IOSH Working Safely

At the end of the IOSH Working Safely course each delegate should be able to:

• Understand the need for working safely and not to put others at risk
• Define the terms hazard, risk and risk controls
• Explain the importance of risk assessment
• Appreciate the role of workplace precautions
• Describe a health and safety management system
• Identify lines of health and safety communication and safety signs and signals
• Be aware of emergency and accident plans in their workplace
• Know how to report accidents, incidents and near misses

Delegates can improve their knowledge and qualifications by attending the IOSH Managing Safely course

Introducing the IOSH Working Safely programme

• Why it is important to work safely
• Moral, legal and economic duties
• Defining hazard and risk
• Understanding what kind of things can cause you and others harm
• What is risk?
• How risks can be controlled
• How to decide what you can do about risks
• Identifying common hazards
• Understanding what the common types of hazards are, and what can be done about them
• Improving safety performance
• Knowing how an organisation can improve on safety
• Recognising an individual’s and an organisation’s responsibilities
• Knowing how is safety measured

Course Assessment

• The Written Course Assessment has 10 multiple choice answer questions
• The Practical Assessment has 3 sets of pictures each with 3 different hazards

The Working Safely course is recognised by CSCS as an equivalent to a Level 1 award in Health and Safety in a Construction Environment (face-to-face courses only).

Furthermore, successful classroom delegates can apply for a CSCS Green Labourer card provided they have also passed the CITB Health, Safety and Environment Operatives test. They can also choose to receive the IOSH certificate and/or an IOSH Safety Passport as proof of their qualification