IOSH Managing 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 4 day course is designed for those required to manage safely and effectively in compliance with both their organisational’s policy and best practice in Health & Safety.

Aims: To ensure that safety requirements are appreciated by people employed as Line Managers, and to enable them to review their own departmental systems for safety, introducing new controls or implementing changes as appropriate to ensure safety in the workplace.

Who should attend? Any person who has to manage risk and resources within their organisation.

1. Introduction & Overview

· Course aims and overview

· Assessment details

· IOSH Certification

· Introduction to the concept of a safety management system e.g. HSG65, either of the systems described in BS 8800, or the system described in OHSAS 18001, including the role of risk assessment.

2. Reactive Monitoring

· Statutory requirements for reporting

· Methods of checking for non-reporting

· Data required for an adequate record of an incident

· Methods of basic trend and epidemiological analysis of reactive monitoring data

· The procedure for accident investigations

· The human factors information required for an adequate investigation

· Investigation techniques, including interviewing and recording details of the site

· Techniques of report writing

3. Risk Assessment & Risk Control

· The legal requirements for risk assessment

· The meaning of ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’

· The data required for an inventory and techniques of inventory preparation

· Hazard identification techniques

· The human factors information required for effective hazard identification

· A basic numerical risk rating technique

· Types of workplace precaution and workplace precaution hierarchies

· Criteria to be used in selecting workplace precautions

· Data required for an adequate record of a risk assessment

· Risk assessment review procedures

4. Health & Safety Legislation

· Source of complete listings of all Health & Safety Legislation

· The use of Approved and other codes of practice, guidance and other information resources

· Means of access to sources of advice and guidance including the HSE

· The main provisions of the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999

5. Common Hazards

· Fire

· Electricity

· Work Equipment

· Movement of people

· Vehicles

· Poor housekeeping

· Manual Handling

· Display Screen Equipment

· Noise

· Chemicals and substances

6. Active Monitoring

· The purposes and techniques of active monitoring

· The methods of developing and maintaining checklists and aides-mémoire

· The methods of developing and maintaining schedules for active monitoring

· Data required for an adequate record of active monitoring

· Methods of basic trend and epidemiological analysis of active monitoring data

7. Safety Management Systems

· The elements of a safety management system

· The nature, purpose and techniques of management review

· The nature, purpose and techniques of health and safety audit

8. Client Specific

· This module is flexible; course trainers/authors may include specific health and safety topics that are relevant to the organisation