Who Should Attend?
The IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & Directors course is suitable for Directors, Vice Presidents, Senior Executives and other senior managers who have the operational and/or strategic responsibility for policy making, planning and the effective implementation of their organisation’s health and safety arrangements.
Course Content
The IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & Directors course covers the following areas:
- Basic principles of health and safety – moral, financial and legal.
- Concept of safety management – using the Plan/Do/Check/Act model
- Importance of health and safety strategy, plans and objectives.
- Management of occupational risk – risk profiling.
- The legal framework—criminal and civil, corporate manslaughter, corporate and personal liabilities.
- Enforcement arrangements.
- Safety leadership – key actions a senior manager can take.
- Reviewing your health and safety performance and risk management arrangements.
Expected Outcomes
Having attended the course delegates should be able to:
- Understand the health and safety roles and responsibilities of Senior Executives.
- Recognise the importance of integrating health and safety objectives with other business objectives.
- Take account of health and safety aspects during strategic planning, decision making and effective supply chain management.
- Know the consequences of failing to manage health and safety effectively.
- Understand the principles of health and safety management, the importance safety culture and continual improvement and the role of regular reviews of health and safety performance within the organisation.
Assessment & Certification
Delegates will be expected to complete an IOSH approved assessment at the end of the course and those who achieve a mark of 65% or higher, will be awarded an IOSH Safety for Senior Executives & Directors Certificate.
In House Training
Agility can deliver the Safety for Senior Executives & Directors course for you at your premises tailored to suit your business.
A closed course on your site will also allow us to tailor our course and the examples to your organisation’s activities and procedures.
For a tailored quote, contact us today.
