The HSE Officer path
The operational toolkit first, then the management system and the audit layer, over a quarter.
- Length
- 7½ to 8 days
- Spread
- Over a quarter
- Stop point
- After permit to work, for supervisors
- Delivery
- Your site, on your own permits
- Certificate
- One per course
The HSE Officer path runs general safety, risk assessment, COSHH and permit to work, then ISO 45001 awareness, root cause analysis and the ISO 45001 internal auditor course. Seven and a half to eight days, usually spread over a quarter. A supervisor who only needs the operational layer stops after permit to work.
- 01 Enquiry
- 02 Needs analysis
- 03 Programme design
- 04 Scheduling
- 05 Delivery
- 06 Assessment
- 07 Certification
- 08 Records
The HSE Officer path sits at step 3 of the delivery cycle. You receive a proposed programme and schedule.
Where a supervisor stops
Steps 1 to 4 are the operational toolkit and pay back on the floor at once. Steps 5 to 7 build and verify the management system.
We say this on the page because selling the whole path to every supervisor would be easy and wrong. A supervisor who issues permits and runs toolbox talks needs the first four. The HSE officer who answers for the system needs all seven.
Seven courses in order
| Step and course | What it adds | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · HSE general safety awareness | The hazards that injure people on your site, and near miss reporting short enough to use at the end of a shift | 1 day |
| 2 · Risk assessment | A downloaded generic assessment turned into one that describes the actual task | 1 day |
| 3 · COSHH | Assessments built on the chemicals actually sitting in your store | ½ or 1 day |
| 4 · Permit to work | The six permit types, run against your own forms | 1 day |
| 5 · ISO 45001 awareness | The safety management system, for the people accountable under it | 1 day |
| 6 · Root cause analysis | The actual cause of an incident, found using cases from your own records | 1 day |
| 7 · ISO 45001 internal auditor | Auditing where the record says one thing and the floor another, with a site walk | 2 days |
Forms the officer keeps
Permit templates for the six activity types
With an isolation verification checklist and a checklist for auditing live permits.
COSHH assessments
On the full-day version, the first batch completed on your own inventory.
Task-based and dynamic risk assessment templates
Two forms for two jobs, with a review trigger checklist that fires on change.
OH&S audit checklists
Written as control-verification questions, with a site walk observation sheet.
A certificate per course
An ITF certificate of completion for each course completed. None of the seven carries an expiry date.
A new HSE officer, one quarter
An industrial services contractor put its new HSE officer through steps 1 to 4 in the first month.
Steps 5 to 7 followed across the next two months, so the officer was issuing and auditing permits before building the management system around them.
The officer took the Emergency Response Programme alongside the contractor's shift leads, which put the first responder certificates for that group on one expiry date.
The contractor ended up holding permit templates, COSHH assessments, audit checklists, and a certificate per course.
HSE path questions
Our HSE officer is also the first responder. What else do they need?
Add the Emergency Response Programme. Those certificates are valid for one year. Nothing else on this path expires.
Are these NEBOSH courses?
No. They are ITF courses with an ITF certificate of completion. The path builds the working toolkit and the management system for your site.
Can supervisors take steps 1 to 4 without the rest?
Yes, and for most supervisors that is the right place to stop. Each course carries its own certificate.
Does it have to run over a quarter?
No. A quarter is the usual spread because it gives the officer time to use each tool before the next one arrives. The order is what matters.
Courses on this path, and the add-on
HSE general safety awareness
Step 1: the hazards that injure people here.
Read more1 dayRisk assessment
Step 2: an assessment that describes the real task.
Read more½ or 1 dayCOSHH chemical risk assessment
Step 3: taught on the chemicals in your store.
Read more1 dayPermit to work
Step 4: issued and closed on your own forms.
Read more1 dayISO 45001 awareness
Step 5: the system, in line-manager language.
Read more1 dayRoot cause analysis
Step 6: investigations that reach the cause.
Read more2 daysISO 45001 internal auditor
Step 7: the audit, with a site walk.
Read more2 daysThe Emergency Response Programme
The add-on for an officer who is also the first responder.
Read moreITF ConsultISO 45001 implementation
The system the officer will run, built with ITF Consult.
Read morePart of one system
Every division keeps records to the same standard, so the second one you need works the way the first one did.
Build the officer, then the system
Tell us the site, the work and whether the officer is also the first responder, and we will quote the path over the quarter with the stop point marked.