IOSH Safety for Senior Executives

This programme provides senior executives with a clear understanding of their personal and Corporate responsibilities for health and safety management, together with the very real financial, HR and PR benefits of effectively integrating health and safety issues into the Corporate governance and risk management practices of their organisation.

All of Pivotal’s management and leadership courses are delivered with PPT Plus. Through PPT Plus, our delegates gain a sound knowledge of good management practice. They also develop the confidence and ability to apply their learning back in the workplace, increasing the performance of their teams.

Duration

1 day

Who should attend

Board Directors, Managing Directors and Senior Executives who hold the ultimate responsibility for the health and safety performance of their organisation.

Benefits to you & your organisation

By the end of the course delegates will be able to: -

• Understand their role and responsibilities with respect to health and safety at work.
• Recognise the importance of integrating health and safety objectives into other key business imperatives
• Understand performance objectives and good corporate governance.
• Take account of health and safety issues during business planning and decision-making.
• Understand the financial and legal consequences of failing to manage health and safety effectively.
• Understand the principles of an effective health and safety management system, including
• Identify the potential of performance monitoring and continual improvement.
• Recognise the importance of developing a positive safety culture to reduce unsafe behaviour.
• Recognise the role that senior executives play in building a positive safety culture.

Course content includes

• Corporate governance, risk management and loss control.
• The Turnbull Report.
• Director’s guidelines.
• The loss triangle and the costs of accidents and incidents at work.
• Key criminal law responsibilities and sanctions.
• Key civil law liabilities.
• Immediate and underlying causation of accidents.
• Management system models – HSG65, BS8800, OHSAS18001.
• The role of risk assessment
• Performance monitoring and target setting
• Training
• Developing a positive safety culture

Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Leeds
Manchester
Enfield
Kingston upon Thames
London N

Guide Price: £265 + VAT

Delivery: Classroom
Regions:
  • Scotland
  • North East England
  • North West England
  • London
Category: IOSH Safety for Senior Executives