IOSH Leading Safely

The IOSH Leading Safely course is aimed at people with leadership responsibilities, such as senior managers, directors, heads of departments, board members, business leaders, business owners and chief executives. This IOSH training course is designed to convince leaders that effective health and safety management creates real and lasting business benefits.

What is IOSH Leading Safety training course?

IOSH Leading Safely course is a comprehensive and interactive program that provides managers and business leaders with the skills and knowledge to manage health and safety risks effectively.

The course is designed to help participants understand their responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA), and covers a range of topics including risk assessment, communication, leadership, management and safety and health vision.

Training course programme

  • The responsibilities and behaviours of a leader
  • What effective safety and health leadership looks like
  • How to get things right and use the correct health and safety practices
  • How leaders can make improvements
  • The benefits of effective safety and health management

Why the course programme works

The IOSH Leading Safely course will support decision-makers to:

  • Develop a strategic understanding of the value of safety and health
  • Understand good practice from leading global organisations
  • Understand where they want to position their organisation’s safety performance against other organisations
  • Plan for implementation
  • Understand their operational responsibilities and the opportunities of good performance, as well as the consequences of poor performance.

 Course assessments and examination

Learners use the diagnostic tool, accessed via a mobile app, to identify their current safety and health position against a set of critical questions. At the end of the course, participants make a commitment to a personal action plan to improve their own and their organisations’ safety and health management.

Course qualifications & certification

On successful completion of the IOSH Leading Safely course delegates will receive the IOSH Leading Safely certificate which is recognised globally as evidence of competence in managing safety and health risks effectively.

Who is IOSH Leading Safely training course suitable for?

The IOSH Leading Safely course is aimed at people with leadership responsibilities, such as senior management, senior executives, safety professionals, directors, heads of departments, board members, business owners and chief executives.

The course will convince leaders that effective safety leadership and health management will provide business continuity and create real and lasting business benefits. The course programme works because it provides participants with a strategic understanding of the value of safety and health, good practice from leading global organisations, and an understanding of their operational responsibilities.


What will you learn on the IOSH Leading Safely training course?

IOSH Leading Safely course assessments and examinations help learners identify their current strategic safety and health position against a set of critical questions, before making a commitment to a personal action plan to improve their own and their organisations’ health and safety responsibilities and management.

You will cover a range of topics including:

  • Your health and safety responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
  • Risk assessment
  • Communication skills and practical knowledge
  • Leadership and management skills
  • How to enhance corporate reputation
  • How to implement effective business management systems

Why Choose SHEQ as your IOSH training provider?

SHEQ Services are a leading IOSH Approved Training Provider, with expert tutors delivering courses both virtually online and in UK training centre locations. If you have any questions about our training courses, please contact us.