The IOSH Managing Safely Course is a formal, national qualification for  managers and supervisors. It is designed to ensure managers understand the actions they need to take to handle health and safety in their organisation.
Managing Safely won’t turn delegates into safety experts but it will give them the knowledge and tools to tackle the health and safety  issues they are responsible for. Importantly, it emphasises why health and safety is such an essential part of their job.
Handsam’s delivery of this two-day course is tailored specifically to the education sector.
Key topics covered:
- Introducing Managing Safely - some managers may see Health and Safety as an add-on to their roles. The first module makes it clear that managers are accountable for their teams, as well as making a persuasive case for managing safely.
-  Assessing risk - this module defines and demystifies the phrases ‘risk’, ‘hazard’ and ‘risk assessment’. Delegates also carry out a  series of mock risk assessments.
- Controlling risks - this module covers how to reduce risks through the  use of suitable and sufficient control measures.
- Understanding your responsibilities - this module looks at the demands of the law and how the legal system works. It also introduces the concept of a health and safety management system
- Identifying hazards - this includes physical & verbal abuse, stress, noise, slips, trips & falls, working at height, use of computers and manual handling.
- Investigating accidents and incidents - this session starts with why accidents should be investigated, why things go wrong, and how to carry  out an investigation when they do.
- Measuring performance - this module explains how checking performance can help to improve health and safety
- Nationally recognised and respected certificated training for their managers