IOSH Approved Safety for Executives and Directors Training (1 Day Course)

Course includes:

Law and Responsibility

• Why manage safety? Legal, financial and moral/ethical reasons
• Main legal requirements
• Corporate Manslaughter/director liability
• Sentencing Guidelines and how this influencing a Board’s risk appetite
• Enforcement Action/penalties
• Cost of failure

Plan

Setting the scene for safety

• H&S Safety policy. Statement, organisational arrangements and procedural arrangements. Review
• How policy is used in civil/criminal liability
• Understanding strategic and operational risk assessment
• The purpose of risk assessment is to identify priorities, resources etc.

Do

Key aspects of implementing safety:

• Contractors/procurement
• Safety procedures
• Training/competence
• Visible leadership

Check

Active and reactive monitoring strategies:

• Accident reporting
• Statistics
• Measuring against KPIs, board strategy etc.
• Inspections etc.
• Spot checks
• Lead by doing

Act

Implementing actions to improve

Reviewing performance

Continuous improvement – highlighting the positives

Annual reporting & CSR

Safety as a PR tool

Key features of a safety culture

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates are expected to be able to

• Describe the legal, ethical and financial role of Directors, owners of small businesses and other senior executives, including their responsibilities, liabilities and accountabilities, both personal and organisational
• Explain the importance of safety and health at top management level and how integrating those objectives into other business management objectives can help to minimise risk, reduce losses and make better use of time and resources
• Plan the direction for safety and health through developing and implementing a safety and health policy, integrating it into business systems
• Explain the value of an adequately resourced and efficient safety and health management system, the value and benefits of training at all levels, and when to access competent advice
• Outline the benefits of good safety and health management systems, the consequences of failure to manage effectively and how to ensure internal controls are working
• Describe the importance of reviewing and continually improving management systems, especially following change or failure
• Explain the positive impact and improvement that an organisation’s leaders can have on its performance through their attitude and support for improving its safety culture
• Describe the importance of setting key performance indicators and targets, together with performance monitoring and review for continual improvement in safety and health management.
• Understand the key features of an effective health and safety culture and how they can provide Lead Safely whilst improving performance.