IG 1

The Unit IG1 has FOUR Elements, The common theme that runs through these elements is the issue of Health & Safety Management System.

Morals & Money 1.1

Discuss the Moral, Financial & Legal reasons for managing H&S in the workplace.

Regulating Health & Safety 1.2

Explain How the Law works and the consequences of non-compliance

Who does What in Organisations 1.3

Summarise Main H&S duties of different groups of people at work and explain how contractors should be selected , monitored and managed.

Element 2 How HSMS work and What they look like 2.1

Work within a HSMS, recognising what effective general policy, organisation and arrangements should look like

Making HSMS Work- The H&S Policy 2.2

Discuss the main ingredients of HSMS that make it effective.

H&S Culture 3.1

Describe the concept of OHS culture and how it influences the performance.

Improving H&S Culture 3.2

Summarise how OHS culture at work can be improved

Human Factors which influence Safety related Behaviour 3.3

Summarise human factors which positively or negatively influence behavior at work in a way that can effect OHS.

Risk Assessment 3.4

Explain principle of the Risk Assessment process

The management of Change 3.5

Recognise WP changes that have significant OHS impacts and effective ways to minimise such impacts

Safe System of work 3.6

Develop a basic safe system of works

Permit to work systems 3.7

When to use PTW systems for special risks

Emergency procedures and First Aid 3.8

Discuss typical emergency procedures and how to decide what level of first aid is needed in workplace

Active & Reactive Monitoring 4.1

Discuss common methods and indicators used to monitor OHSMS

Investigating, Recording & Reporting Incidents 4.2

Explain why and how incidents should be investigated, recorded and reported

Health & Safety Auditing 4.3

Explain what an audit is and Why and How they are used to evaluate HSMS

Reviewing Health & Safety Performance 4.4

Explain Why & How regular reviews of OHS performance are needed

IG2