1. Managing Safely in Schools
Course Provider:
Clearwater Risk Management Ltd.

2. Introduction Generic IOSH Managing Safely
Framework for tailored version
Tailored versions already successfully for:
Police
Fire Service
Healthcare
IOSH introduction for those not familiar with the organisation / courses available.
Overview of the Managing Safely courses offered by IOSH
Success of IOSH managing safely tailored versions in other sectors.

3. Concept
Provide a nationally recognised course for health and safety management in schools.
Make the course available to employers for in-house training and individual schools through open courses.
Discussion of concept.
Benefits to employers, benefits to schools, benefits to delegates.

4. Target Audience Primary schools Secondary schools Special schools
Head teachers
Deputies
Others with health and safety roles
Self explanatory

5. What are the course aims?
Help raise standards in the local management of school safety
Ensure safety requirements are appreciated by those given individual management responsibilities
Enable delegates to review local systems against benchmarks
Improve use of existing controls through increased awareness and skills
Introduce new controls, implement changes
Emphasis on raising standards in compliance with their employers policy

6. Course Objectives - 1 Compare local arrangements with benchmarks
Produce local safety plans
Non-conformity management
Statutory requirements for reporting
Reactive monitoring techniques
Legal requirements for risk assessment
Practical use of risk assessment

7. Courses Objectives - 2 Paper-based systems v electronic systems
Control hierarchies for workplace precautions
Prepare and use active monitoring checklists
Understand the purposes of health and safety audits
Understand employer’s and individual responsibilities of HASAWA and Man Regs 99
Outline other relevant legislation
Procedures for management review
School-related hazards locally and nationally

8. Course Structure Module 1: Introduction Module 2: Reactive Monitoring
Module 3: Risk Assessment and Risk Control
Module 4: Health and Safety Legislation
Module 5: Active Monitoring
Module 6: Safety Management Systems
Module 7: Common Hazards
Assessment
Project
Overview on each module covering content

9. Module 7 - Common Hazards
Work-related stress
Work-related violence
Lone working
Educational visits
Control of contractors
Electricity
Fire safety
Manual handling
Asbestos
Housekeeping
Reason why these topics have been selected - i.e., HSE statistics, higher risk activities, common health and safety issues.
Ability to adapt module content to delegates or employer based on desired outcomes.
Each module covering national perspectives, both inside and outside the sector, legal requirements for the topic and key management activities required to manage the risk.
Comment about the information designed to complement the arrangements already in place in the school, not to contradict it. The course is designed to increase awareness of managers therefore raising compliance with employer’s arrangements using proactive, risk based strategies.

10. Course Delivery Day 1 - Module’s 1 and 2
Distance learning with support for remaining modules
Day 2 - Consolidation of work to date
Group exercises
Formal assessment
Project Preparation
Course duration - normally weeks
Designed to reduce costs to well below normal fees for IOSH courses run with 4 or 5 days attendance.
support will be with the course tutor,
Day 2 will involve group exercises to put into practice the skills developed during the course, e.g., general risk assessments and others including stress, manual handling etc....
Discussion of the project, noting that it will be based upon their own workplace allowing the project to be used as a tool for delegates on completion of the course.

11. Why Choose This Course? Quality Assured
Cost - only 2 days out of school
Demonstrate legal compliance
Content adapted for employers
Course content regularly updated
Essential tool for raising standards in educational management

12. Availability
In-house
Open courses - national dates available

13. Course Costs Open courses - £450.00 plus VAT per delegate.
In-house - savings available using employer’s venue

14. Further Details Information available after conference
Tel