IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors

IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors: Course summary

IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors is a health and safety training course designed for senior management who have overall operational or strategic accountability for health and safety in a company.

Those in senior positions have a responsibility for determining and implementing effective safety and health management and monitoring its success, so it’s vital that they understand the key issues in their organisations.

This course covers everything that directors and executives need to know in order to improve productivity and profits, enhance corporate reputation and strengthen their brand.

The IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors course offers the following benefits:

For learners:

• Understand your responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace.
• Recognise the importance of integrating health and safety objectives into business objectives.
• Identify good practice from around the world and benchmark your performance against others.
• Shape your health and safety vision and identify steps to achieve it.
• Improve your individual skill set to help become a more effective leader.

For the organisation:

• Ensure health and safety is considered in strategic planning and decision making.
• Encourage strong health and safety management, driven through all levels of the company.
• Reduce accident rates, absences and sick leave.
• Improve reputation among suppliers, clients and partners.

At International Workplace, we pride ourselves on offering flexible learning solutions that fit into busy schedules. We appreciate that senior leaders are often short on time, which is why we offer eLearning, virtual classroom and face-to-face options for this IOSH health and safety course. Find out more about these options in our course outline section below.

Find out more about these options in our course outline section below.

IOSH Directing Safely: Outline and content

The IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors training utilises elements of the Leading Safely portfolio. Leading Safely was developed by IOSH and The Institute of Directors with input from some of the world’s top-performing organisations and leading industries. Together they developed ‘next level’ health and safety management and leadership, which reflects the importance that IOSH places on directing safely.

This course can be delivered via any of the following learning options by one of our expert trainers:

eLearning:

This learning option will take approximately six hours to complete and is the perfect option for anyone who wants to fit their studies around a busy schedule. Benefits include:

• Engaging content: Combines videos, real-life scenarios, dynamic animations and quizzes to enhance learning.
• Award-winning & SCORM-compliant: Ensures high-quality, industry-standard content accessible via any LMS or the provider’s platform with progress tracking.
• Comprehensive support: Learners can contact trainers, administrators and technical support via email, phone or live chat.
• Device compatibility: Fully responsive, allowing access across all devices for flexible learning.
• No additional downloads: Courses are available online with no need for extra apps or programmes.

Virtual classroom:

Our virtual classroom course is a one-day blended online training course, where you will receive live online tutorials delivered over Microsoft Teams by one of our qualified IOSH trainers and access to our innovative eLearning platform. Benefits include:

• Flexibility: Combines eLearning with live Microsoft Teams sessions, allowing learners to study from anywhere.
• Interactive sessions: Trainer-led tutorials with interactive activities to engage learners and test understanding.
• Industry-specific examples: Trainers use real-world examples to reinforce learning.
• Tailored to your needs: Customised to your organisation, offering flexible, location-independent training.
• Self-paced learning: Learners can access content anytime, on any device and progress at their own pace.

In-house face-to-face classroom:

Our face-to-face classroom study option is a one-day training course delivered by one of our IOSH-qualified trainers at a location of your choice. Benefits include:

• Location flexibility: Delivered at a location of your choice by experienced trainers.
• Full support: Health and safety trainers provide guidance throughout the course.
• Bespoke content: The course is tailored to meet your company’s specific needs.
• Collaborative learning: Employees can learn together in a familiar environment, promoting team building.
• Engaging activities: Interactive sessions with industry-specific examples to reinforce learning.

IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors is broken down into six modules designed to educate senior management. It provides an understanding of the moral, legal and business case for proactive safety, health and risk management, strategic safety and health management and its integration into holistic business-management systems and procedures.

Course modules:

1. The moral, legal and financial Case

   This module looks at the moral, financial and reputational arguments of managing safety, including the legal requirements for the business and the individual. These include those under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, and the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. The module also looks at costs of failure to the business and its reputation.

2. Plan

   Here we look at how the safety and health policy should clearly identify the roles and responsibilities of top management and other management levels and reflect the current priorities, plans and targets of the organisation. It explains how organisational risks are identified and managed, and risk assessments carried out, as well as emergency planning and business continuity.

3. Do

   Next, we explore the effect of communication by top management on the workforce, and the importance of an effective system for doing so. It discusses the importance of engaging the workforce in committing to promoting and achieving a healthy and safe workplace, and how upward communication can facilitate this.

4. Check

   This module looks at how auditing and monitoring ensure organisational controls are working and effective. The importance of reporting both proactive and reactive data and overall performance, including system failures and external changes are discussed, as well as the importance of specific and routine reports.

5. Act

   Finally, we focus on the importance of strong and visible leadership, and active commitment from top management. Executives and directors should lead by example, set the standards, culture and values, and champion safety and health for the company. The module looks at organisational commitment to good corporate social responsibility and the benefits of celebrating good performance.

IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors: Frequently Asked Questions

We've tried to cover as many frequently asked questions (FAQs) about IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors as possible below. If you can't find what you're looking for, please contact us and we'll be more than happy to help.

Is this IOSH safety course suitable for senior executives and directors?

This training is suitable for senior management, executives, directors and CEOs who have strategic responsibility for establishing a safe and healthy working culture in an organisation in any sector and of any size.

Are there any entry requirements to take this course?

There are no entry requirements for the IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors course. Individuals taking the course should be in a senior management, director or executive position in the business, otherwise a different IOSH training course may be more appropriate.

How much does IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors cost?

At International Workplace, the cost of the IOSH Safety for Executive and Directors course will be different depending on your chosen study option:

• eLearning: £249 +VAT per eLicense.
• Virtual classroom course: £2,495 +VAT, with a maximum of 14 learners per classroom.
• Face-to-face classroom course: £2,995 +VAT, with a maximum of 14 learners per classroom.

How will the IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors course be assessed?

To gain the IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors qualification, learners will need to attend the course and successfully submit a final personal reflection, which will be assessed. Prior to completing the personal reflection, learners will have either spent one day being trained by one of our qualified IOSH trainers or studying via our eLearning platform, covering everything you need to be well prepared for the assessment. The personal reflection does not have a pass mark; it is just assessed as a pass or fail.

How long is the IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors qualification valid for?

Once you have successfully completed IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors, your IOSH certificate will be valid from the date of issue. This certification does not have an expiry date.

Why Choose International Workplace for my IOSH Directing Safely training?

Our UK-based training is flexible and fits into busy schedules. The IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors course offers engaging content and comprehensive support. It is ideal for any workplace leader in a supervising role.

We've built our courses with over 20 years of experience, providing practical, step-by-step guidance. Find out more about why we are trusted by our customers to deliver health and safety training.

Here’s what some of our customers say about this IOSH Directing Safely course:

“I completed the course over a weekend and for me that was the best option as I benefited from the continuous learning, which reinforced the messages. I really enjoyed the content, it was engaging and set out very clearly.” Lynn Smith, National Museums Scotland

“The course content was well laid out and had relevant case studies to help relate to the need for safety in everything we do. Navigation was easy and I got relevant support. I shall highly recommend this course to my network.” Leah Dango, Sodexo

“Being able to just click on one link saves people having to remember different logins, so it’s a really frictionless user experience.” Andrew Mcneill, Global Head of Training and Competence, Fugro

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Enquire now or contact our sales team on 0333 210 1995 or sales@internationalworkplace.com.

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• IOSH Managing Safely Refresher
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• IOSH Working Safely