IOSH Health & Safety for Senior Executives
Short course
Inhouse
Description
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Type
Short course
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Methodology
Inhouse
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Duration
1 Day
This short programme will give an overview and interpretation of legal. responsibilities along with the application of cost effective strategies for accident. prevention and loss control. Suitable for: Directors and senior executives operating at policy and strategic level within all. business sectors.
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Course programme
Programme Outline
This programme includes:
- Introduction
- Cost of accidents at work
- Framework of UK legislation
- Civil liability and Common Law Duty of Care
- Effects of recent civil cases upon organisations
- Corporate and personal manslaughter
- Corporate governance
- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
- duties of employers, contractors, occupiers, suppliers, employees,
managers, and directors.
- Implications of criminal law cases against companies and individual directors
- Criminal liability
- Relevance of other legislation and codes of practice
- Safety systems HSG 65, OHSAS 18001
- Government Safety Strategy including Directors Code of Practice
- Summary
This briefing qualifies for the IOSH "Safety for Senior Executives" award for those who successfully undertake the optional assessments at the end of the programme.
Follow on courses
• Environmental Management for Senior Executives
IOSH Health & Safety for Senior Executives