Short videos from IOSH explaining the foundations of good occupational safety and health practice

Build your occupational safety and health knowledge and competence with the IOSH health and safety fundamentals video series. Duncan Spencer CFIOSH, Head of Advice and Practice at IOSH, guides you through the foundations of the profession in five short chapters.

You’ll learn how to think like a professional and avoid common mistakes when managing safety and health risks in the workplace.

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Episode 1 – What is competency

What competency means in occupational safety and health and how you can develop it.

Episode 2 – Reasonable judgement

How competency helps you create the arguments and reasons needed to support your decision making.

Episode 3 – Reasonable foresight

Using competency to predict future risks and how to test your decision making.

Episode 4 – Reasonable practicability

How far you should go to control a safety and health risks and when to stop introducing further controls.

Episode 5 – More on reasonable practicability

Relating this concept to ideas of zero harm and continuous improvement, including common mistakes.

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“I recommend these videos for anyone wishing to learn or revise the basics in occupational safety and health management. We cover the concepts that underpin the everyday concerns and actions of a competent professional.”

Duncan Spencer CFIOSH • Head of Advice and Practice • IOSH

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Adapted from article on IOSH website here: https://iosh.com/guidance-and-resources/professionals/health-and-safety-fundamentals