IOSH Managing Safely

Benefits of IOSH Managing Safely

Benefits for Individuals

• Helps you understand your responsibilities for health and safety
• Internationally recognised and respected qualification to add to your CV
• Shows employers you can assess and manage risk and hazards.

Benefits from employers 

• Gives you assurance that managers have a knowledge of health, safety and risk in the workplace 
• Increases staff productivity and attendance
• Demonstrates your commitment to excellent health and safety standards to stakeholders. 

We offer weekend and weekday batches to offer flexibility in the way you learn.

• Weekend Batch: 8 November 2025 to 22 November 2025 (3 days)
• Weekday Evening Batch: 8 December 2025 to 17 December 2025 (6 days)
• Weekend Batch: 10 January 2026 to 24 January 2026 (3 days)

World Class Experience

We are one of the top global leaders in health, safety, wellbeing and environment training. We pride ourselves on creating a positive learning experience for all our students. With expert trainers, exceptional pass rates and innovative, engaging materials, it is no wonder our students rate us as excellent. IOSH Managing Safely® students studying with us can complete their assessment online with immediate results.

Exceptional Study Support

Throughout your studies, you will receive continuous support from our team.

Students get free access to all our excellent online interactive digital learning resources and Study Support Hub, with additional resources, tutor guidance and forums to talk with tutors and other learners. From the very start of your studies, our expert tutors are committed to guiding you through your qualification, providing supportive learning and application of your knowledge in real-world scenarios, enabling you to confidently achieve your qualification. 

Why we care

You will be joining our large cohort of students who have successfully completed their professional development with us. You will also be supporting our global charitable activities in our dedication to making sure no-one is injured or made ill through their work.

Pass promise

We are so confident in our IOSH Managing Course, that we are offering you a pass promise. In the unlikely event you don’t pass first time, we will continue to support you, provide access to our digital resources and free tutor support to help you prepare for your next exams.

Students studying with us also benefit from:

• Market leading pass rates
• Unique study support Hub
• Pass Promise
• Free exam prep sessions
• Free tutor surgeries
• Flexible learning methods
• Online assessment with immediate results - unique to the British Safety Council

Be awarded a Managing Safely certificate from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the world’s largest health and safety membership organisation

This certificate offers a distinct advantage to anyone holding or seeking a managerial or supervisory position.

Requirements:

There are no entry requirements for this certificate, however it is important that learners have a suitable standard of English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the course.

Modules

The course is arranged into seven modules

• Introducing managing safely
• Understanding your responsibilities
• Identifying hazards
• Assessing risks
• Controlling risks
• Investigating accidents and incidents
• Measuring performance.

Assessments

Regardless of your chosen route of study, you will have the option to complete all your assessments online - receiving instant results and feedback. We are the only organisation that offers this innovative approach to your studies.

To achieve your IOSH Managing safely certificate you must complete two assessments:

• An online 30 multi-format questionnaire.
• A work-based risk assessment task. We will provide you with a workplace scenarios to base your assessment on. So, if you are working at home or have no access to a workplace, we can help you turn the knowledge you have learned and apply it in a practical working environment

Whether you are studying digital, virtual classroom or in a physical classroom, you will have the option to complete online at no extra cost.

Results

• You will receive your results instantly when completing your assessments online.
• You will receive your digital certificate within 8 weeks of the successful completion of your online assessment.

Course level

Whilst no prior knowledge of health and safety is required, it is recommended that students have a good standard of English.

Professional recognition 

Certificate from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) for Managing Safely.

Learning progression - what's next?

Once completed, our students often continue their studies by completing a NEBOSH National General Certificate or Foundation in IEMA, or sometimes broadening their knowledge with our shorter courses, such as BSC Risk Assessments.

British Safety Council will:

• Use suitably qualified and experienced tutors to deliver the tuition
• Cover all the specification learning outcomes
• Provide or direct you to the information you need to pass the qualification
• Provide you with expert advice on revision and examination technique
• Respond in a timely manner to any queries
• Be diligent and courteous at all times

You must:

• Attend all scheduled sessions
• Contribute to group discussions in a positive manner
• Endeavour to be active, rather than passive in terms of learning
• Complete the required number of revision hours
• Pay particular attention to advice regarding revision and examination technique
• Bring any learning difficulties to our attention at the earliest opportunity.

Get all the benefits of structured classroom learning but with the convenience of the digital world, studying where you like.

• Study anywhere with the benefit of a tutor and digital resources
• Engage with group discussions
• Interact with our expert tutors

We offer weekend and weekday batches to offer flexibility in the way you learn.

• Weekend Batch: 8 November 2025 to 22 November 2025 (3 days)
• Evening Batch: 8 December 2025 to 17 December 2025 (6 days)
• Weekend Batch: 10 January 2026 to 24 January 2026 (3 days)

The IOSH Managing Safely Digital Learning programme allows you to study at your own pace and in your own time.

Our online programme includes tutorial videos, a digital textbook, interactive exercises, 3D hazard spotting exercises and practice questions to make sure you are fully prepared for your assessment. You will also have access to our Study Support Hub, full of additional technical and soft skill resources to assist you with your study techniques and overcome procrastination and self-doubt, to enable you to excel in your learning.

You will also have free, unlimited access, to our Study Support tutors and can engage in our student forum community. The examination and workplace-based assignment are taken online.

Either virtual class or we can visit your workplace or a third party venue and deliver this 3-day course on dates of your choice.

A cost-effective method that can be tailored to your organisation, creating a study community with your colleagues, building team relationships and discussing hazards and risks relevant to your organisation. The examination and workplace-based assignment are taken online.

Our dedicated account managers can guide you through the options that suit your organisation to support your learning requirements.

A: Finding out which IOSH course is right for you will depend on your job role. If you are a manager, supervisor or team leader, or if you are in any way responsible for the safety of others at work, the IOSH Managing Safely course is recommended.

A: The IOSH Working Safely qualification is suitable for all workers and is completed through a one-day course in the classroom or typically takes three hours of online study.

The IOSH Managing Safely course takes place over three days in the classroom, or approximately 21 hours of online study, and is designed for those responsible for the safety and well-being of one or more person in the workplace.

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A: The cost of your IOSH course will be shared after you connect with our advisory team. The course fee will depend on how the learner undertakes their training: digital learning, virtual classroom, or at your workplace.

A: All British Safety Council courses are taught by our highly-trained tutors with extensive industry experience. Students will benefit from the British Safety Council’s 60 years of industry knowledge and first-class customer support.

A: How quickly you start your IOSH Managing Safely training depends on the method you choose. 

Online - you can start your training today. Contact our advisory team to purchase the course and you will receive immediate access to the course.

Virtual Classroom or live online - we have courses running in November, December and in January. You can enrol in the upcoming batches. 

In your workplace - speak to an account manager to find the next available date for an experienced trainer to visit you and your colleagues.

A: The IOSH training courses are assessed in different ways. The IOSH Working Safely course is assessed through multi-format questions as well as a multiple-choice hazard-spotting exercise. The Managing Safely qualification is assessed through questions and an interactive quiz.

Learners will also need to complete a practical exercise based on the operations of a real business.

A: You do not need to supply your own study materials for your IOSH course.

Learners doing the online course will be provided with all the necessary information online, while those doing the classroom-based course will be provided with the appropriate learning materials.

A: The IOSH Managing Safely course and assessment can be undertaken online.

A: Our online programme includes interactive exercises, has industry leading pass rates and is available immediately.

A: An IOSH Managing Safely certificate is valid for life.

We will continue to offer you support and access to resources until you pass. We will provide two free attempts on your assessment, thereafter the assessment fees are not included.