ritten-RRCStudyTextNEBOSHInternationalGeneralCertificateinOccupationalHealthandSafetyUnitIG1:ManagementofHealthandSafetySeptember2019NEBOSHINTERNATIONALGENERALCERTIFICATEINOCCUPATIONALHEALTHANDSAFETYUNITIG1IntroductiontotheCertificateCourseIntroductiontoUnitIG1Element1:WhyWeShouldManageWorkplaceHealthandSafetyElement2:HowHealthandSafetyManagementSystemsWorkandWhatTheyLookLikeElement3:ManagingRisk–UnderstandingPeopleandProcessesElement4:HealthandSafetyMonitoringandMeasuringUnitIG1:FinalRemindersSuggestedAnswerstoStudyQuestionsContributorDrJPhelpstead,BSc,PhD,CMIOSH©RRCInternationalAllrightsreserved.RRCInternationalisthetradingnameofTheRapidResultsCollegeLimited,TuitionHouse,27-37StGeorge’sRoad,London,SW194DS,UK.ThesematerialsareprovidedunderlicencefromTheRapidResultsCollegeLimited.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyform,orbyanymeans,electronic,electrostatic,mechanical,photocopiedorotherwise,withouttheexpresspermissioninwritingfromRRCPublishing.ForinformationonallRRCpublicationsandtrainingcourses,visit:www.rrc.co.ukRRC:IG1.1ISBNforthisvolume:978-1-912652-26-6FirsteditionSeptember2019ACKNOWLEDGMENTSRRCInternationalwouldliketothanktheNationalExaminationBoardinOccupationalSafetyandHealth(NEBOSH)fortheirco-operationinallowingustoreproduceextractsfromtheirsyllabusguides.ThispublicationcontainspublicsectorinformationpublishedbytheHealthandSafetyExecutiveandlicensedundertheOpenGovernmentLicencev.3(www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3).Everyefforthasbeenmadetotracecopyrightmaterialandobtainpermissiontoreproduceit.Ifthereareanyerrorsoromissions,RRCwouldwelcomenotificationsothatcorrectionsmaybeincorporatedinfuturereprintsoreditionsofthismaterial.Whilsttheinformationinthisbookisbelievedtobetrueandaccurateatthedateofgoingtopress,neithertheauthornorthepublishercanacceptanylegalresponsibilityorliabilityforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmaybemade.ContentsUnitIG1IntroductiontotheCertificateCourse1IntroductiontoUnitIG16Element1:WhyWeShouldManageWorkplaceHealthandSafetyMoralsandMoney1-3IntroductiontoKeyTerms1-3TheMoralReasonforManagingHealthandSafety1-3TheFinancialReasonforManagingHealthandSafety1-4RegulatingHealthandSafety1-7LegalReasonsforManagingWorkplaceHealthandSafety1-7TheInternationalFramework1-7Employers’Responsibilities1-8Workers’ResponsibilitiesandRights1-9TheRoleofEnforcementAgencies1-9ConsequencesofNon-Compliance1-10OtherInternationalStandards1-10SourcesofInformation1-11WhoDoesWhatinOrganisations1-12TheEmployer1-12TheSharedResponsibilitiesofJointOccupiersofPremises1-14ContractorManagement1-15Summary1-19ExamSkills1-20ContentsElement2:HowHealthandSafetyManagementSystemsWorkandWhatTheyLookLikeOccupationalHealthandSafetyManagementSystems2-3IntroductiontoOccupationalHealthandSafetyManagementSystems2-3ILO-OSH2001:TheILOOccupationalSafetyandHealthManagementSystem2-4ISO45001:TheOccupationalHealthandSafetyManagementSystemStandard2-5MakingtheManagementSystemWork–TheHealthandSafetyPolicy2-8IntroductiontoHealthandSafetyPolicies2-8TheThreePartsofaHealthandSafetyPolicy2-9ReviewingPolicy2-14Summary2-16ExamSkills2-17ContentsElement3:ManagingRisk–UnderstandingPeopleandProcessesHealthandSafetyCulture3-3HealthandSafetyCulture3-3RelationshipBetweenHealthandSafetyCultureandPerformance3-4IndicatorsofHealthandSafetyCulture3-5...