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Health and Safety for Directors and Senior Managers 

Overview / who should attend and why?

This course is designed for those who are involved as/or appointed with responsibility for an organisations Heath, Safety and Welfare – Directors and Senior Managers.  As it is the legal requirement for all Directors to understand their Health and Safety requirements this course covers the areas outlined by the HSE as important for all businesses.

• The Board needs to accept formally and publicly its collective role in providing health and safety leadership in its organisation.
• Each member of the Board needs to accept their individual role in providing health and safety leadership for their organisation.
• The Board needs to ensure that all board decisions reflect its health and safety intentions, as articulated in the health and safety policy statement.
• The Board needs to recognise its role in engaging the active participation of workers in improving health and safety.
• The Board needs to ensure that it is kept informed of, and alert to, relevant health and safety risk management issues. The Health and Safety Commission recommends that boards appoint one of their numbers to be the ‘Health and Safety Director’.

This qualification has been designed to provide essential knowledge and understanding of health and safety for Directors and Senior Managers so that they can ensure they comply with Health and Safety requirements. 

The course is run by IOSH, MIIRSM, MaPS and NEBOSH  certified trainers.  It is interactive as well as informative.

Course Content

• Introduction and admin
• Health and Safety Law and requirements
• Director and Senior Manager duties, enforcement and penalties
• Health and Safety Management Systems
• Accident Prevention
• Specific Health and Safety Regulations – including fire, noise, workplace items
• Risk Management – how, why and when
• Risk Control
• Planning to achieve the ‘Must Haves’
• Wrap up

Benefits of Attendance

On completing this course candidates will be able to:

• Work in a safe and healthy manner and contribute to improving health and safety within an organisation\\'s policy
• Identify key hazards in the workplace
• Understand the importance of health and safety rules and working procedures
• Understand all the implications regarding health and safety
• Be able to ensure the safety of staff, public and contractors
• Understand the role of and how to deal with the Health and Safety Executive
• Run risk assessment and identify risks

Costs / Duration and Location

• The cost of this training course is £350
• The duration is one day from 9:00 till 16:00
• Location will be determined by requests