One Day Course
Directing Safely for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises’ is designed to ensure that health and safety is appreciated by people at the most senior levels. The course reflects the principles embodied in:
• The HSE’s ‘Successful Health and Safety Management’
• The Turnbull Report (internal controls: guidance for directors on the combined code)
• The DETR/HSC’s ‘Revitalising health and safety’ strategy statement

Aims
The course aims to provide directors/owners of small and medium-sized enterprises with an understanding of the moral, legal and business case for proactive health and safety management and to give guidance on effective risk management.

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for people with strategic responsibility for determining and implementing effective health and safety management within an organisation. By definition, the term ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ applies to organisations with fewer than 250 employees.

 

 

Learning Objectives

 

On successful completion of the course, delegates should be able to:

Understand the importance of strategic health and safety management and its integration into other business management systems

Understand directors’ and employees statutory duties

Identify accident causes and plan for prevention through hazard identification, risk assessment and control strategies

Appreciate the consequences of failing to manage health and safety effectively

Understand the importance of employee selection and the effect of human factors on health and safety

Recognise the importance of consultation and communication with employees on health and safety issues

Appreciate the significance of performance monitoring for continual improvement of health and safety management

 

 

 

Courses can be tailored to individual client’s requirements and processes on consultation.

 

 

 

Delegate Prerequisites

 

None

 

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