Managing Health and Safety in Schools

About this exclusive to your school Health & Safety course

What this course contains

Why Health and Safety should be managed?
Relevant Health and Safety legislation
Common Hazards in Schools
Risk Assessment
Accident Management
Monitoring, Review and Audit

Intended Outcomes

Course participants will be able to:

Review the health and safety management system in their place of work and align it to HSE guidance.
Apply basic management principles and practices to safety and health issues as part of a total management strategy.
Recognise safety and health hazards and implement control measures.
Carry out and record risk assessment and recommend suitable control measures.
Ensure adequate information, training and supervision are provided for employees.
Investigate an accident or incident involving injury or damage to determine the causes and take appropriate actions.

Who is this course for

School Business Managers, Resource Directors, senior-level managers or any person responsible for managing or leading Health and Safety in educational organisations.

Delivery

This course can be delivered face to face or as interactive live webinars, hosted on Zoom – through a security protected account. Our webinars are led by CMIOSH presenters and allow participants in different locations to be guided through the course content, hear the presenter, ask questions, and participate in group discussions and case studies.

The cost

The course costs £460.95 + VAT per delegate and can be delivered on site to small or larger groups of minimum 8 delegates and maximum 16 delegates.

For schools that do not subscribe to our Health & Safety Support Service, fees are £576.35 + VAT per delegate.

Assessment

Each delegate will be required to undertake a short paper. On successful completion of the course and passing the exam (60%) candidates will receive a certificate.

Requisites for web-based courses

Each delegate would need to have access to a laptop, PC or Tablet device they are familiar with and they can use to type notes. The delegates should familiarise themselves with the use of Zoom before enrolling on the course. The electronic device will be needed for the whole course as all delegates are required to participate in group activities, and will be completing mock exams and an exam.