Organisational factors in health and safety-Syllabus

• Internal & external influences
• Internal/external influences on health & safety
• Types of Organisations
• Organisations and health & safety management
• Organising for health and safety (HSG65)
• The 4 Cs
• Third party control
• Identification of third parties
• Contractors
• Control of contractors
• Decided cases
• Contractor vetting
• CDM Regulations
• Consultation with employees
• Formal consultation
• Safety Representative and Safety Committees Regulations 1977
• Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees Regulations 1996

• Informal consultation
• Role of H&S Professional
• Provision of information and development of
• information systems
• Provision of information
• Legislation
• Internal/external sources of information
• Description of H&S Culture and climate
• Organisational cultural factors/individual behaviour
• Influence of organisational structures
• Charles Handy
• Description of factors affecting H&S culture
• Culture indicators/attitude surveys
• Positive culture
• Negative culture
• Changing culture