IOSH Managing Safely study plan

Summarise the purpose of managing safely by listing three business, three legal and three moral reasons for managing risk

Define hazard, risk and risk assessment, then distinguish between them using five examples from your own workplace

Describe the five steps of risk assessment in your own words without notes

Identify who could be harmed (workers, contractors, visitors, public, vulnerable groups) for two different tasks

Score likelihood and severity for at least eight hazards on a 5x5 matrix and rank them by priority

Evaluate the existing controls for each hazard and judge whether the residual risk is acceptable, tolerable or intolerable

Record the findings and assign each action an owner and a target date

Justify when a risk assessment must be reviewed (change of process, new equipment, incident, new or young workers)

Explain the difference between a generic and a task-specific risk assessment and state when each is appropriate

Order the hierarchy of control from elimination through to PPE and explain in writing why PPE sits last

Select and justify one control for each hazard recorded in week 2, citing the hierarchy level used

Distinguish engineering, administrative and PPE controls using three examples of each

Explain how safe systems of work, permits and emergency arrangements fit alongside physical controls

Recommend a safe system of work or permit-to-work for one high-risk task such as hot work, confined space entry or work at height

Outline emergency arrangements a workplace needs: first aid, fire precautions, evacuation, drills and appointed persons

Classify hazards into physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial groups with two examples of each

Describe the main health effects and preferred controls for noise, dust and hazardous substances

Explain the risks and controls for electricity, machinery, workplace transport and slips and trips

Apply the hierarchy of control to work at height, confined spaces and lifting operations

Identify the early signs of work-related stress, fatigue and bullying, and propose two organisational controls for each

Assess display screen equipment, manual handling and vibration risks using a simple checklist

Explain the purpose and headline duties of health and safety at work legislation in your jurisdiction

Distinguish employer duties owed to employees from duties owed to non-employees such as visitors and the public

State employee duties and the consequences of failing to meet them

Describe when a written safety policy, a competent person and formal consultation arrangements are required

Explain the meaning of 'reasonably practicable' and apply it to two contrasting scenarios

Explain the reasons for investigating accidents, ill health and near misses, including the benefit of investigating near misses

Distinguish immediate causes from underlying (root) causes using one worked example

Sequence the investigation: secure the scene, gather evidence, interview witnesses, analyse causes, report findings

Draft three SMART corrective actions for a case study and state how each will be verified

Distinguish proactive from reactive performance measures and give three examples of each

Describe how audits, inspections, safety tours and behavioural sampling are used as active monitoring

Calculate accident incidence and frequency rates from a supplied data set and interpret the result

Assemble a one-page KPI dashboard appropriate to a workplace

Sit a full-length mock examination and review every question answered incorrectly