Unit code: L6D01
Credit value: 13
Guided Learning Hours (GLH): 60
Total Unit Time (TQT): 130 hours
L6D01 builds the strategic knowledge and leadership behaviours needed to design, embed and continuously improve an organisation-wide OSH management approach. Learners will:
Evaluate OSH legal frameworks (international, regional and local), including hard vs soft law and common vs civil law traditions, and assess their relevance to organisational operations.
Justify the benefits of compliance and “beyond compliance” (legal, moral, financial and reputational) to influence senior decision-makers and drive improvement.
Translate legal and governance requirements into practice through policies, roles, accountability, and assurance arrangements.
Apply advanced risk-management principles to prioritise hazards, set risk criteria, and select proportionate controls (SFAIRP/ALARP).
Plan for competence, supervision and resourcing so OSH is integrated into day-to-day work and change management.
Measure performance and learn using leading/lagging indicators, audits, investigations and review cycles to support continual improvement and a positive safety culture.
Note: The detailed learning outcomes for Unit 1 (e.g., 1.1, 1.2, etc.) are mapped to IOSH’s competency framework and are fully covered within this unit’s teaching and assessment.
Delivery: Blended workshops/tutorials, guided study and applied workplace tasks totalling 60 GLH (with additional independent study to meet 130 TQT).
Assessment: Evidence for L6D01 is generated through the qualification’s assessed components (Technical Evaluation Assignment; OSH Strategic Proposal Assignment; Self-Reflection Assignment). Each task is mapped to this unit’s outcomes and to the IOSH competency framework (technical, core and behavioural).
