Competencies

IOSH is urging organisations to ensure line managers have access to OSH training after a new report revealed that one in five companies don’t train their line managers in health and safety.

The launch of IOSH’s Blueprint was a pivotal moment enabling members to assess their competencies using a fully structured assessment tool. Now we’re going a step further.

We talk to training providers about how they have adapted essential courses to cope with social distancing, including a rapid switch to virtual classrooms.

COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way we work; but it also requires an update to the way we train, too, writes Susan Dumas

Hundreds of OSH practitioners joined IOSH magazine for its live webinar earlier this week.

Máiréad Ni Chiarba CMIOSH reflects on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) using Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats.

IOSH is seeking members' views on the recommendations it is making in response to feedback received so far in its membership grades review.

Martin Temple CBE, chair of the UK Health and Safety Executive, outlines the future challenges for the OSH community and why preventative action is critical.

OSH professionals’ influence at board level has risen, helping organisations to meet a range of global challenges. But professionals must maintain the right skills to engage other parts of the business.

From ‘jobsworths with clipboards’ to seats at the boardroom table, OSH professionals have seen their role change dramatically, along with the nature of work itself.