IOSH

Supervising Safely Course Programme

Day 1

Module 1 The Supervisors Role

Including:

• The supervisors role in managing health and safety
• How supervisors provide support to directors and managers
• The supervisors need to understand policies and procedures
• The supervisors role in job training
• The legal requirements and statutory health and safety responsibilities of supervisors
• The skills and knowledge required to be a supervisor
• What is required to supervise in a safety critical role
• How supervisors can promote a positive safety culture
• How a supervisor can influence behaviour in the workforce
• The concept of a 'no-blame' culture

Module 2 Hazards, Risks and Control

Including:

• What hazards and risks are
• How to identify what the problems are
• How hazards and risks can be controlled
• How supervisors need to be aware of the processes in the workplace
• The importance of talking to people involved in workplace processes to gain knowledge of hazards and risks
• How to record information from checklists and inspection routines
• How to examine existing control measures
• How the findings of risk assessment might be recorded

Day 2

Module 3 Improving Safety

including:

• Who a supervisor trains
• What type of training is required and when
• How a supervisor encourages a workforce to be actively involved in training
• The supervisors role when informing workers about health and safety considerations in new processes or procedures
• The need for awareness of legislative guidelines
• The need for supervisors to be competent when training
• The training, mentoring and discipline of employees from a supervisors perspective
• The statutory requirements for reporting accident, incidents and near misses
• The role of supervisors in conducting accident investigations

Module 4 Communication

Including:

• How a supervisor communicates between management and the workforce
• The requirement for managers and supervisors to consult employees on health and safety related matters
• The requirement for supervisors to communicate and co-ordinate emergency procedures
• First aid facilities and how to deal with emergency evacuations and threats
• How supervisors can communicate a safety message to others not employed by their employer
• The legal obligation of those sharing a workplace to exchange information about risks and decide how to eliminate and control them

Day 3

Module 5 Environment Awareness

Including:

• What the supervisors role is in reducing and controlling pollution and waste
• Ways in which individuals can minimise pollution and waste
• An example of an environmental checklist
• A look at processes and procedures related to the environment
• A discussion on 'duty of care' and what is included in the phrase 'special and controlled waste'

IOSH Training in the UK

All our courses, including the Supervising Safely course, are delivered by highly qualified safety professionals who are all chartered memebers of IOSH. We pride ourselves in the ability we have to bring the subject to life and use our own unique workshops to make the course relevant to the profession of those attending.

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