Lynwood have been providing some of the most cost effective face to face IOSH Managing Safely training for years. They achieve this by delivering the courses in their own dedicated training space and so avoiding expensive city centre short term rental costs.
Even though everyone seems determined to raise their prices, increasing the cost of delivering the IOSH Managing Safely course, Lynwood are determined to keep the price down.
The latest increase comes in the form of what was previously free parking at the rear of The Old Courthouse being converted to pay and display by the local authority. Lynwood are so determined to maintain their excellent value training that they will refund the parking charges for anyone attending their IOSH Managing Safely course.
There you have it. If you are looking for IOSH Managing Safely training at a fantastic price you can still get it at Lynwood for just £380+VAT.
Before you book your IOSH Managing Safely training make sure that your provider is giving you:
- A competitively priced, maybe even the cheapest IOSH Managing Safely training available
- Expert tuition from current health and safety practitioners with teaching qualifications that exceed the expectations of IOSH
- A comfortable learning environment in a dedicated training space. Not on the cheap in the back room of a pub nor at needless expense with a fantastic view from a swanky postcode
- The security of an unsurpassed success rate
- A guaranteed pass
- A transparent pricing structure with no hidden costs for IOSH course registration fees, IOSH certification, learning materials or even food
- Post training support from your health and safety trainer
If you’re not getting all of these from your training provider you should take a look at IOSH Managing Safely training with Lynwood.
Is that too long for your organisation? Well, it can be done quicker if you have the time, money and, most of all, dedication. You can in fact gain certification even quicker, in little time, for little money and with no dedication at all, just get yourself a non – UKAS accredited certificate. If this is what you are currently considering I would recommend that you seek advice first and carefully consider whether this will provide the solution that you need.
If you have commitment to your ISO 9001 certification there is no reason why you shouldn’t gain certification, that would bring real benefits, in 6 or less months.
If you look through the posts in this blog you will find many posts describing what IOSH are looking for in their IOSH Managing Safely project.
One of the things that many people find difficult is part 4, where you are required to identify 3 activity hazards. That’s unfortunate because if you get this part wrong you would lose the associated points in parts 5 & 6.
I have been told by many people that they have found my previous posts on this subject very helpful. Others have still had problems with this part 4 so I figured that perhaps an example wouldn’t go amiss.
What follows is an example of what would amount to the identification of an activity hazard, a risk assessment and risk control information. I haven’t included and risk estimation as this hasn’t often caused any real problems.
If you have read any of my previous posts on activity hazards and you have found them of little help I hope that this goes further to helping you to find your own solutions.
Good luck:
Description of the work activity
Inputting training data to a desktop PC using a keyboard and mouse. The task requires high level of concentration and software knowledge.
Description of the hazard
There is no means of ensuring that staff take frequent breaks from their workstations. Due to work time pressures employees frequently sit at their terminals for long periods, forgoing formal breaks.
People affected
2 x administrators
Work activity
Data input
Hazard, hazardous event and expected consequence
Inputting data for prolonged periods and without breaks could cause fatigue and strain leading to WRULDs, repetitive strain injuries and eye conditions such as dry eye.
Existing controls
There are formal breaks available at 10:30a.m., 12:30p.m. and 14:00p.m.
Further risk controls
Enforce the taking of formal breaks.
Install a centralised printer and initiate a system of work requiring operators to check for print jobs at least once every half hour.
Install monitoring software to identify whether these controls are working adequately.
Description of monitoring
Office manager to audit print job collection at random intervals – daily
Senior manager to interrogate monitoring software – monthly
There is loads more help in this blog space to help with your project or you could follow this link for more help with your IOSH Managing Safely project and assessment.
Where can you find the answers for the IOSH Managing Safely assessment? At least the answer to that question is easy, they’re in the delegate workbook.
Is that it then? Is that all that I have to help with your end of course assessment? Of course not.
Here are some exercises to help you revise for your IOSH Managing Safely assessment. They really are worth a look.
Possibly the most commonly asked questions in relation to ISO 9001 are ”how long does it take to get certified?” and “how much does ISO 9001 cost?” You might suspect that anyone avoiding a straight answer is being evasive; I believe that anyone that does give you a straight answer either doesn’t understand the question or doesn’t have the right solution.
There are lots of variables that will affect the timescale and certification costs for ISO 9001 including the complexity and size of your operation, your organisations financial commitment, the amount of work that you are able / willing to complete internally and so on.
There is one fixed cost solution, it’s normally cheap too, the non UKAS accredited certificate. If you elect to take this route I wish you good luck and I will say no more.
Otherwise the best route to ISO 9001 certification may be realised by either employing an ISO 9001 professional or find a good consultant. Some find it difficult to find the right people to turn to but the rules for buying consultancy services are the same as buying anything else; always speak to 3 or more providers, ask for proof of past successes and compare like with like.
Ultimately you will know if you have got your ISO 9001 certification right, there will be significant costs at the front end but you should soon start to realise savings and increased profitability that will outweigh these costs.
That’s the last IOSH Managing Safely course for 2011 complete. As usual everyone has done well and fun was had by all.
Our courses for 2012 have already started to fill up nicely. So far there are 23 open IOSH Managing Safely courses available at our training centre at SK16 and, if 2012 is anything like the last year. we will be adding more as the year goes on.
With courses run over 4 day blocks and over 2 days per week over 2 consecutive weeks we have something for everyone. Check out our IOSH Managing Safely training for the best safety training for managers, for flexible training dates and for an amazingly competitive price to boot.
Part 4 of the IOSH Managing Safely project is where many people lose the most points because if you get it wrong here you will lose all the related points from parts 5 & 6. Of those that I have spoken with office workers seem to find it most difficult to identify activity hazards.
Activity hazards are presented through the ‘doing’ of an activity. One group of activity hazard common to most office spaces are those involved in DSE (or computer workstation) use. If you were to describe the hazard as being looking at the screen for prolonged periods this would be an activity hazard. Stay away from talking about glare or reflection, they would be equipment or location hazards. Similarly, sitting in one place for prolonged periods would be an activity hazard. If you talk about being in an uncomfortable position due to the nature of the chair, this would be an equipment hazard.
Here are some other activity hazards that you might encounter in an office environment:
- dealing with members of the public exposing people to the potential for aggression and violence.
- using software that they have not been trained to use leading to stress.
- using a keyboard to input data over a prolonged period causing RSIs.
- stooping to file in drawers under desks causing MSDs.
- placing things in high cupboards using a step stool leading to falls. Do not talk about the nature of the stool, that would be an equipment hazard and don’t talk about what you might fall on, that would be a location hazard.
- working under pressure, perhaps to tight time frames or working for a demanding boss, causing stress.
- using a binding machine for prolonged periods without a break leading to RSIs.
There are many, many more but this should give you some ideas. Make sure that what you are describing is related to the doing, not the equipment, location or substance.
Good luck with your IOSH Managing Safely project
In the IOSH Managing Safely project you are required to undertake a risk assessment. As a part of this process you will need to identify a number of hazards, including location hazards.
location hazards are those which are presented by the nature of the location e.g. your office space may be too warm leading to people feeling lethargic or even faint, it may be too bright causing headaches or eye strain or it may be poorly ventilated.
There are lots of other aspects of a location that could cause hazards such as the condition of the floor, people working in front of windows exposing them to direct sunlight or draughts, dusty environments or work areas that are too small for the tasks undertaken in them.
remember to be descriptive when identifying the location hazards. These hazards are not carried forward into parts 5 and 6. If the assessor cannot identify what you are considering it may mean that you get no points.
Good luck
Description of the work activity
Moving stationery from the stationery store to the office over a distance of 150 meters.
Description of the hazard
There is a constant demand for stationary in the office. consequently those involved in delivering the stationary are back and forth all day, repetitively. The way in which the stationary is stored also raises the need for twisting and stooping.
Work Activity
Manual Handling of stores
Hazard, Hazardous event and expected consequence
Manual handling of stationary, including repetition, twisting and stooping, which could cause fatigue leading to muscular skeletal disorders.
Further risk controls
Rotate the task so that no one person is involved in the delivery of stationary more than twice in any one day.
This would reduce the likelihood of fatigue and the resultant MSDs.
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