IOSH Safety for Senior Executives
The Health and Safety Executive fully appreciate the role that good safety leadership has on an organisation's safety performance. "Good safety is good business" and this ethos is reflected in the HSE guidance aimed at board members, directors and other senior managers in all organisations. This message needs to be driven down through the organisation, so that at all levels, the importance of safety culture and personal accountability is clearly understood.
The Safety for Senior Executives course is accredited by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and upon successful completion, delegates will be awarded an IOSH Safety for Senior Executives Certificate.
The course topics include
- Board and Senior Management accountabilities
- Corporate Manslaughter and personal liabilities
- Benefits of having a good safety culture and an effective risk management system.
- Top level indicators of health and safety performance
- Key actions for the board, directors and senior managers
Who this course is for
Directors, Vice Presidents, Senior Executives and other senior managers who have the responsibility for policy making and strategic planning for health and safety within the organisation.
Benefits of IOSH Safety for Senior Executives training to your organisation
This one day course is specifically designed to ensure your directors and senior management teams:
- Understand their roles and responsibilities for health and safety.
- 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.
- Appreciate and understand the consequences of failing to manage health and safety effectively.
- Understand the principles of health and safety management, the importance of continual improvement and the role of safety auditing within the organisation.
Delegates will a briefing paper together with a copy of the HSE's "Safety Leadership" document. Delegates will be expected to complete an IOSH approved assessment at the end of the course and those who achieve a mark of 70% or higher, will be awarded an IOSH Safety for Senior Executives Certificate.
IOSH Safety for Senior Executives programme
- Basic principles of health and safety - the cost of accidents to the business.
- Concept of safety management - policies, procedures and systems of work.
- Importance of health and safety plans and objectives.
- Management of occupational risk.
- 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.
