Managers (dirigenti) course - D.Lgs. 81/08

The course gives managers the knowledge and skills needed to organise, manage and control company health and safety processes. It covers in depth the role, obligations and responsibilities, risk management, communication and coordination with the other prevention roles.

Course structure:

• Basic course: 12 hours
• With the additional module for managers of principal contractors working on temporary or mobile construction sites: 18 hours in total, under Title IV of Legislative Decree 81/2008

Exam and certification:
At the end there is a theory test and, where applicable, a practical assessment through simulations and analysis of operational cases. The assessment methods and the minimum pass mark are governed by State-Regions Agreement Rep. Atti no. 59/CSR of 17 April 2025.

Certificate:
A certificate of attendance is issued.

Legal module - Role, obligations and responsibilities of the manager

• The manager's role in company prevention
• Obligations and responsibilities
• Criminal, civil and administrative liability
• The institutional prevention system

Safety management and organisation

• Skills to organise and manage safety processes and activities
• Organisational models and company management systems
• Legislation and voluntary standards
• Coordination with the employer, managers and the Prevention and Protection Service (SPP)

Specific health and safety tasks

• Health and safety risks in the operational context
• Management of contracts for services, agency work and subcontracting
• How to organise emergency arrangements

Communication, training, information and consultation of workers

• Effective communication techniques
• Information and consultation of workers
• Managing relationships and communication flows

Additional module, construction sites (6 additional hours): reserved exclusively for managers of principal contractors working on temporary or mobile construction sites under Title IV of Legislative Decree no. 81/2008. It covers: site organisation, safety and coordination plan (PSC), operational safety plan (POS), coordination of works and checking the consistency of the contractors' POS.

• To know the role, obligations and responsibilities of the manager.
• To know criminal, civil and administrative liability.
• To gain an in-depth understanding of workers' health and safety risks in the operational context.
• To understand the employer's directives and the prevention and protection measures.
• To develop communication tools and techniques with the prevention roles.
• To acquire skills to organise and manage safety processes and activities.