Managing safely

Syllabus

This syllabus is for anyone who wants to develop and deliver

their own IOSH approved Managing safely course.
It will guide you on the type of information youll need
to cover when youre developing your course.
If you need any help, please feel free to call us.

Health and safety content

When were approving your course material well look at
three key areas:
1. Health and safety content

2. Level of interactivity

- Well start by checking that your course content

We know that people learn best when they experience

a variety of learning methods and feel involved with the
training. By including interactive elements in your course,
you can present an energised training programme that your
delegates will enjoy and remember.

accurately reflects the course aims and objectives as

set out in this syllabus

- Well look at your end-of-course assessments to

check that your course gives enough detail for

delegates to complete them.

Overall well be checking that the health and safety

information in your course is aimed at the right level.
All our tailored courses are designed to offer health and
safety qualifications for people at work theyre not aimed at
health and safety practitioners. Well help you develop your
materials to make sure theyre no higher than level 2 on the
UK national qualification framework (ie NVQ 2 or GCSE).

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When we approve your course material well look for

interactive elements these could include games, quizzes,
DVDs, break-out sessions and so on.
For ideas on how to include interactivity in your course take
a look at our Training Guidance Book.

3. Quality of presentation

What will your delegates learn?

Your course presentation represents you, your organisation

and IOSH to your delegates, so its important that you make
sure its of a high standard.

You must cover the following aims and objectives.

When we approve your course we look at all your

presentation slides and the delegate workbook to check:

- appreciate why its important to manage safely

- describe their health and safety responsibilities as

- for any mistakes or grammatical errors

- that youve included the right amount of

information not too little or too much

- that its engaging and easy to read eg good use of

colour and illustration; text not too big or too small

- that the IOSH logo is used correctly.

If you need more help on how to develop your presentation
take a look at our Training Guidance Book.

Whats the Managing safely course about?

This syllabus is the same as the syllabus covered in IOSHs
Managing safely training packaged course.

What does the course aim to do?

Managing safely has been designed to give managers
an understanding of how to deal with health and safety
issues in the workplace, and make them aware of their
responsibilities.

How long is the course?

The total course time is 24 hours, including assessments
usually delivered over four or five days.

Who should attend?

Managers and supervisors in any sector, from any
organisation, who have to manage risk and resources.

On successful completion of the course, delegates should

be able to:

a manager

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define what is meant by risk

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appreciate the role of risk assessment in managing safely

describe the risk assessment process
identify appropriate risk control methods
outline the legal system as it applies to health and safety
appreciate the role and importance of a health and
safety management system
recognise common hazards
identify ways to manage common hazards
appreciate how accidents and incidents happen
recognise the value of accident and incident investigation
describe how to carry out an accident investigation
appreciate the importance of performance measurement
identify ways to measure health and safety performance
appreciate the role of auditing
recognise the impact of industry on the environment
describe how pollution and waste can be controlled
outline the main elements of an environmental
management system.

What will you need to include?

We expect trainers to produce a highly interactive course
which includes the items listed below:

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introduction and emergency/domestic arrangements

a brief overview of IOSH
course aims and overview
assessment details
IOSH certificates.

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Module 1

Module 3

Introducing managing safely

Controlling risks

- Moral, legal and financial reasons for managing safety.

- Impact of a serious accident on the employee, their

- Risk control options:

- reduce likelihood of the hazardous event
- reduce the consequences of the hazardous event, or
- reduce both likelihood and consequence.
- Residual risk.
- Hierarchy of risk control:
- eliminate the hazard
- reduce the hazard
- prevent people coming into contact with the hazard
- safe systems of work
- personal protective equipment.
- Impact of human behaviour on the effectiveness of

family, employer and society.

- Managers accountability and responsibility for health

and safety.

Module 2
Assessing risks

- Hazard identification (using everyday and workplace

activities).

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Definition of the terms hazard, hazardous event and risk.

Examples of likelihood and consequence.
Risk assessment process.
Key considerations when carrying out a risk assessment.

risk controls.

- Definition and illustration of the term reasonably

practicable.

Risk rating systems (illustrate using 5x5 matrix).

Module 4
Understanding your responsibilities

- Requirement to assess reasonably foreseeable risks.

- Definition of the term reasonably foreseeable and

tests for reasonable forseeability.

- Overview of the demands of the law and how the

legal system works illustrated by considering the

criminal and civil law cases that could arise from an
accident at work, include:

- duty of care
- contributory negligence
- burden of proof
- vicarious liability
- approved codes of practice and guidance
- improvement and prohibition notices.

- Purpose and key benefits of introducing a health and

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safety management system.

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Module 6

Identifying hazards

Investigating accidents and incidents

- Overview of the following common hazards and how

- Definition of the terms accident, incident and near

to manage them:

- entrances and exits

- aggression, bullying and violence
- computer workstations
- chemicals and substances
- electricity
- housekeeping
- fire and emergency procedures
- manual handling
- movement of people
- noise and vibration
- lighting
- slips, trips and falls
- stress
- temperature and welfare
- vehicles, plant and machinery
- working at height
- any other relevant hazards.

miss.

- Main causes of accidents: immediate, underlying

and root.

- Accident causation.
- Carrying out an accident investigation:
- how to carry out an investigation
- what needs to be included in an investigation
- what to include in an accident report
- what has to be reported to the authorities
- who is responsible for reporting
- what information can be used to stop the accident,
incident or near miss happening again

- the benefits of accident investigation.

Module 7
Measuring performance

- Performance measurement as a tool to help to improve

health and safety.

- Purpose of key performance indicators and the

limitations of reactive and proactive performance

measurement.

- Characteristics of good performance indicators.

- Injury frequency rate calculations.
- Main objectives of an audit and the differences between

internal and external audit.

- Consider what has to be audited.

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Module 8

Assessing delegates knowledge

Protecting our environment

Delegates understanding of the course material is assessed

using:

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Impact of industry on the environment.

Describe what is meant by the environment.
Definitions of pollution and waste.
Examples of industrial waste streams contributing to air,
land and water pollution.

- Pollution and waste control:

- prevent
- reduce
- re-use
- recover
- responsibly release or dispose of.
- Main elements of an environmental management

system.

- Examples of how businesses can help to reduce

pollution and waste.

- a 45-minute written assessment paper consisting of 22

multi-format questions. You should randomly choose

one set of questions from the six sets supplied.

- a practical project. This takes the form of a careful

examination of the delegates work environment and a

risk assessment.

Youll need to use our standard assessments and marking

schedules which are available separately on CD.

Finding out what your delegates think

Finding out what your delegates think about your course is
a key part of the development process. Delegate feedback
helps you to identify what works well and what doesnt, so
you can amend and improve your course if needed.
After each course that you deliver, well ask to look at your
delegate feedback. If you need advice on how to develop
your delegate feedback form, take a look at our Training
Guidance Book.

Acknowledging your delegates success

As part of your terms and conditions of licence youll issue
every successful delegate with an IOSH certificate that well
produce for you. The certificate will have Managing safely
and your organisation name printed on it. If you want to,
you can have your own company logo printed onto it as
well. Please call our Customer Support team on
+44 (0)116 257 3192 to find out how much that would cost.

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What you need to deliver the course:

Training providers responsibilities

Trainer qualifications

As a training provider, youre responsible for meeting our

current terms and conditions of licence. You mustnt run this
course until it is fully approved and licensed by IOSH.

All trainers delivering Managing safely need to have, as a

minimum:

- a health and safety qualification at national level 3,

such as a BSC Certificate in OSH, TUC Certificate in

Occupational Health and Safety, NEBOSH National
General Certificate or an equivalent qualification

- at least two years training experience, with a minimum

of 50 per cent face-to-face delivery or a national
level 3 adult teaching/training qualification, such as
CIPD Certificate in Training Practice, City & Guilds or
something similar.

Familiarisation training day

In addition, the main trainer or the nominated IOSH
member will need to attend a Familiarisation Training Day
before we can issue a licence to deliver this course.
During this practical session well:

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offer advice on training best practice

share learning ideas with you

IOSH members responsibilities

If youd like to offer this tailored course, your organisation
must have, as a minimum, an IOSH Affiliate member.
The person you put forward doesnt have to be a trainer,
although they do need to have line management
responsibility in your organisation. This person will be
responsible for making sure that our courses are delivered to
a high standard.
The IOSH member is also responsible for overseeing the
course and acting as the first line of quality control.

Get in touch
Please contact our Tailored Course Approval team for more
information:
tailored.courses@iosh.co.uk
+44 (0)116 257 3194

show you how to include interactivity in your course

help you to understand your responsibilities as an IOSH
approved trainer

- explain how well work with you once youre approved.

We recommend that you attend this session as soon as
you can ideally before you start to develop your course
materials.
For more information or to book your session, contact our
Customer Support team on +44 (0)116 257 3192.

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