The International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation provided the first definition of Occupational Health as ‘the promotion of and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social wellbeing of workers in all occupations by preventing departures of health, controlling risks and the adaption of work to people and people to their jobs’. Is this something that you consider in your workplace? If not, here are five excellent reasons why you should. 

1. The law dictates that employers have a legal duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all of their employees at work, so far as is reasonably practicable. Therefore, if you want to keep on the right side of the law, you need to learn how to achieve this. The IOSH Managing Safely three-day course provides highly informative training to teach you how to meet your legal duties and NPTNI would be delighted to provide this for you at a very competitive cost.
    
2. Showing your workforce that their health and well-being is important to you as an organisation ensures that the employees feel valued and appreciated. Healthy people are more productive, less likely to have sickness absence and more likely to remain in their jobs for a longer period of time. IOSH Working Safely is a one-day course which perfectly complements IOSH Managing Safely. Everyone adopting IOSH safety methods as a minimum is certain to build and improve your health and safety culture at work.
    
3. Being able to show evidence of a strong health and safety management system will provide the organisation with a good business case to reduce insurance premiums. When a company can show that the likelihood of harm is low and the consequence is reduced where possible, they can shop around for a really good insurance deal.
    
4. Showing evidence of a good health and safety performance record and the reasons behind this outcome will greatly improve the reputation of your organisation. It will reduce the risk of the Health and Safety Executive finding shortfalls in your health and safety management and perhaps issuing Improvement Notices or Prohibition Notices, should they decide to make a visit. Such notices are public knowledge and may affect new or existing clients’ business.
    
5. Being at work is generally good for people's health and wellbeing in the same way that being out of work can be detrimental. By providing a healthy and safe workplace, where employees’ well-being is paramount greatly improves the reputation and they become an employer of choice. Other businesses in the same industry will have to strive to compete on the same level and the very best employees will want to join your team. The IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing one-day course is exceptional. It is interactive, informative and motivational and will provide your managers with inspiration to play their part in promoting positive health and wellbeing.
    

The three IOSH courses mentioned above perfectly complement each other so that your team, including operatives, managers, supervisors or safety representatives, all are working towards excellence in health safety and wellbeing. We will be delighted to provide this training for you in-house Monday to Saturday - contact us for more information!