IOSH - Leading Safely course syllabus.

Category: Health-and-Safety

Level: Intermediate

Responsible leaders recognise the importance of safety and health - and can learn its true value in just five hours

Your time is precious. That´s why we´ve designed our IOSH Leading Safely course to cover precisely what you need to know to improve productivity, increase profits, enhance corporate reputation and strengthen your brand. Leading from the front with enhanced safety and health practices could be the best investment you make.
Why it works

Short duration of five hours to sync with your busy schedule

Designed in collaboration with business leaders to deliver content that adds real value

Flexible format to fit your needs- four contact hours face-to face learning, supported by pre-course online content and an optional e-learning module

Delegates benchmark their priorities against global models of safety

Relevant case studies chosen to match your needs and sector

Support before, during and after the course through the dedicated IOSH for Leaders app

What to expect

Recognising the value of strategic safety and health and its integration into business management systems and performance management systems

Understanding your safety and health responsibilities

Appreciating the consequences of poor safety and health

Planning the overall direction for safety and health in your organisation

Understanding the importance of adequately resourcing your safety and health management system

Knowing why you should monitor and review your safety and health performance

Top 5 business benefits

Reduce accident rates, absence and sick leave

Increased productivity and profits

Improved reputation among suppliers, clients and partners

Reduced insurance premiums and legal costs

Better business continuity

Top 5 delegate benefits

Sharpens your skill-set and makes you a more effective leader

Creates understanding of good practice from around the world

Enables bench-marking of your performance against others

Shapes your safety and health vision

Identifying steps to achieve your safety and health ambitions

IOSH Leading Safely gives anyone with leadership responsibility the practical knowledge and the strategic solutions for sustainable business advantage through good safety and health practice.

Businesses are already realising the benefits from Leading Safely, using workable solutions and creating inclusive and well-managed organisational cultures with faster pay-back. Led from the top and incorporated into management systems, better safety and health practice can be a genuine investment for your organisation

Safety and health and what it means for different leadership roles

The responsibilities and behaviours of a leader

What effective safety and health leadership looks like

How to get things right

How leaders can make improvements

The benefits of effective safety and health leadership.

Learners use the diagnostic tool, accessed via a mobile app, to identify their current safety and health position against a set of critical questions. The tool recommends the actions they should take. At the end of the course they make a commitment to a personal action plan to improve their own and their organisations safety and health management.