Course Description
This Managing Occupational Health online course explains the key elements, procedures, and activities involved in successful Occupational Health and Safety Management in the workplace.
The course shows how professional Occupational Health and Safety Management benefits individuals and organisations.
It will investigate workplace health models, including the basic criteria of the World Health Organisation model.
You’ll discover the importance of a Health Needs Assessment and how it leads to the development of a Heath Management Strategy.
On a more practical level, the course will look at hazards, risks, controls, and ‘Safe Systems of Work’ and the role played by health risk assessments.
Turning to workplace well-being, we’ll explain how to promote healthy lifestyles and positive mental health.
You’ll learn how to manage absences from work, both authorised and unauthorised, how to create an official Attendance Policy, manage the return-to-work process and deal effectively with absenteeism.
Finally, the course discusses the steps needed to develop and build a strong health and well-being culture, including leadership, communication, work-life balance, and embracing change.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Understand what Occupational Health and Safety is, along with the benefits of promoting a healthy organisation.
Create Health Management Strategies and collaborate with professionals for effective implementation.
Define Employee well-being, and risk factors, and understand the importance of promoting a positive culture around occupational health.
Create Risk assessments and understand when and where they are needed and the process to create effective assessments.
Target Audience
This Managing Occupational Health course is aimed at supervisors and managers who are responsible for the health and wellbeing of their employees.
Advantages of occupational health and wellbeing courses
Creating a culture of health, safety, and wellbeing in the workplace increases staff morale and ensures a high level of retention.
Online training is flexible, efficient, and cost-effective, meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time, so they can fit in the training around their work and personal life.
Further Progression
Other business skills and health and safety courses would be a great follow-up to this one, especially Leadership Skills, Developing Teamwork, and Health and Safety in the Workplace.
| Module Name | Pass % Required |
| 1. Occupational Health Basics | 70 |
| 2. Health Risk Assessments | 70 |
| 3. The Health Risk Assessment Process | 70 |
| 4. Long-Term Personal or Health Conditions | 70 |
| 5. Employee Well-being | 70 |
| 6. Substance Misuse | 70 |
| 7. Managing Absence | 70 |
| 8. Creating A Culture | 70 |
Recommended System Requirements
• Browser: Up-to-date web browser
• Video: Up-to-date video drivers
• Memory: 1Gb+ RAM
• Download Speed: Broadband (3Mb+)
Duration:
90 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions).