Occupational Health and Safety Management Practice

Programme Summary

Develop a structured approach to managing occupational health and safety across everyday business activities. Participants connect governance, risk control, worker involvement and performance review through a progressive operational case. The course builds practical planning and assurance skills, including recognition of specialist support needs, and provides an original professional development programme rather than completion of an external general certificate qualification.

Training Objectives

1 Integrate safety responsibilities into operational management; 2 Apply systematic workplace risk control methods; 3 Coordinate occupational health and high risk interfaces; 4 Strengthen consultation competence and emergency arrangements; 5 Evaluate performance and prioritise sustainable improvements.

Learning Outcomes

1 Prepare an operational safety improvement plan; 2 Develop a defensible workplace risk assessment; 3 Define controls and verification responsibilities; 4 Evaluate incident and performance evidence; 5 Present a prioritised management review recommendation.

Target Audience

Safety Officers; HSE Coordinators; Operations Managers; Facilities Managers; Department Supervisors.

Target Industries

Manufacturing; Construction; Logistics and Warehousing; Facilities Management; Utilities; Hospitality Operations.

Course Contents

• Module 1 Safety Management Purpose: People business and operational consequences; Accountability and integrated management decisions; Scope of professional development and competence.
• Module 2 Responsibilities and Governance: Leadership roles and practical responsibilities; Applicable local duties and specialist advice; Contractor worker and stakeholder interfaces.
• Module 3 Worker Consultation and Culture: Participation trust and useful reporting; Organisational influences on safe behaviour; Communication across language and literacy needs.
• Module 4 Planning and Objectives: Baseline performance and significant risks; Measurable objectives and accountable action plans; Resources priorities and change implications.
• Module 5 Hazard Identification: Tasks equipment substances and work environment; Routine nonroutine and emergency conditions; People exposed and vulnerability considerations.
• Module 6 Risk Assessment: Consequence likelihood and uncertainty; Existing controls and residual exposure; Records review and competent escalation.
• Module 7 Control Hierarchy and Safe Systems: Elimination substitution and engineered protection; Administrative controls and supervision; Personal protection and residual risk limitations.
• Module 8 Competence and Operational Briefing: Task requirements training and authorisation; Induction instructions and understanding checks; Supervision handovers and changing conditions.
• Module 9 Workplace and Transport Safety: Access housekeeping storage and pedestrian routes; Vehicles loading and reversing interfaces; Workplace welfare and practical arrangements.
• Module 10 Equipment and Electrical Hazards: Machine guarding and safe intervention; Isolation principles and stored energy awareness; Electrical boundaries and competent specialist work.
• Module 11 Work at Height and Lifting: Avoidance planning and protective arrangements; Lifting operation roles and load interfaces; Limits of general management competence.
• Module 12 Chemical and Biological Exposure: Exposure routes and hazardous process emissions; Control selection and safe storage; Monitoring and specialist hygiene support.
• Module 13 Physical and Ergonomic Health Risks: Noise vibration heat and manual tasks; Work design and exposure reduction; Health surveillance and referral boundaries.
• Module 14 Psychosocial Risks and Fatigue: Workload control support and role clarity; Work schedules recovery and fatigue indicators; Organisational prevention and confidential support.
• Module 15 Contractor and Change Controls: Selection coordination and work monitoring; Temporary work and simultaneous operations; Change assessment and approval responsibilities.
• Module 16 Emergency Preparedness: Credible scenarios and response arrangements; Alarm evacuation communication and accountability; Exercises lessons and competent response limits.
• Module 17 Incident Investigation: Immediate protection and evidence collection; Systemic causes and barrier weaknesses; Corrective actions and effectiveness checks.
• Module 18 Monitoring and Assurance: Inspections control checks and performance indicators; Reactive data and reporting limitations; Action tracking and escalation of weaknesses.
• Module 19 Management Review and Improvement: Performance evidence and changing risk profile; Resources responsibilities and improvement decisions; Sustaining controls through follow up.
• Module 20 Safety Management Case: Integrating assessment controls and action plans; Prioritising specialist support and resources; Presenting a justified management improvement proposal.

Assessment

• 100 single best answer questions, including applied scenarios; one mark per question.
• 150 minute invigilated digital examination with identity verification. Approved accessibility adjustments preserve the assessed competence.
• Supplied reference pack and calculator permitted; external internet and AI prohibited.
• Individual applied assessment (90 minutes): Develop an individual safety improvement portfolio for a fictional workplace, including risk assessment, control verification, incident actions and a management review briefing.
• Assessment criteria: Integrated risk and control reasoning; Practical responsibilities and verification measures; Balanced management priorities and escalation.
• Pass each component separately: 75/100 written marks (75%) and at least 70% on the applied task.
• All mandatory criteria must pass: Escalate unresolved serious risk; Respect specialist competence boundaries.
• Individual results and feedback are provided. One reassessment may follow coaching under the published enrolment terms.

Certification

• Successful learners receive a TQCSI Arabia digital Certificate of Successful Completion.
• The certificate records the learner name, exact programme title, teaching hours, completion date and unique verification reference.
• Verified identity, full attendance and separate written and applied passes are required; all mandatory critical criteria must be met.
• Proposed issue target: within 30 calendar days of approved results and settlement of applicable fees.
• Records occupational safety management course learning; it is not an external general certificate, professional licence or appointment to specialist duties.
• Attendance confirmation may record completed hours for unsuccessful learners; it does not certify successful completion.

Programme Profile

Number of daysNumber of daysNumber of days

555

Total teaching hoursTotal teaching hoursTotal teaching hours

35 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.35 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.35 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.

Delegates allowedDelegates allowedDelegates allowed

Maximum 20 delegates.Maximum 20 delegates.Maximum 20 delegates.

Training prerequisitesTraining prerequisitesTraining prerequisites

Workplace experience and basic safety awareness are required. Experience supervising operations or supporting safety activities is recommended.Workplace experience and basic safety awareness are required. Experience supervising operations or supporting safety activities is recommended.Workplace experience and basic safety awareness are required. Experience supervising operations or supporting safety activities is recommended.

Pre course assignment and assessmentPre course assignment and assessmentPre course assignment and assessment

Complete a 45-minute safety diagnostic and review a fictional organisation’s activities, incidents and existing controls.Complete a 45-minute safety diagnostic and review a fictional organisation’s activities, incidents and existing controls.Complete a 45-minute safety diagnostic and review a fictional organisation’s activities, incidents and existing controls.

End of course assessmentEnd of course assessmentEnd of course assessment

100 question written exam (150 minutes) and individual applied task (90 minutes).100 question written exam (150 minutes) and individual applied task (90 minutes).100 question written exam (150 minutes) and individual applied task (90 minutes).

Passing criteriaPassing criteriaPassing criteria

75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance. All mandatory criteria must pass.75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance. All mandatory criteria must pass.75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance. All mandatory criteria must pass.