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IOSH Courses and Certifications

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Is the Chartered Body and Largest Membership Organisation For Safety and Health Professionals.

iCapacity Resource in Partnership with Astutis is able deliver IOSH Courses in Ghana. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is a British organisation for health and safety professionals. Become an IOSH Member by enrolling in our courses today.

IOSH Managing Safely, the market-leading health and safety course for line managers, is tried, tested and trusted. Designed to provide all managers with the confidence and enthusiasm to apply knowledge to the workplace, this course is unlike any other. Whether you’re looking for face-to-face or e-learning, we can provide the flexibility you need with our huge network of approved training providers, who have been delivering Managing Safely for over 25 years, worldwide.

Our Managing Safely course will help you improve the safety awareness culture in your organisation, see your productivity increase and enhance your reputation within your supply chain by embedding safety and health across the whole organisation.

Who is IOSH Managing Safely for? 

It is for staff in a line management, supervisory or team leader role in any size of organisation in any sector.

What is covered in the IOSH Managing Safely course? 

The IOSH Managing Safely course content covers:

  • Health and safety responsibilities and accountability
  • How to assess and control hazards and risks effectively
  • Accident and incident investigation
  • Measuring health and safety performance

 

Course Assessment

There is a 45-minute written assessment, consisting of 30 questions in a variety of formats, and a standard project which comprises of a workplace risk assessment. The project must be completed within two weeks of the end of the course.

This course provides insight on work-related and non-work-related illness that can impact the individuals and on their organisation. They’ll also be equipped with techniques to evaluate the health and wellbeing of their team and taught how to deliver effective support to keep their teams healthy at work.

Course Overview:

IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing is targeted at line managers and offers them practical advice to manage health risks and understand their responsibilities for the health and wellbeing of staff.  It equips line managers with the basic tools and techniques to play their part in improving health and wellbeing across their organisation. 

 

Benefits of the Course:

This is a very interactive course packed with activities to help you to understand your responsibilities and practise what you learn in different scenarios.

  • Improved health and wellbeing awareness leading to a healthier and more engaged staff
  • Reduced days lost due to ill-health creating a more productive workplace
  • Convenient access to this highly interactive online course on any device 
  • Fully downloadable course materials which can be saved and accessed offline too

What’s covered in IOSH Health and Wellbeing?

  • This IOSH Occupational Wellbeing course is split into 4 modules and covers:
  • Module 1: A healthy company  and the importance of managing workplace health and wellbeing
  • Module 2: Health risk management
  • Module 3: Fitness for work and the need to manage changes in the health status of employees
  • Module 4: The business value of promoting a wellbeing programme

How is the course assessed?

At the end of the course, there is a short 20 questions test, which takes around 20 minutes. There is also a practical workplace health risk assessment to be completed within 2 weeks of passing the test.

IOSH Working Safely covers the essentials of health and safety in the workplace. It is aimed at all workers in all types of organisation. Upon successful completion of the course and assessment, students are awarded a Working Safely certificate from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the world’s largest health and safety membership organisation. 

Course overview:

The IOSH Working Safely course is recognised as an equivalent to a level 1 award in health and safety in a construction environment. 

  • It is a 1-day classroom course or 4-8 hour online course
  • Assessment is a multiple-choice test 
  • On successful completion you will have an internationally recognised IOSH approved certificate

The IOSH Working Safely content covers:

  • Why staff must work safely
  • Staff’s responsibility towards health, safety and wellbeing
  • The difference between hazards and risks
  • Hazard and risk identification, impact and how to control them
  • The importance of safety performance within the workplace and how to improve it
  • How industry affects the environment

Course assessment and certification:

There is a 10 question (15 mins) multiple-choice assessment and 3 hazard spotting exercises (15 mins) at the end of the course. On successful completion of the assessment you will be awarded an IOSH Certificate or a credit card sized IOSH passport card.