Why Investing in IOSH Managing Safely Improves Your Company’s Reputation
Many businesses focus on their profits or their staff retention when they are considering success metrics, but reputation is a key driver for both of these and protecting the reputation of your business may be one of the most valuable ways to ensure its growth.
Your business is open to scrutiny from all angles, from shareholders to customers, and everyone is interested in the integrity of your business and how it operates in the world. It is easy to underestimate the importance of this, but it is vital to show that you take the health and safety of your employees and clients seriously.
Investing in IOSH Managing Safely is a great way to safeguard your reputation along with your workplace and personnel, providing you with a framework for health and safety training. This is a comprehensive way to underpin your organisation with credibility and professionalism, protecting you from preventable incidents that could damage your image and cost you dearly.
What is IOSH Managing Safely?
IOSH is an international chartered professional body for health and safety professionals, offering qualifications in health and safety to drive up standards and improve safety culture. IOSH training is exclusively delivered by accredited training providers. IOSH Managing Safely is designed to give managers and leaders the expertise they need to manage risk and maintain safety in the workplace.
IOSH Managing Safely includes:
- Identifying potential hazards
- Risk assessing
- Health and safety responsibilities
- Investigating accidents and near misses
- Measuring safety performance
- Embedding a positive safety culture
IOSH Managing Safely aims to provide practical and relevant health and safety training for several sectors, including construction, healthcare and education, and you can set yourself ahead of your competitors when you establish these high standards in your setting. Excelling in this area is particularly attractive to investors and partners, who specifically seek out stable, sustainable organisations with ethical management.
IOSH Managing Safely is a 3-day course, intended for all those who are managing or supervising health and safety practices in their organisation. It’s a high-impact, interactive safety training course that equips participants with the knowledge they need to carry out occupational health and safety duties in the workplace, ensuring legal compliance and best practice.
IOSH Builds Trust
As a business owner or manager, it is your responsibility to safeguard your team and anyone who accesses your workplace. We know that businesses that care for and protect their employees see higher levels of staff loyalty, motivation and retention, and that a good safety culture in your organisation makes a big difference to morale.
Once your company has a reputation for taking care of its staff, you are much more likely to attract talented professionals when vacancies arise. Companies with a strong safety culture are able to demonstrate their investment in the physical and mental well-being of their staff, and this is an important consideration for many people when they are job seeking. A business with excellent health and safety management is likely to become an industry leader, making IOSH Managing Safely training a competitive advantage that is a great investment in your future.
Protecting Your Business: Legal Compliance
In Ireland, there are many legal requirements to comply with, and this is key to raising safety standards across the country. Failure to comply with legal requirements can lead to prosecution and hefty fines, and could even cost you your good reputation and your livelihood. Ensuring compliance evidences your professionalism and shows strong management and organisation within your business.
IOSH Managing Safely is designed to ensure that managers understand their legal responsibilities and the crucial importance of risk assessments, as well as how to implement safe systems of work. Documentation and record keeping are vital to consider, and the training covers the most efficient ways to document and demonstrate compliance with the law. Comprehensive record keeping enables your business to demonstrate due diligence and shows your investors and interested parties that you are actively managing safety at all times.
Managing Safety to Protect Your Interests
Here at ASM, we are committed to helping your business grow, and the financial implications of embedding high standards of health and safety throughout your organisation are crucial here. Accidents and staff illness time can be costly for businesses, and the cost of lost productivity is especially high. There are many factors to take into account, including:
- Staff absence
- Recruitment costs
- Equipment damage
- Investigation protocols
- Legal fees
- Loss of productivity
- Higher insurance premiums
- Loss of potential business
All of these factors can contribute to significant expenses for your business, and you can protect your finances as well as your reputation when you work with us to embed IOSH Managing Safely into your training schedule.
Your reputation matters, and we can help you to make the improvements you need to protect it and ensure that your health and safety practices are sustainable. Getting it right means you will improve safety culture throughout your organisation, which is great news for employee wellbeing and productivity, and may also enable you to access reduced insurance premiums.
Work With Our Professional Health and Safety Consultants at ASM
Here at ASM, we aim to drive up health and safety standards across Ireland with our comprehensive health and safety training courses. We can deliver the training you and your staff need, in convenient locations or in your workplace, and we offer a wide range of courses from SafePass certification to First Aid. We can provide specialist training for individuals who are working in high-risk roles, such as working at height and manual handling, and all of our training is quality assured.
Our team of experienced Health and Safety experts includes Safety Consultants and Safety Officers who can work with your organisation on a short or long-term basis to carry out audits, risk assessments and gap analyses, and you can outsource this role full or part-time. We have the expert knowledge and practical experience you need to ensure that your employees and your reputation are protected at all times. Call us today to find out more.
