   • Overview and introduction to the programme
   • Assessment details
   • IOSH Certification

1. Health & Safety Management – good business sense

· The moral, legal and economic reasons for promoting health and safety in the workplace

· The role of Directors in health and safety management

· The basic principles contained in the ‘Revitalising Health and Safety’ strategy statement

· The Turnbull Report and corporate governance

1. Health & Safety – getting it wrong!

· The meaning of the term accident

· Immediate and root causes of accidents

· The costs of accidents: direct, indirect, insured and uninsured

· The powers of health and safety inspectors

· The charges of manslaughter and corporate manslaughter

· The role of Magistrates’ Courts and Crown Courts

1. Health & Safety – getting it right

· The difference between civil and criminal law

· What is meant by the terms ‘negligence’, ‘contributory negligence’ and ‘vicarious liability’.

· What is meant by the terms ‘absolute duty’ and ‘so far as is practicable’

· The difference between Acts, Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and Guidance notes

· The principles of safety management systems

1. Planning for success

· The process of continual improvement with regard to health and safety

· Hazard and risk

· The process of risk assessment and the function of risk control systems

· Understanding the principles governing workplace precautions

· SMART