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Guidance and tools

Our guidance and tools provide either operational or strategic corporate guidance on a range of health and safety issues:

How can I get a published version of a guide?

Please email your full name and membership number, or give your full postal address, to our Research and Technical Services team, together with details of the guidance you would like.

Making the business case for good health and safety

Business case (PDF 1019 KB)

Good practice in health and safety makes sound business sense.

Published: June 2010
Pages: 1

Getting competent help

Consultancy - good practice guide (PDF 1930 KB)

This guide is for IOSH members who work as consultants or are thinking of becoming consultants.

Published: March 2010
Pages: 20

Getting help with health and safety (PDF 2402 KB)

This guide outlines the key steps to consider, when engaging with a health and safety consultant.

Published: March 2010
Pages: 12

Setting standards in health and safety - raising performance through training and competence development (PDF 218 KB)

This guide aims to help raise health and safety performance across all levels and sectors of employment by outlining the competences that staff need, and how these can be developed.

Published: October 2008
Pages: 22

Leading health and safety

We've presented local authorities, Westminster and the Scottish Parliament with simple guidance booklets that help local and national politicians see their health and safety responsibilities in a new light.

Think about health and safety – What elected members of local authorities need to know (PDF 187 KB)

Think about health and safety – What elected members of local authorities need to know - Presentation (PDF 335 KB)

Think about health and safety – supporting Westminster MPs in their constituencies (PDF 229 KB)

Think about health and safety – supporting MSPs in their work (PDF 254 KB)

Managing health and safety

Behavioural safety: Kicking bad habits (PDF 187 KB)

This guide outlines key considerations in setting up a behaviour-based safety programme.

Published: April 2006
Pages: 14

Business risk management - getting health and safety firmly on the agenda (PDF 175 KB)

This guide helps health and safety professionals understand the concept of business risk management and where managing health and safety risks sits within the business risk framework. It also encourages practitioners to use this knowledge to influence the decision making process.

Published: November 2009
Pages: 8

Global best practices in contractor safety (PDF 487 KB)

This guide aims to summarise good client and contractor practices leading to good health and safety performance.

Published jointly with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE): February 2010
Pages: 20

Joined-up working: an introduction to integrated management systems (PDF 177 KB)

This guide outlines both the potential advantages and disadvantages of integrated management systems and provides a practical guide for members, employers and regulatory and standard-setting bodies.

Published: September 2006
Pages: 16

Learning the lessons: how to respond to deaths at work and other serious incidents (PDF 301 KB)

This guide aims to help organisations respond to 'hazardous events', such as accidents, cases of ill health, work-related violence and 'dangerous occurrences'.

Published: February 2010
Pages: 24

Making a difference - A basic guide to environmental management for OSH practitioners (PDF 196 KB)

This guide aims to provide good practice advice and guidance to IOSH members, their employers and other interested parties.

Published: April 2009
Pages: 20

Promoting a positive culture - a guide to health and safety culture (PDF 186 KB)

This document outlines the key issues in developing a positive health and safety culture.

Published: August 2004
Pages: 14

Reporting performance - guidance on including health and safety performance in annual reports (PDF 60 KB)

This guide is aimed at occupational safety and health professionals, and others responsible for internal and public reporting of organisational health and safety performance.

Published: December 2008
Pages: 6

Safety in the global village (PDF 173 KB)

This guide, and the separate checklists for employees, offer basic information for those placing people abroad and for those posted abroad – in the long or short term.

Published: September 2008
Pages: 12, plus 3 checklists.

Systems in focus: Guidance on occupational safety and health management systems (PDF 401 KB)

This guide aims to support organisations wanting to introduce occupational safety and health management systems.

Published: April 2009
Pages: 30

Out of 'site' out of mind? Managing office teleworking in the 21st century (PDF 83 KB)

This guide explains how to protect your staff and improve efficiency by sensibly managing the risks associated with teleworking.

View assessment checklist (PDF 21 KB)

View feedback checklist (PDF 15 KB)
View audit checklist (PDF 18 KB)

Published: February 2006
Pages: 8

Risk assessment route finder

A free and simple guide to help businesses with the risk assessment process. This online tool uses a 'sat nav' concept to take you on a journey towards getting a 'risk map' of your organisation.

Safestartup.org

A free interactive website for small businesses or business start-ups. It provides, access to basic health, safety and environmental information for businesses in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Promoting health at work

A breath of fresh air - Managing a smoke-free workplace (PDF 45 KB)

To help you create, manage and maintain a smoke-free workplace.

Published: October 2008
Pages: 4

A healthy return - good practice guide to rehabilitating people at work (PDF 245 KB)

To give occupational safety and health practitioners a grounding in rehabilitation, and to provide them with practical support. Others, including managers and human resources personnel, will also find it useful.

Published: October 2008
Pages: 36

Working well - guidance on promoting health and wellbeing at work(PDF 166 KB)

This guidance offers advice on how to promote your employees' health and wellbeing and cut down on sickness absence.

Published: September 2009
Pages: 40

Occupational health toolkit

This online database and resource brings together information, guidance, factsheets, case studies, training materials, presentations and more to help you tackle occupational health problems.