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How an IOSH Managing Safely Course can benefit your company
Richard Jaques • Aug 19, 2019
Sending staff on an IOSH Managing Safely Course is beneficial to both the individual and company involved. There are 5 major reasons why the course will give your company a valuable return on investment.
1. Reduced absence
Businesses with poor health and safety procedures have reduced productivity when staff experience workplace injuries. As well as costing money in downtime, there is also the possibility of legal costs being incurred. Having IOSH Managing Safely Training Courses, qualified staff will help ensure your business has reduced disruption and financial costs.
2. Benefits of risk assessment knowledge
Anybody completing the course will have an increased understanding of general risk assessment strategies in the workplace. They will also understand how and why potential hazards have evolved and how to prevent them going forward. Therefore, any past mistakes will be not repeated in the future. Improved safety levels lead to improved efficiency, higher productivity and profitability.
3. Staff confidence
Having responsibility for health and safety in the workplace increases an employee’s leadership skills and general confidence. The individual will feel more valuable, adding to the feel-good factor that leads to a happier workplace environment.
4. Collective responsibility
When several people in your business have completed the IOSH Managing Safely Course, there can be an ensuing collective responsibility for maintaining health and safety standards. This improves teamwork skills and fosters a sense of mutual care in the workplace. Also, when staff are taking active responsibility to stay safe, it eases the burden on more senior managers, giving them one less thing to worry about.
5. Enhanced reputation within the supply chain
By showing that your business takes health and safety issues responsibly, potential clients and partners in the supply chain will take you more seriously. They will be more likely to do business with you when they know there is less risk of downtime and inefficiency occurring.
Overall, the IOSH Managing Safely course is an internationally respected certificate that shows that you treat your employees’ well-being and business’s productivity with the utmost respect.
If you would like to learn more about IOSH Managing Safely Training and other courses that can help your workplace contact us
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