QLM (CIMSPA Endorsed) Health and Safety Management in Leisure and Culture Facilities (Revalidation)

The Health and Safety Management revalidation course refreshes key health and safety requirements across leisure, sport, recreation, and culture and heritage settings. It builds on existing knowledge and reinforces the skills needed to manage these diverse environments effectively and confidently.

It is aimed at Duty Officers, Assistant Managers and Managers (or those who occasionally cover these roles) who have completed the Health and Safety Management Certificate in Leisure and Culture within the last three years. The course uses sector-specific scenarios drawn from a wide range of environments, including sports centres, health clubs, gyms, swimming pools, and culture and heritage venues such as museums, galleries, and visitor attractions.

The training is delivered by experienced leisure professionals and health and safety experts with extensive expertise in the sector. The team brings a strong background in both operational practice and consultancy, ensuring the content is practical, relevant, and aligned with recognised professional standards, with senior members also listed on national consultant registers. 

The course provides a structured refresher of key health and safety principles, covering legal responsibilities and recent updates to relevant legislation, alongside best practice approaches to organising for safety, including the application of HSG65. It revisits essential aspects of planning and implementation, with a focus on risk assessment and key hazard areas such as fire, electricity, noise, asbestos, and working at height, before concluding with methods for measuring performance through both active and reactive monitoring.

The course aims to ensure delegates who have already successfully completed the full course within the last 3 years, maintain the previous level of competency achieved. On successful completion of the training, delegates will be able to:

• Explain the key components of a health and safety management system, including the role of the Health and Safety Policy, local operational procedures, risk assessment, training and communication and active and proactive monitoring of health and safety performance.
• Understand the legal framework within the UK, the sources and importance of health and safety information, law enforcement and the difference between criminal and civil law.
• Compile risk assessments and accompanying written procedures in key operational areas and advise upon facility maintenance and the safe use of contractors.
• Describe the key requirements of current legislation that is relevant to the sport and physical activity sector.
• Supervise and manage health and safety in their workplace more effectively by understanding the importance of operational procedures and the potential consequences of deviation from such operational procedures.

The training programme includes discussion of relevant civil and criminal court cases, the outcomes and the lessons learned from them.