A new e-learning course that helps company directors and senior managers to understand their duties under health and safety law and identify ways of improving their organisation’s health and safety performance has been launched by the British Safety Council.
Aimed at directors, senior managers, board members and HR professionals, the Health and Safety for Directors e-learning course provides delegates with an understanding of how to adopt best practice in health and safety management, which can improve productivity and prevent financial losses. Designed to take two to three hours to complete, the course also creates a personal plan – based on the learner’s responses to assessment questions – suggesting ways of raising health and safety standards within an organisation.
John Phillips, director of qualifications and standards at the British Safety Council, said: “This e-learning course is ideal for directors and managers who cannot afford to take vital time away from the workplace to attend formal classroom training, since learners can study at a time and place that suits them using a computer with internet access.
“The course is interactive and engaging, and quizzes are used throughout to test the learner’s knowledge and understanding. The course covers personal and organisational duties under health and safety law, the business benefits of good health and safety and the essentials of effective risk management.
“Upon completion of the course, learners will understand the benefits of adopting formal health and safety management systems and be provided with a management action plan setting out suggested health and safety improvements relevant to their business.”
The course costs £95 plus VAT and can be booked at: www.britsafe.org/HSD, or by contacting the British Safety Council on (Tel) +44 (0)20 8741 1231, or (email) [email protected]
A version of the course is also available as an iPad app on Apple’s UK Appstore at £29.99 – see: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/hs-directors/id598597209?mt=8
Other e-learning courses
The Health and Safety for Directors course is the latest in the British Safety Council’s growing portfolio of health, safety and environmental e-learning courses. These include:
Introductory e-learning courses for workers on topics such as fire safety precautions, manual handling and the use of display screen equipment
E-learning courses leading to accredited Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications in areas such as manual handling risk assessment
E-learning versions of the popular IOSH Working Safely and Managing Safely courses
E-learning courses leading to formal health, safety and environmental qualifications, such as the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety and the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health & Safety.
For further information on British Safety Council e-learning courses go to: www.britsafe.org
