Manage health and safety

Manage the overall health, safety and sustainability policies and their application on an organisation wide scale.

coordinate health and safety policies
managing health and safety
direct health and safety measures

skill/competence

sector-specific

Manage health and safety is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Child day care centre manager: Child day care centre managers provide social services to children and their families. They supervise and support child care workers and manage the childcare facilities. Child day care centre managers have the responsibility for strategic and operational leadership and management of staff teams and resources within and or across child care services.

Manage health and safety is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Social services manager: Social services managers have the responsibility for strategic and operational leadership and management of staff teams and resources within and or across social services. They are responsible for the implementation of legislation and policies relating to, for example, decisions about vulnerable people. They promote social work and social care values and ethics, equality and diversity, and relevant codes guiding practice. They are responsible for liaising with other professionals in criminal justice, education and health. They can be responsible for contributing to local and national policy development.

References

1. Manage health and safety – ESCO