Leading health and safety for directors
Leading health and safety for directors
A compact director-level course on leading occupational health and safety: accountability, the management system a board should expect, resources and worker involvement, assurance, and learning after incidents. Based on cited public sources (ISO 45001 public pages, HSE INDG417 and HSG65, ILO-OSH 2001, OSHA). Not legal advice and not an accredited qualification.
What you will learn
- Explain and apply: Explain the three essential principles of leading health and safety at work, as set out in the public HSE INDG417 leaflet.
- Explain and apply: Describe, from public pages only, what ISO 45001 and ILO-OSH 2001 expect of top management.
- Explain and apply: Distinguish a director’s oversight duties from day-to-day operational health and safety work.
- Explain and apply: Specify the risk information and assurance a board should receive, and how to use it.
- Explain and apply: Outline a director’s role after serious incidents and in continual improvement, and the limits of this course as legal advice.
modules
- Director accountability and why leadership matters
- The management system a director should expect
- Policy, objectives, resources and worker involvement
- Board-level risk, information and assurance
- Incidents, legal duties and continual improvement
Leadership awareness for directors only. It is not legal advice, not an accredited qualification, and not a substitute for competent advice, site-specific training or local legal duties. Always verify the law and official guidance that apply to your organisation. This course paraphrases public sources and does not reproduce paid ISO text.