Which Health & Safety Leadership course is best for your organisation?
An Organisation’s Health and Safety culture starts at the top.
That’s why health and safety training for directors and organisation leaders is essential for successful safety practices. A specialised training course can help directors lead by example, provide guidance where needed and effectively improve safety practices across the whole organisation. With Phoenix, leaders can choose between IOSH Leading Safely and the NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health & Safety Leadership Excellence. In this blog we’ll compare these courses, so you know which one best suits your needs.
IOSH Leading Safely
Covering everything leaders need to know about safety legislation and how leadership can improve safety practices, IOSH Leading Safely can be studied In-house by groups of four or more delegates. The course can be studied in just one day and involves developing an action plan and personal commitment, giving leaders immediate actions to take to improve their organisation’s health and safety practices.
NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health & Safety Leadership Excellence
Designed by NEBOSH (the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), the Certificate in Health & Safety Leadership Excellence gives directors and leaders all the tools they need to develop their leadership skills. It details various leadership styles and different actions leaders can take to have a positive impact on the workforce, as well as how to effectively develop your leadership skills.
The course can be studied in-house by four or more delegates, or by a sole delegate via E-learning, making it ideal for smaller organisations with fewer individuals in leadership positions.
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IOSH Leading Safely vs NEBOSH Leadership Excellence
Having now covered both courses, you’ll see that the content they cover us very similar, as are the objectives of the individual courses. However, there are a few key differences between them. Firstly, although they can both be studied in-house, meaning that you would need at least 4 delegates to book a course, the NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Leadership Excellence can also be studied via E-learning, making it suitable for smaller organisations with less than 4 individuals in leadership positions. This also offers greater flexibility when studying the course.
The second key difference is the overall focus of each course. Although they both cover the same general content, IOSH Leading Safely is more focused on safety legislation and how leadership can improve the safety practices of an organisation. The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Leadership Excellence, on the other hand, has a greater focus on improving the leadership skills of delegates, discussing practices and techniques effective leaders often utilise. Depending on the goals of your organisation and its leaders, this may help decide which of the courses to choose.
Health & Safety Training for Directors
Providing health and safety training courses to organisation leaders and directors is one of the most effective ways to improve practices and the safety culture of an organisation. By simply being aware of legislative requirements and best practice, leaders can help enforce and encourage effective safety practices. Using training to improve leadership skills can also help motivate workers and managers alike, making leadership training an excellent choice for any organisation.
With Phoenix your organisation leaders can study the NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health & Safety Leadership Excellence or IOSH Leading Safely, getting them all the safety knowledge and skills they need in a single course.
If you have any questions about the courses, or are unsure which is best for your organisation, speak to a member of our team.