Overview
- Genuine IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors Course approved by IOSH and delivered online by us
- All course fees are included – there are no hidden charges
- Most learners complete the course in 6-8 hours
- Works on PC, tablet or smartphone (with internet access)
- 100% online, including the final assessment
Aim
The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of:
- The moral, legal and business case for proactive safety, health and risk management and of strategic safety and health management
- Its integration into holistic business management systems and procedures
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Describe the legal, moral and financial role of operational directors, owners of small businesses and 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
- Illustrate how to plan the direction for safety and health through developing and implementing a safety and health policy, and 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
Module 1 – The moral, legal and financial case
- Cost of poor health and safety at work
- Benefits of good health and safety performance
- Key health and safety legislation
- Legal implications
- Corporate social responsibility
- Three essential principles
- Health and safety management systems
Module 2 PLAN – Planning for Health and Safety
- Determining your health and safety policy
- Planning to implement the policy
- Corporate governance
- Actions you can take
Module 3 DO – Implementing for health and safety
- Profiling your organisation’s risks
- Risk factors
- Risk ranking
- Taking action
- Workplace risk assessment
- Actions you can take
- Organising
- Control
- Co-operation
- Communication
- Competence
- Actions you can take
- Implementing your plan
- Documentation that supports implementation
- Implementing risk control plans
- Actions you can take
Module 4 CHECK – Monitoring for health and safety
- Measuring performance
- Investigating accidents
- External changes
- Actions you can take
Module 5 ACT – Improving health and safety performance
- Reviewing performance
- Learning lessons
- The importance of leadership
- Actions you can take
Assessment
To complete this course, learners must pass the IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors personal commitment assignment and get it assessed by their tutor. The cost of the assessment is already included in the cost of the course.
Learners download the personal commitment template from our system and use it to document three distinct commitments based on lessons learnt during the course.
Each commitment must state an outcome goal, a performance goal and a process goal.
Once complete, the template is emailed to your tutor for marking.
Feedback is provided by the tutor if the submitted work does not attract sufficient marks to be awarded a pass.
Purchasing your course(s)
You can purchase your course(s) online using a debit/credit card. To purchase online, simply select how many users you want the course(s) for, then click on the ‘Add to basket’ button on this page.
You can purchase your course(s) over the phone using a debit/credit card. To pay over the phone, please call 0333 733 1111 between 0900 and 1700 hours Monday to Friday to talk to one of our Support Team.
Please contact us at [email protected] if you would rather pay by BACS transfer. You will need to provide in the email your name, postal address, email address, what course(s) you require and the quantity of courses that you require. We will issue you with an invoice and contact details.
Receiving login details (online and phone purchases)
You will be sent an email from [email protected] once you have made you purchase online or over the phone. Please check your email SPAM / JUNK folder if you do not receive the email as it may get blocked by your email firewall. If you have not received it within one hour, and it is not in your SPAM / JUNK folder, you can email [email protected] for a duplicate copy to be sent to you.
If you are a returning customer or have purchased multiple courses, the email will contain details of how to access your Training Coordinators Dashboard. If you are a new user that has purchased a single course, the email will contain details of how to go straight to your course. You should add [email protected] to your email safe-senders list to prevent future emails from us also being blocked.
Enrolling multiple learners onto courses
If you are a returning customer or have purchased multiple courses, you will be able to enrol your learners onto their courses using the Training Coordinators Dashboard that we provide you with. You will be sent individual login details for each learner that you enrol. These details will also be sent in an email from [email protected] . You will need to pass the login details onto the learner.
Course access
The course materials will work on any internet-enabled device running an up-to-date internet browser. Each student will have 190 days from the date of enrolment to log on and complete their course. The course does not need to be completed in one sitting. Students can log out and return any time up until the course is completed or until the 190-day access expires. The course cannot be accessed after the 190 day expiry.
Suitable internet browsers
Both our courses and the dashboard will work on any modern web browser, for example Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. You should ensure that they are fully updated. Internet Explorer should not be used because it is no longer supported by Microsoft and so may be unstable.
Course certificate
A digital certificate will be issued by IOSH on successful completion of the course and end of course assessment.
Course expiry
Courses not allocated to students will expire after 12 months from purchase.
Courses allocated to students will expire on completion of the course or after 190 days from the original enrolment (whichever is sooner).