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Risk Management

Revised: Health and safety: risk management

by Dr Tony Boyle
£57 softback 556 pages
ISBN 978 0 901357 41 0

 

Bridge the gap between risk theory and practice

Assessing and managing risk is a challenging part of today's dynamic business world. Widely recognised as the most readable text on the subject, this revised third edition of Health and safety: risk management is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to meet that challenge.

Written by health and safety R&D specialist Dr Tony Boyle, this reader-friendly textbook provides an authoritative presentation of risk management. In this edition of Health and safety: risk management you’ll find:

  • coverage of the new and revised management system guidance, ISO 9004 (Quality) and BS 18004 (Health and Safety) 
  • clarified HSE guidance on competence
  • topics including hazard identification, risk assessment and control, and emergency planning 
  • updated NEBOSH syllabus and VQ domain knowledge.

 

Essential reading for

  • health and safety professionals
  • general managers
  • NEBOSH Diploma students
  • health and safety degree or diploma students
  • health and safety post-graduate students
  • VQ in occupational health and safety practice students

 

Contents preview

  • hazard identification
  • risk assessment
  • risk control
  • accident investigation
  • loss and conformity monitoring
  • auditing
  • emergency planning
  • communication
  • training
  • systems theory
  • appendices mapping the content to the NEBOSH syllabus, VQ domain knowledge and IOSH's requirements for academic courses leading to Graduate membership

 

"Well produced … probably the most readable thing you can buy covering these particular subject areas"

Health and Safety at Work

"... a well written and structured text"

Chris Webb, NEBOSH Accreditation Chairman

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