As the energy sector evolves to account for the global shift towards carbon net zero, effective health and safety leadership becomes even more important than ever before.
The successful transition to renewables and the shift away from fossil fuels could be set back decades if a major incident were to happen… and, as such safety leaders have pivotal roles to play in securing personal safety and preventing significant incidents in sectors such as solar, offshore wind and hydrogen.
Interestingly, new research from risk management consultancy Scapa Energy found that how process safety improvement programmes were approached is the number one gap for influencing process safety leadership capability, with workforce engagement during the creation and implementation stages particularly problematic.
The top six gaps identified were:
– Workforce engagement
– Management of third party contractors and vendors
– Retention of corporate knowledge
– Awareness of process safety risks
– Learning from incidents and audits
– Training across all areas of process safety
IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors Certificate
Staying abreast of all the latest developments and ensuring that skills are up to date is essential as the energy sector landscape continues to change over the next few years.
To that end, companies big and small in the industry may find it beneficial to look into the merits of taking various training courses, such as the IOSH Safety for Executives and Directors programme, which aims to deliver a more in-depth understanding of how committing firmly to health, safety and wellbeing improves performance and productivity through the building of trust and a stronger company culture.
Taking this course will help you deepen your understanding of the legal and moral responsibilities you have as a director, learn how to integrate safety into business strategy and discover how strong safety leadership can support your business reputation and boost productivity, while giving you the tools you need to evaluate and improve the safety performance of your organisation.
You will learn how to lead safety from the top, how to implement meaningful safety key performance indicators, how to embed safety into your company culture and what the business case is for safety.
The course itself is aimed at both executive and non-executive directors, as well as owners of small to medium-sized enterprises, charity trustees, executive boards and heads of schools and colleges, council members, senior executives in operational businesses and project steering committee members.
Why work with ACT
Our health and safety course is led by experienced professionals from the Health and Safety Executive, as well as board-level leaders that have come across the same challenges you now face.
You’ll be able to take advantage of their real-world understanding, coaching experience and dedication to people-centred safety, giving you the confidence you need to take the lessons you learn back to your business to drive meaningful and long-lasting change.
If you’d like to build your health and safety knowledge further, our NEBOSH General Certificate course is a great place to start. It’s designed for anyone looking to develop practical skills and gain a respected qualification in workplace safety, get in touch with the ACT team today.
