IOSH Managing Safey Syllabus

IOSH Managing Safely is a basic risk management health and safety qualification for employees. It enables people who manage a team to meet their responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace.

The course is split into 2 units - 1 taught module and a work-based assignment to complete which will demonstrate your application of the knowledge you have gained over the course of the previous unit.

Overall learning outcomes
On completion of each unit, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the domain knowledge covered by:

The application of knowledge to familiar and unfamiliar situations
The critical analysis and evaluation of information presented in both quantitative and qualitative forms
N.B. Each element will have additional specific learning outcomes.

Full course syllabus
1: Introducing Managing Safely
 Why is it important to manage safely
 What are your responsibilities as a manager?
2: Investigating Accidents and Incidents
 How do accidents and incidents happen?
 How do you carry out an investigation
3: Human factors
 What are human factors?
 How does human failure contribute to the cause of accidents?
4: Assessing Risk
 What is risk?
 What is a risk assessment?
 How are risk assessments carried out?
5: Controlling Risk
 How do you reduce risk?
 How do you decide which risk control to use?
6: Understanding Managers Responsibilities
 What does the law require managers to do?
 How does the law work?
 What are the key parts of a health and safety management system?
7: Common hazards
 What are common hazards?
 What can you do about common hazards?
8: Measuring performance
 What's performance measurement about?
 How do you measure health and safety performance?
 What is auditing?
9: Protecting the Environment
 What is the impact of industry on the environment?
 How can you control pollution and waste?
 What are the main elements of an environmental management system?