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Homework answers / question archive /   Health and Safety Management Principles and Policy   Unit Reference Number H/617/7539 Unit Title Health and Safety Management Principles and Policy Unit Level 6 Number of Credits 8 Total Qualification Time (TQT)  80 hours  Guided Learning Hours (GLH) 30 Mandatory / Optional Mandatory Unit Grading Structure Pass / Fail     Unit Aims   The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of the key principles of health and safety policy, the internal, external and change factors that influence practice, and how these are operationalised in an organisation’s health and safety systems

  Health and Safety Management Principles and Policy   Unit Reference Number H/617/7539 Unit Title Health and Safety Management Principles and Policy Unit Level 6 Number of Credits 8 Total Qualification Time (TQT)  80 hours  Guided Learning Hours (GLH) 30 Mandatory / Optional Mandatory Unit Grading Structure Pass / Fail     Unit Aims   The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of the key principles of health and safety policy, the internal, external and change factors that influence practice, and how these are operationalised in an organisation’s health and safety systems

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Health and Safety Management Principles and Policy

 

Unit Reference Number

H/617/7539

Unit Title

Health and Safety Management Principles and Policy

Unit Level

6

Number of Credits

8

Total Qualification Time (TQT) 

80 hours 

Guided Learning Hours (GLH)

30

Mandatory / Optional

Mandatory

Unit Grading Structure

Pass / Fail

 

 

Unit Aims

 

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of the key principles of health and safety policy, the internal, external and change factors that influence practice, and how these are operationalised in an organisation’s health and safety systems. Learners will also develop the knowledge and skills to undertake a critical review of an organisations health and safety policy.

 

 

Learning Outcomes, Assessment Criteria and Indicative Content

 

Learning Outcomes- The learner will:

Assessment Criteria- The learner can:

Indicative Content

1. Understand the principles of health and

safety management and its organisational systems.

1.1 Explain the role of performance objectives and targets in effective health and safety management.

1.2 Explain in detail the key aspects of effective health and safety nu.

1.3 Evaluate the use of recording and communication systems to identify, manage, and distribute relevant health and safety information.

1.4 Critically evaluate an organisation’s health and safety management system including its

  • SMART objectives and targets for health and safety management, their importance.
  • The key aspects of a health and safety management system, eg ILO-OSH-2001 Guidelines on Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. ILO, 2001; ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems).
  • The roles of a management system: communicate and manage information at the right time to the right people, recording activities for various roles and

 

 

integration with other management systems (eg quality, human resources, etc), and recommend future developments.

responsibilities, managing inputs and outputs of information

    Advantages/limitations of integration of H&S management system with other organisational systems, eg quality management system, etc.

2. Understand the principles of health and safety policy.

 

2.1 Justify the moral, legal and financial need for health and safety policies in an organisation.

2.2 Articulate the key impacts of an organisation’s health and safety policies on a range of stakeholders in the organisation.

2.3 Explain the information and consultation required for the purpose of health and safety policy development at all organisational levels.

2.4 Outline the objectives of a health and safety policy document.

2.5 Explain how a health and safety policy document drives a health and safety management system in an organisation. 

  • Moral justification for H&S policy: the concept of reasonable care, cultural attitudes. Legal justification for H&S policy: preventative, punitive, the compensatory effects of law, self-regulation. Financial justification for H&S policy: the costs of accidents, incidents and ill-health, insurance, financial benefits of good management.
  • Key stakeholders in the organisation (internal and external) and impact of policy on these:

communications, timeliness of communications, systems.

  • Information sources (professional bodies, etc) Consultation of staff and stakeholders in policy development
  • Key objectives and structure of a health and safety policy document.
  • How organisational policy drives the set-up and configuration of management systems.

3. Be able to conduct a critical review of a health and safety policy in an organisation.

3.1 Conduct a critical review of a health and safety policy in an organisation.

N/A

4. Be able to assess internal and external factors that influence health and safety practices.

 

4.1 Assess the internal and external factors, including change factors, that affect occupational health and safety policies and practice.

4.2 Recommend actions for organisational practice that takes account of the internal and external influencing factors.

  • Internal factors affecting health and safety policy in an organisation: Organisation size and type, finance, production targets, trade unions/employee collectives, organisational goals and culture, job role, etc.
  • External factors affecting health and safety policy in an organisation: legislation, enforcement, legal tribunals, contracts, customers, contractors, trade unions, insurance companies, cultural/societal attitudes.

Assessment 

 

To achieve a ‘pass’ for this unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria.

 

Learning Outcomes to be met

Assessment criteria to be covered

Type of assessment

Assessment parameters

1

All

Case study of management system

1500 – 2500 words

2, 3, 4

All

Policy Review 

3000 – 4000 words

 

 

Indicative reading list 

 

Almond, P. and Esbester, M. (2016) ‘The changing legitimacy of health and safety, 1960– 2015: understanding the past, preparing for the future’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 14(1), pp. 81–96. doi: 10.1080/14773996.2016.1231868

 

Bornstein, S. and Hart, S. (2010) ‘Evaluating Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems: A Collaborative Approach’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 8(1), pp. 61–76. doi: 10.1080/14774003.2010.11667742.

 

British Standards Institution (2018) Occupational health and safety management systems: requirements with guidance for use.

 

FERRETT, E., & HUGHES, P. (2016). International health and safety at work.

 

Hasle, P. (2011) ‘When health and safety interventions meet real-life challenges’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 9(1), pp. 3–16. doi:

10.1080/14774003.2011.11667753.

 

Leka, S. et al. (2016) ‘Future challenges of occupational safety and health policy-making in the UK’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 14(1), pp. 65–80. doi: 10.1080/14773996.2016.1231871.

 

Pinder, J. et al. (2016) ‘Occupational safety and health and smaller organisations: research challenges and opportunities’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 14(1), pp. 34– 49. doi: 10.1080/14773996.2016.1239357.

 

Wadsworth, E. and Walters, D. (2014) ‘The Determinants of Workplace Health and Safety Practice in the UK’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 12(2), pp. 3–22. doi: 10.1080/14774003.2014.11667801.

 

Walters, D. (2003) ‘Policy and Practice in Health and Safety: a new journal’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 1(1), pp. 1–7. doi:

10.1080/14774003.2003.11667627.

 

Waterson, P. (2016) ‘Bridging the gap between research, policy and practice in health and safety’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 14(2), pp. 97–98. doi: 10.1080/14773996.2016.1261814.

 

Waterson, P. and Dingwall, R. (2016) ‘Health and safety in a changing world’, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 14(1), pp. 1–6. doi:

10.1080/14773996.2016.1238065.

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