Occupational Health and Safety Advanced Certificate
Certification Body: OTHM, UK
Training Hours: 210 Hours (Self-Paced)
About:
OTHM qualifications at RQF Level 6 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent level to Bachelor’s Degrees with Honors, Bachelor’s Degrees, Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), Graduate Diplomas and Graduate Certificates The qualification gives learners the opportunity to advance their understanding of Occupational Health and Safety management. Learners will gain the skills and knowledge to understand the legal and regulatory background to occupational health and safety policy, to be able to assess policies, as well as to recommend and implement policy changes. Learners will develop knowledge and skills relevant to putting policy into practice, utilizing management systems, resources, risk and incident management, leadership, management and skills development.
Target Audience
HSE Professionals looking to develop into, a senior role in an organization with responsibilities for managing health and safety policy and practice.
Eligibility
Relevant NQF/QCF/RQF certificate or diploma or equivalent recognised qualification that covers basic concepts within Occupational Health & Safety
OR
Mature learners (over 21) with practical experience at least 2 years may also be considered.
Course Content
H/617/7539 Health And Safety Management Principles And Policy
- Explain the role of performance objectives and targets in effective health and safety management.
- Explain in detail the key aspects of effective health and safety systems.
- Evaluate the use of recording and communication systems to identify, manage, and distribute relevant health and safety information.
- Critically evaluate an organization’s health and safety management system including its integration with other management systems (e.g. quality, human resources, etc.), and recommend future developments.
- Justify the moral, le.g.al and financial need for health and safety policies in an organization.
- Articulate the key impacts of an organization’s health and safety policies on a range of stakeholders in the organization.
- Explain the information and consultation required for the purpose of health and safety policy development at all organizational levels.
- Outline the objectives of a health and safety policy document.
- Explain how a health and safety policy document drives a health and safety
- Conduct a critical review of a health and safety policy in an organization.
- Assess the internal and external factors, including change factors, that affect occupational health and safety policies and practice.
- Recommend actions for organizational practice that takes account of the internal and external influencing
Y/617/8526 Health And Safety Management Practice
- Explain the role of the board and/or senior management in the planning and organizing of health and safety practices in the workplace.
- Explain the importance of the planning process to ensure changing policies, regulations and le.g.al requirements are met.
- Assess the resources and skills required to plan health and safety practices in the workplace.
- Explain the role of the board and/or senior management in the leading and controlling of health and safety practices in the workplace.
- Evaluate the use of goals and targets in health and safety management practices in the workplace.
- Assess the resources and skills required to lead and control health and safety practices in the workplace.
- Explain the role of the board and/or senior management in reviewing the performance of health and safety practices in the workplace.
- Assess the resources and skills required to review health and safety practices in the workplace.
- Explain and justify the use of results and outputs from a performance review.
- Assess the advantages and disadvantages of proactive and reactive performance indicators.
- Explain the role of the board and/or senior management in monitoring and auditing of health and safety practices in the workplace.
- Explain a range of health and safety monitoring techniques.
- Assess the resources and skills required to carry out health and safety audits.
- Explain the importance and use of audit outputs.
- Explain the importance of having a corporate social responsibility objective on health and safety management.
- Outline how ethical codes of conduct are applied to health and safety management.
- Explain the key principles of occupational health.
- Outline the features of vocational rehabilitation including the role of outside support agencies.
- Articulate the key aspects of the management of occupational health including le.g.al considerations.
- Explain the causes, effects, identification and control of common types of mental ill-health in the workplace.
- Explain the causes, effects, identification and control of work-related violence or aggression.
Y/617/7540 Risk And Incident Management
- Outline sources of information to identify hazards and assess risks.
- Explain techniques to identify hazards.
- Explain how to implement a risk assessment system and to evaluate risk.
- Explain how to measure, monitor and report hazards.
- Explain how to maintain records of risk assessment to meet regulatory and statutory requirements.
- Explain how to use calculations in the analysis and improvement of systems reliability and failure tracing.
- Evaluate the use of common risk management strategies.
- Justify when to use risk avoidance, risk reduction, risk transfer, risk analysis, risk evaluation and risk review strategies.
- Explain the development and characteristics of safe systems of work and safe operating procedures.
- Outline a range of loss causation theories and techniques.
- Justify the use of quantitative methods in analyzing loss data
- Assess the needs and impacts of reporting of loss events.
- Explain the importance and impact of incident investigations.
- Outline the critical stages for managing incidents in the organization.
- Outline organizational policies to identify, investigate, report and record incidents.
- Explain how to maintain records of incidents to meet regulatory and statutory requirements.
- Evaluate an organizational process for managing health and safety incidents.
Y/617/8543 Promoting A Positive Health And Safety Culture
- Assess the importance of health and safety culture within an organization.
- Evaluate the promoting factors and potential barriers to health and safety culture in an organization.
- Explain how to communicate and engage with staff to promote positive health and safety awareness and behaviour.
- Produce a plan to promote a positive health and safety culture.
- Outline the human factors that contribute to individual behaviour.
- Explain human perception of risk and the classification of human failure.
- Assess the impact of job factors and organizational factors on human reliability.
- Outline methods of improving individual human reliability.
- Evaluate the optimum conditions of behavioral change and behaviour
- Assess the impact of different leadership types on health and safety performance.
- Outline the structure and function of a range of organization types and the benefits and limitations of each.
- Explain the challenges of third party management in regard to maintenance of health and safety.
- Explain the nature and importance of formal and informal consultation with workers.
- Outline techniques and assessment criteria used to assess the health and safety culture of an organization.
- Critically evaluate the current health and safety culture of an organization by analysing assessment data.
- Recommend measures to improve health and safety culture of an organization.
- Develop a strategy to implement recommended measures for improving the health and safety culture of an organization.
- Produce a business case to support the improvement strategy.
R/617/9092 Maintaining A Safe Workplace Environment
- Outline the critical factors when maintaining the working environment, i.e. temperature, light, space, ergonomics, lifts, access.
- Justify the full range of welfare facilities that must be available in a workplace.
- Explain the hazards and risks posed by electrics in an organization
- Review and evaluate control measures for electrics in relation to current legislation
- Assess the hazards and risks associated with the structural integrity of buildings.
- Review and evaluate control measures for structural integrity in relation to current legislation.
- Evaluate the control measures in place within your organization to control the following risks:
- temporary works
- workplace transport
- working in confined spaces
- working at height
- lone working
- manual handling.
- Outline the types of noise and vibration, the effects of being exposed to these, and their control measures.
- Explain the measurement, assessment and methods to control exposure to noise and vibration.
- Describe effects of being exposed to the different types of radiation.
- Explain the measurement, assessment and methods to control exposure
- Outline the ways that common flammable and explosive materials can catch fire.
- Describe the behaviour of buildings and building contents in the event of a fire.
- Explain the hazards, risks, and control measures in an organization (including detection systems, alarm systems and evacuation procedures currently in use) for prevention and protection against fire and explosion.
- Outline the factors that must be considered to ensure safe and effective fire-fighting and egress in the event of different types of fire.
- Outline how hazardous substances are classified and the effects of their exposure to human health.
- Explain the key standards for safe storage, handling and transport of hazardous substances in an organization.
- Outline the features of effective risk assessment and measures of control for exposure to hazardous substances in line with the hierarchy of control.
- Describe the control measures for working with asbestos and lead.
- Explain the factors to consider when choosing appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and requirements for PPE in an organization.
- Explain the impact of hazardous work environments on the installation and use of electrical systems and equipment.
- Explain the selection criteria for work equipment for specific tasks and processes in order to manage risk.
- Explain the key safety characteristics, including protective devices, of general workplace machinery control systems.
- Explain the features of effective risk assessment and control measures for work equipment and machinery, including the skills, training and supervision to install, test, maintain and operate equipment
- Outline the main hazards and control measures associated with mobile work equipment.
- Outline the main hazards and control measures associated with lifting equipment.
H/617/7542 Health And Safety Law, Regulation, And Influence
- Outline the role of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
- Explain how international conventions can be used to set H&S legislation and legislative frameworks.
- Evaluate the benefits and limitations of national legislation in securing organizational health and safety standards.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of a range of national and international health and safety bodies to secure health and safety standards.
- Explain the purpose and principles of enforcement on H&S legislation and regulation.
- Review the effectiveness of a range of safety audit techniques against national and international standards.
- Evaluate statutory and regulatory obligations applicable to an organization.
- Evaluate workplace health and safety requirements relating to input / output of products, services, contractors, visitors, employees, equipment, goods, materials and other activities of the organisation.
- Describe in detail the unique organisational challenges to maintain
- Outline the function of professional and employer bodies, trade associations, media and community groups and organisational partnerships in influencing and promoting positive health and safety outcomes.
- Outline the ethical and social responsibilities of organisations to develop high standards of health and safety.
- Assess the role of corporate governance and self-regulation in supporting continual improvement of organisational health and safety standards.
K/617/7543 Development Of The Health And Safety Practitioner
- Explain the role and purpose of health and safety practitioners.
- Evaluate the potential challenges and conflicts that face health and safety practitioners in the workplace
- Describe responsibilities and obligations of health and safety practitioners in relation to promoting a safe working environment in an organisation.
- Outline the role professional bodies play in supporting organisations to maintain an effective workforce of health and safety practitioners.
- Identify skills required to manage health and safety in the organisation.
- Assess the application of different management and leadership styles to address a range of health and safety workplace situations.
- Outline the range of communication skills required by a Health and safety professional.
- Assess organisational skills and knowledge gaps.
- Produce a health and safety training plan to meet the requirements of an organisation, legislation and industry best practice.
- Outline how a health and safety training plan supports an organisation’s le.g.al and moral obligations to health and safety best practices
- Explain the importance of continuous professional development and a reflective learning approach.
- Assess the value of group discussion and shared personal reflections to support professional development within an organisation.
- Evaluate own strength and weaknesses in relation to an organisational role.
- Set and prioritise goals to improve own performance as a health and safety practitioner.
- Produce and maintain a personal and professional development plan.
- Outline own application of professional ethics in relation to health and safety in an organisation.
