IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing

The course will be broken down into the following modules:

- A healthy company
- Health risk management
- Fitness for work
- Wellbeing

On completion of the course delegates will be able to:

- State what health management is and explain why it makes good business sense to have a good health profile
- Summarise occupational safety and health and employment requirements and describe what to consider in a health needs assessment
- Describe how the vision and direction of an organisation influence health and wellbeing in the workplace
- Relate health hazards to different categories and explain their causes and impact
- Carry out a health risk assessment identifying the hazards, risks and controls and recognise any specific health risks that need to be prioritised
- Explain ways to monitor health risks in a risk management process and state who can provide help with managing occupational health and wellbeing issues
- List types of common non-work-related physical and mental health conditions and describe how they impact fitness for work
- Describe the requirements and types of health assessments for specific worker groups
- Describe the components of a drug and alcohol policy and testing process and explain how to manage results
- Explain ways to conduct absence management and recognise the benefits of getting people back to work
- Explain the aims and business benefits of a workplace wellbeing programme and how to promote and monitor it
- Describe easy health choices and how they can enable a healthy lifestyle
- Recognise mental health issues and explain how to approach the employee to find a way forward
- Describe how the workplace culture and leaders’ attitudes and behaviours influence overall wellbeing.