IOSH Training

There is no expiry date on IOSH Managing Safely® and IOSH Working Safely® certificates. As they are awareness-level courses, they do not ‘expire’; however, we do recommend as best practice that delegates update around the 3-5 year mark, and there is a one-day refresher course available for this.

Yes, for Managing Safely®, Working Safety® and Managing Safely® Refresher—to be completed on the last day of the course.

For Managing Safety®, you will also be required to complete a workplace risk assessment project within 2 weeks of the date of the last day of the course.

The majority of the questions are multiple-choice with a small number of free format questions.

The Working Safely® Assessment consists of 2 parts: Part A is multiple choice, and Part B covers identifying hazards and controls.

For Managing Safely® Refresher,  there is an invigilated, closed-book, end-of-course multi-format question paper. As well as attending all six modules in the Managing Safely Refresher, delegates much achieve the minimum mark on the multi-format assessment paper – this is 20 out of 32.

Managing Safely®, Working Safely® and Managing Safely® Refresher are closed-book assessments, but there is no time limit—delegates can take the time they need to complete it on the day.

You are allowed 1 resit if you fail to achieve the required pass mark. This will be discussed with you at the time, and mutually acceptable arrangements will be made for the resit. There will be no additional charge for this.

To deliver IOSH courses, the trainer must:

• Be a Technical Member of IOSH.
• Be up to date with their continuing professional development (CPD).
• Have a level 3 adult training qualification on a regulated framework or have completed the IOSH Train the Trainer course.
• Have two years of substantial face-to-face training experience.

These are held and kept secure by the organisation’s training department for a period of 6 weeks following the issue of certificates, after which time they are destroyed.

We will require evidence that you have previously undertaken the full training course and verify your training certificate.  Please email [email protected] with your certificate number, along with your name as it appears on the certificate. If you completed your training with us, we would have a record and therefore you will not need to present their certificate.

Certificates are usually received approximately 6 weeks from the end of the course.

No

Your trainer will carry out the first marking of the assessment paper and project. This will be followed by a second marker to confirm accuracy and verify the final mark.

IOSH may, from time to time, ask to moderate some of the papers.

Should you be unhappy with the mark you have been awarded, you will have recourse to an appeals procedure. If you wish to appeal, please visit https://iosh.com/about/legal/policies/ao-policies.

Only delegates that who have previously attended the full IOSH Managing Safely® course can attend the refresher course.  

For those who have not taken the refresher within five years or more, it is advisable to retake the entire IOSH Managing Safely course. This ensures you are up to date with the latest safety practices, legal responsibilities, and risk management techniques. 

You will not be issued with a certificate if you do not attend all six modules and/or not achieve the minimum pass mark for the assessment.

However, you will be given the option to re-sit a different assessment paper which must be completed within 20 days of the date of the original assessment.

Course results may be shared with you on request for discussion.

Yes, there is an invigilated, closed-book, end-of-course multi-format question paper. As well as attending all six modules in the Managing Safely Refresher, delegates much achieve the minimum mark on the multi-format assessment paper – this is 20 out of 32.