IOSH OSH Educational Programmes:

Strength and Strategies

Alan Stevens
Head of Global Engagement and Partnerships
 What is IOSH?
Professional body
A not for profit organisation
holding a Royal Charter that
exists for the public good

Thought leader Membership organisation

Underpinned by research, expertise Supporting a global
and understanding around network of 47,500+ members
occupational safety and health in 130 countries

Enabler
helping organisations around
the world to excel in safety
and health
IOSH – what we stand for

Our vision Our strategy

A safe and healthy world of work

Six Priorities
Health and safety statistics
Key figures for Great Britain (2017/18)

• 1.4 million working people suffering from a work-related illness

• 2,595 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2016)

• 144 workers killed at work

• 555,000 injuries occurred at work according to the Labour Force Survey

• 71,062 injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR

• 30.7 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace
injury

• £15 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working
conditions (2016/17)
Data Source: Health and Safety Executive
http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/index.htm
Health and Safety in the UK
Health and Safety in the UK
Health and Safety in the UK
Fatal injuries in Great Britain

Data Source: RIDDOR, Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences

Regulations
Fatal injuries in Great Britain

Data Source: RIDDOR, Reporting of Injuries Diseases

and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
Fatal injuries in Great Britain

Source: RIDDOR, Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

Non-fatal injuries at work - GB
Work-related Ill health & occ. diseases
Work-related Ill health & occ.
diseases

Data Source:Estimates of work-related ill health are based on self-reports from

the Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Real-world challenges
How are organisations responding?
UN Sustainable Development Goals
17 goals
UN Sustainable Development Goals
165 Targets
UN Sustainable Development Goals
41 directly related to Occupational Safety & Health
The healthy profit
Our call to action to business

- Report highlights the investments

being made by forward-thinking
organisations

- An IOSH-commissioned survey
found barriers exist for many
businesses

- Investment in the safety and

health of a workforce should be a
core strategic aim

- Transparency and openness in

reporting on OSH performance
Training and skills courses
Competence, confidence and productivity
Good sense for good businesses

- Managers equipped with the

competence and confidence to be
more effective
- A healthier and more productive
workplace
- Improved, organisation-wide health
awareness culture
- Enhanced reputation with supply
chain, customers and other
stakeholders
IOSH courses

• Support the role of Safety and Health Professionals

• Are based on an international standard
• Focus on ‘general principles’ applicable to all countries
• Enable customers to add in organisational, cultural and
legislative specific content
• Focus on the positive affects of Safety and Health and not
just the ‘worst case scenario’
• Focus on making business better and all individuals more
effective
IOSH solutions
IOSH Leading Safely
Purpose – to support leaders to:

 Develop a strategic understanding of the value

of safety and health
 Understand good practice from leading global
organisations
 Understand where to position their
organisation’s safety performance against other
organisations and plan for implementation
 Understand their operational responsibilities and
the opportunities of good performance, as well
as the consequences of poor performance.
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Models of Safety
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IOSH solutions
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IOSH Managing Safely

To support managers and supervisors:

 Describe the key reasons to manage safety and

health in the workplace
 Define key terms relating to safety and health
 Identify how the law can impact safety and
health in the workplace
 Describe how to access, reduce and control risk
in the workplace
 Identify workplace hazards and risks, their
impact and how to manage them
 Identify how to evaluate and respond to incident
 List benefits and characteristics of an effective
health and safety management system
 Describe principles that underpin good safety
and health
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Fire Safety for Managers

• Designed for managers and supervisors in any
sector and in any organisation worldwide
• Provides the knowledge and tools required to
tackle fire safety issues

For safer and healthier working environments iosh.co.uk/training

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IOSH Safety and Health for Business

Level 3 Certificate Qualification

• A recognised qualification
• Strong business focus
• Vocational style learning and
assessment methods
including:
- Business Case Writing
- Research Project
- Presentation
• Inclusion of both technical
knowledge and soft skills
essential to business
• Route to IOSH membership

For safer and healthier working environments iosh.co.uk/training

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IOSH solutions
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IOSH Working Safely

Purpose – to support all workers to:

 Describe the key reasons to manage safety

and health in the work place
 Define key terms in safety and health
 Identify why it is important to work safely
 Identify everyone’s responsibilities in relation to
safety, health and wellbeing in the workplace
 Identify workplace hazards and risks, their
impact and how to control them
 Identify ways safety, health and wellbeing is
managed and improved within the workplace
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Fire Safety Awareness

Everyone at work has a duty to prevent fires. A fire safety culture is based
on a shared set of positive attitudes, knowledge, perceptions and beliefs
about fire prevention and fire protection.
• Sits within the ‘Core Skills’ category,
alongside Working Safely, and is designed
for both a UK, and an international
audience.

For safer and healthier working environments iosh.co.uk/training

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Key features of IOSH courses

• Use in-company risk assessment
forms.
• Flexibility to add in content to meet
client needs.
• Global case studies to tailor the
product.
• Bank of current videos to choose from.
• Draw on IOSH campaigns, including
statistics and best practice advice.
• More support information for Trainers.
• Supports the implementation of 45001.
Thank you