Health and safety management systems
Health and safety management systems – Policy
On completion of this element, candidates should be able to demonstrate understanding of the content through the application of knowledge to familiar and unfamiliar situations. In particular they should be able to:
- Outline the key elements of a health and safety management
- Explain the purpose and importance of setting policy for health and
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- Describe the key features and appropriate content of an effective health and safety
- – The key elements of a health and safety management system
- Setting policy
- Organising
- Planning and implementing
- Evaluation (monitoring, review, measurement, investigation)
- Auditing
- Action for improvement (preventative and corrective action; continual improvement).
- The purpose and importance of setting policy for health and safety
- The role of the health and safety policy in decision-making
- The needs of different
- The key features and appropriate content of an effective health and safety policy.
- Stating the overall aims of the organisation in terms of health and safety performance
- general statement of intent; setting overall objectives and quantifiable targets; basic concept of benchmarking; signatory to statement
- Defining the health and safety roles and responsibilities of individuals within the organization
- organising for health and safety: allocation of responsibilities; lines of communication; feedback loops; the role of the line managers in influencing the health and safety policy and monitoring effectiveness
- Specifying the arrangements for achieving general and specific aims
- health and safety arrangements: the importance of specifying the organisation’s arrangements for planning and organising, controlling hazards, consultation, communication and monitoring compliance with, and assessing the effectiveness of, the arrangements to implement the health and safety policy
- The circumstances that may lead to a need to review the health and safety policy (eg, passage of time, technological, organisational or legal changes, results and monitoring)
- Standards and guidance relating to health and safety policy