ProQual Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Health & Safety Leadership and Management

The Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Health & Safety Management and Leadership qualification is aimed at candidates who are responsible for developing and applying health and safety procedures day-to-day in any organisation. They are likely to be managers looking to improve their knowledge and skills.

The awarding body for this qualification is ProQual Awarding Body and the regulatory body is the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). This qualification has been accredited onto the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).

There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification. Centres should carry out an initial assessment of candidate skills and knowledge to identify any gaps and help plan the assessment. This qualification is approved for candidates aged 19+

Candidates must complete all of the Mandatory units.

Qualification: Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Health & Safety Leadership & Management

Release Date: November 2020

Centres must be approved to offer this qualification. If your centre is not approved please complete and submit form ProQual Additional Qualification Approval Application.

Staff

Staff delivering this qualification must be appropriately qualified and/or occupationally competent. Requirements for Trainers, Assessors and IQA Verifiers are set out below:

Trainers must be appropriately qualified and occupationally competent in the areas in which they are training. They must have a minimum of 4 years’ experience in occupational health and safety for which they will be training and supervising. Trainers must hold:

1. a level 6 or Level 7 qualification in occupational health and safety
2. a Level 3 Award in Education and Training or equivalent
3. minimum membership level of IOSH at GradIOSH level

Assessors

For each competence-based unit centres must be able to provide at least one assessor who is suitably qualified and occupationally competent in the areas in which they are assessing. They must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in occupational health and safety for which they will be assessing.

Assessors must hold:

i) an appropriate assessor qualification, such as:

• Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment
• Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement
• Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement

ii) a Level 6 or Level 7 qualification in occupational health and safety

iii) minimum membership level of IOSH at GradIOSH

Internal Quality Assurance

For each competence-based unit centres must be able to provide at least one IQA Verifier who is suitably qualified and occupationally competent in the areas in which they are internal quality assuring. They must have a minimum of 4 years’ experience in occupational health and safety for which they will be internal quality assuring and must demonstrate that they have undertaken Continued Professional Development (CPD) to maintain and update their skills and knowledge.

IQA Verifiers must hold, or be working towards:

i) an appropriate internal quality assurance verification qualification, such as:

• Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practices
• Level 4 Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practices

ii) minimum membership level of IOSH at CMIOSH

Materials produced by centres to support candidates should:

• enable them to track their achievements as they progress through the learning outcomes and assessment criteria;
• provide information on where ProQual’s policies and procedures can be viewed;
• provide a means of enabling Internal and External Quality Assurance staff to authenticate evidence

This qualification is competence-based, candidates must demonstrate the level of

competence described in the units. Assessment is the process of measuring a candidate’s skill, knowledge and understanding against the standards set in the qualification.

The qualification must be internally assessed by an appropriately experienced and qualified assessor.

Each candidate is required to produce a portfolio of evidence which demonstrates their achievement of all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for each unit.

Evidence can include:

• observation report by assessor
• assignments/projects/reports
• professional discussion
• witness testimony
• candidate product
• worksheets
• record of oral and written questioning
• Recognition of Prior Learning

Learning outcomes set out what a candidate is expected to know, understand or be able to do.

Assessment criteria specify the standard a candidate must meet to show the learning outcome has been achieved.

Learning outcomes and assessment criteria for this qualification are set out from page 9.

An internal quality assurance verifier confirms that assessment decisions made in centres are made by competent and qualified assessors, that they are the result of sound and fair assessment practice and that they are recorded accurately and appropriately.

Adjustments to standard assessment arrangements are made on the individual needs of candidates. ProQual’s Reasonable Adjustments Policy and Special Consideration Policy sets out the steps to follow when implementing reasonable adjustments and special considerations and the service that ProQual provides for some of these arrangements.

Centres should contact ProQual for further information or queries about the contents of the policy.

All enquiries relating to assessment or other decisions should be dealt with by centres, with reference to ProQual’s Enquiries and Appeals Procedures.

Candidates who achieve the requirements for qualifications will be awarded:

• A certificate listing all units achieved, and
• A certificate giving the full qualification title –

ProQual Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Health & Safety Leadership Management

Claiming certificates

Centres may claim certificates for candidates who have been registered with ProQual and who have successfully achieved the requirements for a qualification. All certificates will be issued to the centre for successful candidates.

Unit certificates

If a candidate does not achieve all of the units required for a qualification, the centre may claim a unit certificate for the candidate which will list all of the units achieved.

Replacement certificates

If a replacement certificate is required a request must be made to ProQual in writing. Replacement certificates are labelled as such and are only provided when the claim has been authenticated. Refer to the Fee Schedule for details of charges for replacement certificates.

This unit aims to provide candidates with the knowledge of current ISO and other recognised standards – the implementation standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It will also evaluate the processes of risk management and risk communication.

Assessment

There must be valid, authentic and sufficient for all the assessment criteria. However, one piece of evidence may be used to meet the requirements of more than one learning outcome or assessment criterion.

This unit aims to provide candidates with the knowledge of sustainability effects on safety culture, the psychological factors affecting safety, a whole-organisation approach to occupational health and safety and the measurement of safety performance.

Assessment

There must be valid, authentic and sufficient for all the assessment criteria. However, one piece of evidence may be used to meet the requirements of more than one learning outcome or assessment criterion.

This unit aims to provide candidates with the knowledge of digital technologies and risk assessment approaches to various types of hazards and incident investigation.

Assessment

There must be valid, authentic and sufficient for all the assessment criteria. However, one piece of evidence may be used to meet the requirements of more than one learning outcome or assessment criterion.

This unit aims to support organisational and self-awareness in candidates. It provides a foundation for a self-critical and reflective approach to personal development to support the candidate when operating at a strategic level. Wider context organisational and environmental factors are also considered as contributors to overall strategic success of the individual and the organisation.

Assessment

There must be valid, authentic and sufficient for all the assessment criteria. However, one piece of evidence may be used to meet the requirements of more than one learning outcome or assessment criterion.

This unit aims to provide candidates with the knowledge of business risk management and risk assessment approaches.

Assessment

There must be valid, authentic and sufficient for all the assessment criteria. However, one piece of evidence may be used to meet the requirements of more than one learning outcome or assessment criterion.