Keeping the Workplace Safe: A Training Course in the Foundations of Occupational Safety Programs (Online / Remote)
1Summary
Workplace accidents rarely happen because people don't care about safety — they happen because safety isn't built into the system from the start. This training course, delivered according to International Labour Organization approaches to occupational safety, gives participants the foundations needed to make safety systematic rather than accidental, regardless of how many workers they manage or what kind of work is involved.
Participants examine how exposure to organic, chemical, or physical hazards typically happens — often through unfamiliarity with modern equipment — and learn to build a legislative-style framework of safety foundations that protects people before an incident occurs, not after.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend
- Managers of production and operational processes.
- Staff working in health, risk, and security management.
- Owners of factories and workshops, particularly those involving hazardous work.
What You Will Be Able to Do
- Place new employees in roles that suit them safely and correctly.
- Train new employees on the right way to carry out their work.
- Monitor workers consistently to keep performance safe and correct.
- Identify prevention methods available on site and train workers to use them.
- Apply risk assessment methods and know when precautions are needed.
3Course Content
Module 1: Managing a Safety Program and Engaging Workers
- The core components of managing an occupational safety program.
- Practical ways to involve workers in the safety program itself.
Module 2: Building a Healthy Work Environment
- What a genuinely healthy work environment looks like in practice.
- Removing common sources of organic, chemical, and physical exposure.
Module 3: Training, Supervision and the Safety Officer's Role
- Running effective training and supervision operations.
- The duties and responsibilities of the occupational safety officer.
Module 4: Risk Assessment Methods and Categories
- Core methods for assessing workplace risk.
- Categories of risk assessment, and why assessment matters in the first place.
Module 5: Precautions, Policy and Timing
- Precautions needed to avoid identified risks.
- How risk connects to the organization's own policies and procedures.
- Choosing the right time to take precautions.
Module 6: Certification and Fieldwork in Risk Assessment
- Methods for certifying risk assessments and required precautions.
- Handling risks that arise from negligence or misconduct.
- Field work practices for carrying out a risk assessment on site.