IOSH Safety for Senior Executives Course

Boardroom-level decisions shape an organisation's safety culture more than any policy document ever could, and the IOSH Safety for Senior Executives Course gives directors and senior leaders the strategic grounding to get those decisions right. Delivered over a single day, it enables executives to review existing policies and strategies and introduce changes that genuinely strengthen safety culture across their organisation.

For those with operational as well as strategic responsibility, this course pairs well with the IOSH Managing Safely Course, giving senior leaders both the strategic and practical management perspective. Organisations wanting board-level and director-level accountability aligned across the business often combine this course with the CITB Health and Safety for Directors Course, particularly where construction or civil engineering forms part of the business.

Executives building a broader technical foundation in health and safety management may also consider the NEBOSH National General Certificate, while risk assessment principles referenced throughout the day are covered in more depth on the Risk Assessment Online Course.

This IOSH course will provide senior managers and executives with:

• An overview and interpretation of legal responsibilities
• Cost-effective strategies for accident prevention and loss control
• Guidance on the application of these strategies in the workplace

The course covers a range of issues relevant to senior managers and executives, including:

• Cost of accidents at work
• Framework of UK health and safety legislation
• Civil liability and common law duty of care
• Effects of recent civil cases upon organisations
• Corporate manslaughter and personal manslaughter
• Corporate governance
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Health and safety duties of employers, contractors, occupiers, suppliers, employees, managers and directors
• Implications of criminal law cases against companies and individual directors
• Criminal liability
• Relevance of other legislation and codes of practice
• Safety management systems, including HSG65 and OHSAS 18001
• Government safety strategy, including the Directors' Code of Practice

Each candidate sits a multiple-choice test at the end of the course, with a pass mark of 70% or higher required to receive an IOSH accredited certificate. Successful delegates receive their certificate directly from IOSH by email.

This is beneficial for directors and senior executives operating at policy and strategic levels within any business sector, who are looking for a health and safety management course focused specifically on their needs.