The managerial course aims to provide managers, as identified and defined by article 2 of Legislative Decree 81/2008, with the knowledge on safety and health in the workplace necessary to carry out their role and is mandatory pursuant to art. 37, paragraph 7 of Legislative Decree 81/08 “Consolidated Safety Act”.

The Manager, as defined by the art. 2 paragraph 1 letter d) of Legislative Decree 81/08, is the person who, due to professional skills and hierarchical and functional powers appropriate to the nature of the role conferred on him, implements the employer’s directives by organizing the work activity and watching over it.

Although the definition can be considered broad, it allows concrete identification of the responsible subjects for prevention purposes; the Managers therefore, are subjects who exercise an effective organisational power of the work activity, decision-making regarding work procedures and production factors, within the scope of tasks actually assigned to them by the company organisation.

The Manager has the task of organizing the work activity and supervising the safe carrying out of the tasks entrusted to the workers. The manager is the guarantor of safety at work by law and within the sphere of management responsibility, regardless of the delegation and spending power that the employer may attribute to him.

The State-Regions agreement of 21 December 2011, implementing article 37 of Legislative Decree 81/2008, provides for a specific training course for managers in relation to their duties in the field of health and safety at work and defines its contents and duration. The management course has a duration of 16 hours and expires every five years, and completely replaces the training provided for workers. To update training it is necessary to attend the Managers’ Update which lasts 6 hours.

Theoretical tests will be carried out to evaluate the knowledge acquired during the management course. A certificate of participation/training will be issued to those who successfully pass them.