End of course assessments for IOSH Managing safely

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Hello, in this video Im going to help you become more familiar with the Managing safely
assessments and understand how to manage and mark your end-of-course assessments.
Before you ask delegates to sit the end-of-course assessments:
Make sure you have the facilities to run the assessments under exam conditions.
Make sure you find out if any delegate has a disability that may affect their ability to take an
assessment the sooner you find out, the more prepared you can be, to offer additional
support.
Prepare to run the assessment as closed book assessments.
Check you have scheduled dates for marking papers so you can give this to the delegates.
Also give them the date when they have to complete their projects.
If your delegates need more support, please speak to your training verifier for help.
So lets look at the Managing safely assessments
For Managing safely, the makeup of the assessments are:
6 multi-format and 3 mock papers
1 x Risk Assessment Project, which is completed in their workplace after the course.
Lets use Managing safely multi-format, assessment paper 6 as an example.
These assessments are negatively marked, and the reasons for this are:
we dont want delegates to guess on health and safety
consequences could be catastrophic
encourage them not to guess and be sure of an answer
If they tick a wrong answer, deduct a mark.
If we look at assessment 6 and focus on question nine
If there is a 3-mark question, with 6 possible answers, 3 are correct.
Here, 3 answers haven been ticked, all are correct, which equals 3 marks.
But if the delegate had attempted 3 answers, 2 are correct but one is wrong theyd only get
1 mark.
However, if the delegate had just attempted the 2 answers they were certain about then
theyd have got the 2 marks.
The multi-format papers also contain short answers questions, like question 10.
There are 22 questions per multi-format assessment paper and delegates must get at least
50 out of 100.
As well as sitting a multi-format assessment, delegates must complete a risk assessment
project within 2 weeks following the course.
If you email the Project to your delegates, please ask them not to expand the text box fields.
And trainers often ask us where does the Project relate to in the trainer notes, the content is
covered in modules 2 and 3, and the risk assessment board game reinforces the theory.
Before we go through the risk assessment project; trainers often ask us:
When marking, do we start from zero and count upwards?
Or do we start from 123 and count downwards?
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The answer: its easier and designed to start from 123 and count downwards.
So, the project is broken down into 6 parts.
In Part 1 there are 4 marks available for providing a description of your Workplace location:
Your delegates will need to describe the business function; whether the workplace is
indoors, outdoors or both, the size, and getting in and out of the workplace.
They will also need to think about the people in their workplace, for this there are 7 marks
available. If delegates acknowledge all points, they will get the full marks.
For example the security in your workplace may be so high that you never have trespassers,
but they must state this, to show youve considered this point.
Equipment or substances used 4 marks
Work activities carried out 3 marks
Parts 2 4 are hazards checklists.
Part 2 has 16 marks available:
1 mark for filling in the company name, department and site
1 mark for providing a description of the location and
1 mark for the description of the hazard
2 marks for identifying the number of people affected and their occupation
1 mark for deciding whether a risk assessment is required
And there are 3 different location hazards to identify.
Part 3. Exactly the same hazard checklist as Part 2, with 16 marks available but this time
delegates are identifying equipment and/or substances.
Part 4 a work activity hazard checklist, Only 13 marks available because this time delegates
will complete a risk assessment for each hazard.
Part 5 continues from Part 4, work activities. By investigating the hazards further you are
able to complete a risk assessment form.
There are 30 marks available:
1 mark for completing the site information
1 mark for the description of the work activity. These must be carried over from Part 4.
3 marks for identifying the hazard, hazardous event and expected consequences
2 marks for the people affected and their occupation
3 marks for calculating the risk level using the 5x5 matrix
So, a total of 9 marks available per work activity
You also award 2 marks for filling in the details, dates and signing to say youve completed
it.
Part 6, Continues from Part 5 complete a risk control form from the risk assessment just
carried out.
30 marks available:
1 mark for completing the site information
2 marks for identifying the work activity and risk level
1 mark for identifying existing risk controls in relation to the activity
1 mark for further risk controls required
3 marks for calculating the new risk level
2 marks for a description of monitoring required and frequency of monitoring
2 marks for filling in your details, dates and signing
Delegates need to achieve at least 62 marks out of 123.
The overall pass mark for Managing safely is at least 123 out of 223.
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If you need any more help, please call your training verifier,
Thank you.

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