IOSH Managing Safely

If you’re in a managerial or supervisory role, you’re eligible for the IOSH Managing Safely Online course. It doesn’t matter what industry or sector you operate in or what size your business is - our qualified trainers will tailor health and safety teaching scenarios to suit your specific industry.

There are no formal entry requirements to complete the IOSH Managing Safely Online course.  Some background knowledge of health & safety is beneficial but not essential. The course is designed for those working in Managerial / Supervisory roles or looking to progress to these roles. 

The IOSH Managing Safely course is priced at:

Self-paced E-Learning: £195 + VAT

Live Online: £395 + VAT

Classroom: £450 + VAT

The IOSH Managing Safely Course has 2 assessments that consist of a short multi-format examination and a risk assessment project conducted within the workplace.

The IOSH Managing Safely Exam

The examination is a multi-format assessment paper, taken at the end of the course. The pass mark for the IOSH Managing Safely exam is 36/60.

60% - doesn’t sound too bad, right? At Grow Training, our learners have an exceptionally high pass rate for this course. Please don't be apprehensive about the word 'exam' - we'll have you fully prepared.

The IOSH Managing Safely Project

The IOSH Managing Safely risk assessment project is the second part of the assessment. This is completed during the course.

This practical assessment involves assessing four potential health and safety hazards in your own workplace and takes around 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete. The pass mark is 23/38, or roughly 60%.

Once you’ve passed both assessments, you’ll receive your IOSH Managing Safely Certificate.

Aims of the IOSH Managing Safely Syllabus

IOSH Managing Safely provides delegates with all the information they need to create and maintain a sturdy health and safety awareness culture in their workplace. It’s based around 3 main aims. When you earn your shiny IOSH Managing Safely certificate, you’ll have demonstrated that you now have:

• The ability to identify, assess, and control risks and hazards in the workplace.
• A deep understanding of your health and safety responsibilities in the workplace.
• The ability to measure your workplace’s performance in terms of upholding good health and safety practice.

At Grow Training, we pack a wealth of knowledge into the course so that you can learn as much as you can with as little time away from your work as possible.

The IOSH Managing Safely Exam will assess your knowledge of all 7 of the course modules. The course content is as follows:

• Introducing managing safely
• Assessing risks
• Controlling risks
• Understanding responsibilities
• Understanding hazards
• Investigating incidents
• Measuring performance

Module 1: Introduction

To ease you in, the course has a nice introductory module which breaks down why the course is important and what benefits you’ll get from it.

You’ll learn about some of the moral, legal, and financial reasons for managing safely in the workplace.

This module will help contextualise how important he course syllabus is to you, and how you fit into the wider health and safety culture at your organisation.

Module 2: Assessing Risks

Module 2 is all designed to set some baseline definitions to work with.

You’ll learn exactly what is meant by hazard, risk, risk assessment, and more. These definitions will be essential information to carry with you in the workplace which will allow you to spot and halt the potential of workplace accidents.

Armed with your definitions, you’ll also learn why risk assessments are important and how to carry one out.

Top tip: Be alert during the risk assessment discussion because this is a critical aspect of your assessment!

Module 3: Controlling Risks

So far, you’ll have learned what a risk is and how to identify them. But how do you take action to control them?

Enter module 3’s risk matrix. The risk matrix is a tool that helps you evaluate the severity of risks and what needs to be done to put a lid on them.

You’ll learn what is ‘reasonably practicable’ for you in terms of identifying and controlling risks. This section will outline exactly what is reasonable for you to look out for and control.

Is it reasonably practicable for you to note that an accident could occur as a result of an exposed wire you spotted? Yes. Is it reasonably practicable for you to anticipate that a car might drive through your shop window one day? Probably not.

Top tip: In this module, you’ll get your first practical activity – the risk spotting and risk control exercise. Your newly-developed skills will be put to the test, so make sure you take notes!

Module 4: Understanding Responsibilities

By the time module 4 rolls around, you will have developed a keen eye for identifying hazards and you’ll know how to put controls in place to manage them.

But what are you actually required to do as a manager? There are rules and regulations in place that you must be aware of and abide by in your position of power in order to protect both yourself and your employees.

This module gives you an overview of all the health and safety laws that you need to follow as a manager, and importantly, what will happen if you don’t follow the rules.

Module 5: Understanding Hazards

Module 5 goes through everything you need to know about hazards in the workplace. You’ll learn about the six main categories of hazards and how to slot various hazards under their respective categories. The categories are:

• Mechanical
• Physical
• Chemical
• Environmental
• Biological
• Organisational

Is an oil spill a chemical hazard? Mechanical? Organisational? By the end of module 5, you’ll be able to rapidly categorise hazards, which is a vital skill for real-life work situations.

Module 6: Investigating Incidents

You’ll learn the nuances between an incident, accident, and a near miss, which will be essential to know when deciding what next steps to take on-the-job.

Top tip: Learn these definitions before you go on your course. An incident refers to any event that happens, positive or negative. An accident refers specifically to negative events which can result in injury or death. A near miss is when an accident almost occurs.

An employee has gone into anaphylaxis as a result of a latex allergy – is this an incident, accident, or near miss? Another employee has cut their arm on a broken piece of machinery – incident, accident, or near miss?

You might not know the correct answer right now, but you will by the end of the course.

Module 7: Measuring Performance

The final module ties everything together, exploring the performance indicators you should use to help you monitor the effectiveness of your practices.

You’ll go into depth about how to carry out a health and safety audit on your workplace, pulling together everything you’ve learned up until this point.

Yes! You can complete your IOSH Managing Safely Course online either as E-Learning or by attending a live on line session.

E-Learning - £195

You can complete the course via our Grow Academy online portal.  It's fully self-paced, so you can fit the course around your schedule, completing short modules when you have time. The content includes short videos, games, interesting case study and interactive quizzes.

Live Online - £395

Not to be confused with E-Learning, our live online courses are tutor led and fully interactive.                       

You will be instructed by one of our IOSH licensed trainers over 3 days. If you are an organisation with numerous delegates requiring training, we can deliver the training privately to just your team via our virtual classroom.

You can check out our upcoming online market leading health and safety course dates by selecting 'online virtual classroom' from the list of venues.

If you're completing IOSH Managing Safely via our E-Learning platform or live online, you'll complete the assessment online once you've finished the course.  If completing the course in a classroom, you will complete the exam at the end of the final day of the training.

IOSH Managing Safely is a national level 2 course, designed for managers, supervisors and team leaders. You're not required to have any prior knowledge of health and safety, though you should be able to write in and understand English.

Each training provider supplies their own course materials and resources, though the quality can vary from one provider to the next. At Grow Training, all of our materials are high quality and approved by IOSH. We’re also always on hand should you have any questions. As long as you can dedicate some time for study the IOSH Managing Safely Course, you should be able to pass with no issues.

Grow Training is approved by IOSH to deliver IOSH Managing Safely. With us, you can be sure that all the course materials and resources are of the highest-quality - we don’t skimp on any details!  

Our enthusiastic trainers have years of experience, giving us plenty of time to fine-tune our course delivery. Our teaching style is engaging, making sure you absorb as much information as possible. We pride ourselves on our raving reviews and exceptional pass rates.

We also have a policy that a course will always run regardless of the number of students registered. You’ll never need to rearrange your work calendar to secure a new spot.

Our E-Learning has been designed to be easy to use, fun and interactive.  It also includes a 7-day money back guarantee if for any reason you change your mind after signing up.

Finally, with Grow you get a large amount of free bonus content you won't receive from other providers including:

• Form templates (including risk assessments, fire risk assessments, policies)
• Managers guides you can use within your organisation
• Toolbox talks you can deliver to your colleagues within your organsation
• Incident tracker you can add to your Health & Safety Management System
• And more

You should hear back from us 2-3 weeks after you have taken both the IOSH exam and completed your risk assessment.

Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will receive an IOSH Managing Safely certificate within a few weeks. This is sent digitally from IOSH directly to you.  You can download this for your records.  It also includes a QR code, so employers / clients can check the validity of the certificate. 

At Grow training we offer another two accredited IOSH courses - IOSH Working Safely and the IOSH Leading Safely. 

If you’ve completed the IOSH Managing Safely course in the last few years and you want to brush up on your knowledge, we also offer a IOSH Managing Safely Refresher course, which freshens up all your learning in just one day!  

If you really enjoyed the course and want to take the next level, you should check out our NEBOSH National General Certificate training.

Some of our other courses that may be of use to you include our Mental Health First Aid course as well as our ½ day Fire Marshal training course.

IOSH Managing Safely is one of the most popular health and safety training courses for managers. The course is designed to provide those in managerial or supervisory roles with the knowledge and expertise needed to manage health and safety practice effectively in the workplace. 

It’s a comprehensive course which equips managers with in-depth safety management knowledge and skills to prevent, identify, and deal with hazards in the workplace.

IOSH Managing Safely isn't 'levelled' in the same way that many other training courses are.  It sits somewhere between UK national level 2 and level 3 (SCQF levels 5-6).  The course is designed to be effective in the real world and works to give specific knowledge and skills to managers, assisting them in improving safety performance and culture within their organisations rather than 'ticking the boxes' required to gain a specific levelled qualification.

An IOSH Managing Safely certificate is recognised worldwide by Industry and Governing bodies.

Yes! IOSH Managing Safely is widely recognised globally by both Industry and Governing bodies.

Yes! The Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) is the worlds largest professional Health & Safety membership body and are very well known for their training courses.

IOSH Managing Safely is an internationally recognised certificate and gaining such a qualification demonstrates your commitment to good Health & Safety practice.

Grow Training have been delivering the IOSH Managing Safely course for over 10 years and the feedback from participants is always exceptional.  They tell us consistently that they use the skills and knowledge picked up on this course on a daily basis and that it has made a real impact on their respective workplaces.

Don't take our word for it though - check out our independent reviews from people who have completed IOSH Managing Safely with Grow Training.

IOSH Managing Safely covers 7 main topics:

• Introduction to Managing Safely
• Assessing Risks
• Controlling Risks
• Understanding Responsibilities (Legal)
• Common Hazards
• Incident Investigation
• Measuring Safety Performance

In addition to this, our course touches on many wider areas including:

• Designing and delivering effective toolbox talks
• Improving Mental Health management in you workplace
• Tips & Tricks for improving your organisations Health & Safety Culture

Grow Training offer two online options for IOSH Managing Safely:

Self-paced E-Learning

Upon signing up to our IOSH Managing Safely E-Learning course, you will be sent a username and password allowing you to sign-in to our Grow Academy site.  You can then work through each of the modules in your own time.  You can complete small sections at a time, allowing you to fit the training around your schedule.  You can complete the E-Learning course across all you devices including computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

Live Online

We deliver the full course Live Online via our Virtual Classroom platform (hosted on Zoom).  Benefits include:

• Sessions are fully led by one of our experienced and friendly presenters
• Limited class sizes allow for a fully interactive experience
• Use of virtual break-out rooms for practical activities
• Simple 'one-click' join link- no need for you to setup and account
• Online invigilated assessments allow for fully IOSH accredited certification
• One-to-one support available throughout
• You can join from any location - no travel necessary

Here's what you'll need to take part:

• A computer, laptop or tablet device with a built in or external webcam / microphone
• A robust broadband internet connection (minimum bandwidth of 1.5 Mbps)

In the highly unlikely event you don't gain enough marks to pass the exam, we will organise a one-to-one session with you to explain where you went wrong.  You will then get to complete a re-sit paper at no additional charge. A lot of people are apprehensive about exams, but our friendly team will support you fully throughout the course.

Yes!  IOSH require you to complete all 7 modules to qualify for a Managing Safely certificate.

Yes!  IOSH Managing Safely is an internationally recognised certificate and we are happy to welcome delegates from across the globe to our E-Learning & live online sessions.

Please note, the start and finish times listed for live online are London GMT / BST.  The course is delivered in English.

Yes! We can deliver IOSH Managing Safely in person at your premises or live online for your company if you have a number of delegates requiring the training.  We can tailor the course to your industry sector and company policies and values.

For more information, please contact us.

If attending a classroom course you will be given this on your day of arrival. If attending a live online course, you will get receive an E-Book version of the workbook.  This will be used throughout the course and becomes a valuable reference book after the course finishes.

No workbook is required if you complete the E-Learning course as all material is provided digitally.