Occupational Health and Safety Level 4
The NVQ in Occupational Health and Safety Level 4 has been developed for candidates working in the general area of health and safety, those managing a health and safety function and managers having a significant responsibility for safety.
Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements, however, candidates must ideally be involved in general health and safety advisory or a management role. The NVQ Level 4 is conducted at a number of taught sessions at Line Business Services offices in Keynsham, where candidates will be given specific guidance on the subjects and shown how to produce a portfolio of evidence, based on course work and practice.
Successful candidates will, after the qualifying period and an interview with IOSH, be eligible for entry into The Institution of Occupational Health at Member level.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, candidates will be able to:
- Apply management principles and practices to health and safety issues
- Set practicable health and safety objectives and be able to plan and implement courses to achieve those objectives
- Recognise risks present in the workplace and be able to set appropriate control measures
- Take account of risks posed by human factors
- Ensure that adequate information, instruction, training and supervision is provided within the workplace
- Investigate all incidents involving injury or damage in order to determine the causes and to take appropriate remedial actions
- Communicate effective on health and safety issues with superiors, work people and health and safety professionals
- Understand the main legal responsibilities of employers and managers and to act to fulfil them
In order to achieve the award you must be successful in achieving success in the 13 mandatory units -
401 - Evaluate and develop own practice
402 - Promote a positive health and safety culture
403 - Develop and implement the health and safety policy
404 - Develop and implement effective communication systems for health and safety information
405 - Develop and maintain individual and organisational competence in health and safety matters
406 - Identify and evaluate health and safety hazards
407 - Assess health and safety risks
408 - Determine and implement health and safety risk control measures
409 - Develop and implement active monitoring systems for health and safety
410 - Develop and implement reactive monitoring systems for health and safety
411 - Develop and implement health and safety emergency response systems and procedures
412 - Develop and implement health and safety review systems
413 - Develop and implement health and safety audit systems
Programme Details
An introductory day will be held at Keynsham. During this day candidates will:-
- be introduced to the NVQ system
- gain an understanding of the health and safety NVQ
- conduct and audit of their current competence
- develop an action plan for the completion of the NVQ
- learn how to develop a portfolio of evidence
Support tutorials will be held at monthly intervals following the induction day during which facilitators will:-
- explain the requirements of each Unit of Competence - one unit per session
- outline the key areas of the domain knowledge and understanding
- discuss the various forms of evidence available
- assist candidates to develop their initial action plans
- assist candidates to develop their portfolios of evidence
- assess any completed units of the NVQ
Note: For further information or to obtain a quotation contact Line Business Services on 0117 986 2194