Element 2: How Health and Safety Management Systems Work and What They Look Like

2.1 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems

Explain the PDCA cycle:

What are the elements of ILO-OSH 2001: The ILO Occupational Safety and Health Management System?
What are the elements of ISO 45001: The Occupational Health and Safety Management System
Standard?

What are the benefits of achieving ISO certification to an organisation?

2.2 Making the Management System Work – The Health and Safety Policy

Introduction to Health and Safety Policies

Explain the three parts of a health and safety policy

Give examples of health and safety aims in an organisation

What factors should be considered when setting an organisations health and safety objectives/targets?
Identify examples of general arrangements that can be included in the organisations health and safety
policy.

Identify examples of specific arrangements that can be included in the organisations health and safety
policy.

Give reasons why a health and safety policy should be reviewed?