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United Kingdom · Compliance, quality and safety · Director/VP (16-20 years)

Director of Health & Safety Training & Development

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  • Experience bandDirector/VP (16-20 years)
  • Direct reports3-8 reports
  • Reports toChief Safety Officer (or VP of EHS)
  • UK framework levelUsually a director, accountable for a division and its numbers

Also advertised as Head of EHS Learning · VP, Safety Capability Building · Global Safety Training Lead

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The qualifications matched to this job

CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership Chartered Management Institute · Level 5 · covers 4 of 10 standards
NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Civil Engineering NOCN · Level 5 · covers 1 of 10 standards
NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Electronic and Communications Engineering NOCN · Level 5 · covers 1 of 10 standards
City & Guilds Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management City & Guilds Limited · Level 5 · covers 1 of 10 standards

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Manage Health and Safety in own area of responsibility CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management and Leadership
Maintain Systems and Processes for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection in an Engineering Environment NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Computer Engineering (Information Technology and Data Science)
Maintain Systems and Processes for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection in a Working Environment NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Civil Engineering
Managing a healthy and safe environment City & Guilds Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management

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  1. Manage Health and Safety in own area of responsibility Chartered Management Institute · covers 4 of 10 standards Level 5
  2. Maintain Systems and Processes for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection in an Engineering Environment NOCN · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 5
  3. Maintain Systems and Processes for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection in a Working Environment NOCN · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 5
  4. Managing a healthy and safe environment City & Guilds Limited · covers 1 of 10 standards Level 5
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3What this role really is

This role sets the long-term direction for how safety is taught across an organisation, from the shop floor to senior leadership. It goes beyond ticking boxes. It aims to change behaviour and help people go home safe. It shapes safety culture for years to come.

4What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Absorb LMS, Docebo, Cornerstone OnDemand (or similar enterprise LMS) Strategic

You'll lead the selection, procurement, and strategic governance of our enterprise-wide LMS. This includes defining the data strategy, overseeing API integrations with EHS platforms, and ensuring the system supports our long-term learning objectives.

Intelex, VelocityEHS, Cority, Sphera (or similar EHS Platform) Architect

You'll govern the EHS data model, making critical decisions on module implementation (especially the training module), and presenting EHS performance data to the executive team. You'll ensure the platform effectively links incident data to training needs.

Articulate 360 (Storyline, Rise), Camtasia, Vyond Strategic

You'll set the organisation's standards for instructional design and authoring tool usage across your team. This involves evaluating and selecting new authoring technologies (e.g., VR/AR simulation tools) and ensuring a consistent, high-quality learning experience.

iAuditor (by SafetyCulture), GoCanvas, Fulcrum Strategic

You'll integrate audit data into the overall risk management framework, determining our audit strategy and frequency based on the enterprise risk profile. This helps identify systemic training gaps at a high level.

Enhesa, Compliance.ai, Wolters Kluwer (or similar Regulatory Intelligence) Strategic

You'll define the scope of our regulatory monitoring, brief leadership on emerging legal risks, and allocate budget for compliance-driven training initiatives. This ensures we're always ahead of the curve.

Power BI, Tableau Server Expert

You'll design and present executive-level dashboards that clearly connect training effectiveness to key business metrics like LTIFR, EMR, and insurance costs. This is about proving the value of safety training to the C-suite.

Diligent Boards, ServiceNow GRC, Archer Advanced

You'll prepare board-level summaries on safety culture and training efficacy, using GRC tools to map training controls to enterprise risks. This ensures our governance is robust and transparent.

5What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing in Where you are nowThe step above
Strategic Training Programme Development No authority. Executes tasks under guidance. Proposes minor content updates within existing programmes. Designs and develops new training programmes for specific workstreams, with Director input.
Budget Allocation & Vendor Selection No authority. Submits purchase requests for review. Recommends specific training materials or minor vendor services (e.g., a specific course licence) up to £1K. Recommends vendors for specific programme development up to £5K, with Director approval.
Team Hiring & Organisational Design No authority. Participates in interviews as requested. No authority. May provide feedback on junior candidates. Interviews and provides strong recommendations for junior and mid-level roles.

6How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, and what is not on it. The hard targets, how often each is actually looked at, and the quiet signals that never reach a dashboard.

Enterprise-wide LTIFR & TRIR Reduction
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) and Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) are the big ones. We expect to see these numbers consistently drop.
Target · 10% year-over-year reduction in both LTIFR and TRIR across the organisation.

If our LTIFR was 0.5 last year, we'd expect it to be 0.45 or lower this year, directly linking to improved safety behaviours driven by your training strategy.

Proactive Safety Reporting Increase
We want people to report near-misses and hazards *before* they become incidents. This shows a healthy safety culture and that training is making people more vigilant.
Target · 25% increase in near-miss and hazard observation reports submitted via the EHS platform.

If we had 100 near-miss reports last month, we'd be looking for around 125 this month, indicating that our 'See Something, Say Something' training is actually working.

Audit & Regulatory Compliance Score
External and internal audits will check our training records and programme effectiveness. We need to pass with flying colours.
Target · Achieve an average score of 95% or higher on all external regulatory audits and internal EHS programme reviews related to training.

During the annual HSE inspection, our training documentation and competency assessments were found to be 98% compliant, with only minor administrative findings.

Training Programme ROI / Insurance Premium Impact
Good safety training isn't just a cost; it saves money. We expect to see tangible financial benefits.
Target · Contribute to a quantifiable reduction in our Experience Modification Rate (EMR), aiming for at least £500K in annual insurance premium savings.

Our EMR dropped from 0.9 to 0.8 this year, directly attributed by our insurer to our proactive safety programmes and robust training, resulting in a £650K reduction in premiums.

Safety Culture Maturity
This is about how safety is perceived and acted upon throughout the organisation, not just in training sessions.
  • You'll see it in employee engagement survey scores related to safety, unsolicited positive feedback from site leadership about safety behaviour, and a noticeable shift towards a 'Just Culture' where errors are learned from, not just punished. People will naturally intervene when they see unsafe acts.
Executive & Leadership Buy-in
Your ability to influence senior leaders to prioritise and invest in safety training.
  • Leaders will actively participate in safety initiatives, champion new training programmes, and allocate necessary resources without constant prompting. They'll cite your data in their own presentations and come to you for advice on safety culture.
Training Programme Relevance & Impact
Are our training programmes actually addressing the real risks and improving performance?
  • You'll get feedback from operations that training is 'spot on' and directly applicable to their work. Post-training assessments will show genuine knowledge transfer, and we'll see a reduction in errors related to specific tasks covered in training. People will actually ask for more training because they see the value.
Team Development & Capability
How well you're building and mentoring your own team to deliver on the training strategy.
  • Your team members will show clear progression, take on more complex projects, and demonstrate high levels of engagement and retention. They'll be seen as experts by other departments, and you'll have a strong succession plan in place for key roles.

7Would you like it

Both sides. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Making a Tangible Difference in People's Lives

You'll get a real buzz from seeing incident rates drop, knowing that your training programmes are directly contributing to people going home safe to their families. The thought of preventing harm is what gets you out of bed.

Receiving an email from a site manager thanking you because a worker used a technique from your training to prevent a serious injury.

Shaping Organisational Culture

You thrive on influencing how an entire company thinks and behaves around safety. You're driven by the challenge of moving beyond mere compliance to foster a truly proactive, 'Just Culture'.

Leading a workshop with senior leaders that results in a fundamental shift in how they approach safety investigations, moving from blame to learning.

Strategic Problem Solving at Scale

You love taking complex, enterprise-wide safety challenges – like reducing a specific type of incident across multiple sites – and designing a comprehensive training strategy to tackle it. It's about seeing the big picture and figuring out how to make a systemic change.

Developing a multi-year roadmap for competency development that integrates new technologies and addresses future regulatory changes.

What frustrates people
  • Dealing with operational teams who see safety training as a hindrance to production, not an enabler.
  • Constantly justifying budget requests against departments with clearer, more immediate revenue-generating metrics.
  • The 'flavour of the month' corporate safety initiatives that lack substance and quickly fade away.
  • The frustration of knowing that a major incident will inevitably lead to intense scrutiny of your training records, regardless of other systemic failures.
  • The never-ending challenge of making dry, regulatory content genuinely engaging and memorable for a diverse workforce.
What this role does not give you
  • A quiet, predictable routine with minimal stakeholder interaction.
  • Instant, measurable results for every single training initiative.
  • A role where you only focus on the 'fun' parts of instructional design without the strategic, political, and financial aspects.
  • Freedom from bureaucracy and legacy systems – you'll be navigating plenty of both.

8Who you work with

Your work directly influences our safety performance, our regulatory compliance posture, and ultimately, our bottom line. A robust training programme reduces incidents, which means fewer lost workdays, lower workers' compensation claims, and a better public image. Frankly, you're a key player in protecting our people and our business.

Inside the business
  • Chief Safety Officer / VP of EHS
  • Operations Directors (across various business units)
  • HR Leadership (especially Learning & Development)
  • Legal & Compliance Team
  • Finance Leadership
  • Site Managers and Frontline Supervisors
Outside the business
  • Regulatory Bodies (e.g., HSE, OSHA equivalents)
  • Industry Associations and Standards Bodies
  • EHS Software Vendors
  • External Training Providers and Consultants
  • Insurance Providers

9What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • A minimum of 16 years of progressive experience in Health & Safety, with at least 8-10 years specifically focused on leading and managing safety training programmes at a senior level, ideally across multiple sites or business units.
  • Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing enterprise-level safety training strategies that have led to measurable improvements in safety performance (e.g., reduced incident rates).
  • Proven leadership experience, including managing a team of training professionals (managers and specialists), and a track record of developing talent.
  • Extensive experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS) and EHS platforms, including strategic selection, implementation, and governance.
  • Deep expertise in instructional design, adult learning principles, and advanced training evaluation methodologies (Kirkpatrick Level 4).
  • Strong understanding of UK health and safety legislation (e.g., HSWA 1974, MHSWR 1999) and relevant industry-specific regulations, plus experience with ISO 45001.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills, with a proven ability to engage and gain buy-in from all levels of an organisation, including C-suite and Board members.

10What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Extended Reality (XR) for Safety Simulation

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are moving beyond novelty. They offer incredibly immersive, risk-free environments for high-hazard training (e.g., confined space entry, emergency response, complex machinery operation). You'll need to evaluate, procure, and integrate these solutions.

VR vs. AR vs. Mixed Reality applications in safety · Haptic feedback and realistic simulation design · Cost-benefit analysis of XR training vs. tradition · Scalability and deployment challenges of XR soluti · Measuring learning transfer and retention in XR en

  • This week: Research leading XR safety training providers and case studies.
  • This month: Attend a webinar or virtual demo of an XR safety training platform.
  • Next quarter: Develop a business case for a pilot XR training programme for a high-risk task.
  • Month 6: Present your recommendations for XR integration to the CSO and Finance team.

Quick win: Identify one high-risk, low-frequency task that's expensive or dangerous to train traditionally; this is your prime candidate for an XR pilot.

AI-Powered Personalised Learning Pathways

Generic training is inefficient. AI can analyse individual competency gaps, learning styles, and job roles to deliver highly personalised safety learning pathways. This means more effective training, faster competency attainment, and better resource allocation.

Adaptive learning algorithms and their application · Competency mapping and gap analysis using AI · Microlearning and spaced repetition strategies · Integration of AI with existing LMS and EHS platfo · Ethical considerations of AI in assessment and per

  • This week: Explore platforms that offer AI-driven adaptive learning for corporate training.
  • This month: Discuss with your L&D peers how they're using AI for personalisation.
  • Next quarter: Map out how AI could create personalised safety pathways for a specific job family.
  • Month 6: Develop a strategy for integrating AI-powered personalisation into our core safety training programmes.

Quick win: Start by using AI tools to help your team segment learner groups more effectively for existing training, making it feel more tailored.

11Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attend and present at national and international EHS and Learning & Development conferences (e.g., Safety & Health Expo, ATD International Conference).
  • Maintain active memberships and participate in leadership roles within professional bodies like IOSH, RoSPA, or the Learning & Performance Institute.
  • Engage in continuous professional development through executive education courses on leadership, strategic planning, or emerging technologies (e.g., AI in learning).
  • Publish articles or thought leadership pieces in industry journals, positioning yourself and the organisation as a leader in safety training.

12The rising capability

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Adaptive Leadership in Disruption

Global supply chain issues, new technologies (like robotics and AI in operations), and evolving workforce demographics mean that what worked yesterday might not work tomorrow. You'll need to lead your team through constant change, often with incomplete information, maintaining focus on safety.

  • Leading through ambiguity and uncertainty
  • Fostering psychological safety within your team to
  • Rapid prototyping and iterative development of tra
  • Building organisational resilience against unfores
  • Communicating change effectively and empatheticall

Data Ethics & Privacy in Learning

As we collect more data on individual learning progress, competency assessments, and even behaviour (especially with AI tools), the ethical implications become huge. You'll need to navigate privacy concerns, bias in data, and ensure responsible use of information.

  • GDPR and data protection principles in a learning
  • Algorithmic bias in AI-driven assessment or conten
  • Transparency and explainability in data usage
  • Ethical considerations of tracking individual safe
  • Building trust through responsible data governance

13What you’ll use

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Instructional Design Models (ADDIE, SAM)
  • Root Cause Analysis (5 Whys, Fishbone, TapRooT®)
  • Human & Organisational Performance (HOP)
  • Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
  • Kirkpatrick Model of Training Evaluation (Levels 1-4)

14The pathway

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Health & Safety Training Manager (L5)

    3-5 years

    Skills to master

    • Mastering budget management for a large division, leading and developing a team of specialists, managing complex vendor relationships, and driving operational planning for a significant part of the business.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently exceeding KPIs for divisional training effectiveness and compliance.
    • Successfully leading a large-scale training programme rollout across multiple sites.
    • Demonstrating strong leadership and mentorship capabilities within your team, with clear succession planning.
    • Proactively identifying and solving complex training challenges that impact business unit performance.
  2. 2

    Head of EHS for a smaller organisation

    4-6 years

    Skills to master

    • Developing a holistic EHS strategy, managing all aspects of compliance, risk, and safety culture, and reporting directly to a CEO or senior leader in a smaller company. This builds broad strategic and operational experience.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully building or significantly improving an EHS programme from the ground up.
    • Demonstrating full accountability for EHS performance and compliance across an entire organisation.
    • Proven ability to influence and manage a wide range of stakeholders, from board level to frontline.
    • Experience in managing all aspects of an EHS budget and resource allocation.
  3. 3

    Senior Consultant (EHS Learning & Development)

    5-7 years

    Skills to master

    • Developing and delivering strategic EHS learning solutions for multiple clients, managing client relationships, business development, and staying abreast of diverse industry best practices. This brings a broad external perspective.

    You're ready to move on when

    • A strong portfolio of successful EHS learning projects for diverse clients.
    • Proven ability to translate client needs into effective, measurable training strategies.
    • Excellent client relationship management and business development skills.
    • Recognised as an expert in EHS learning within the consulting industry.

15Where this role leads

The long view: Experience in this role can lead to wider operational leadership, such as Chief Operating Officer, or into senior people roles like Chief People Officer.

The ten Future Fluencies

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A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Director of Health & Safety Training & Development is actually changing.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

The record names a next step, but the catalogue has no page for it yet:

  • VP of EHS & Learning / Chief Safety Officer (L7)
  • Head of Organisational Learning & Development (Cross-functional)

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One to one, on the work you already do

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This unit aims to enable learners to understand and manage health and safety within their own area of responsibility. Learners will gain knowledge of legal responsibilities, risk assessment, and risk minimisation strategies to promote a safe working environment.

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  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
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Director of Health & Safety Training & Development
  • Instructional Design Models (ADDIE, SAM)
  • Root Cause Analysis (5 Whys, Fishbone, TapRooT®)
  • Human & Organisational Performance (HOP)
  • Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
  • Kirkpatrick Model of Training Evaluation (Levels 1-4)
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16The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Director of Health & Safety Training & Development is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. VP of EHS & Learning / Chief Safety Officer (L7)

    4-7 years

    1 level (from Director to C-Suite)

    • Advanced EHS risk management frameworks at the enterprise level.
    • Global regulatory compliance strategy and advocacy.
    • Enterprise P&L ownership and strategic resource allocation across all EHS domains.
    • Developing and driving a 'safety as a competitive advantage' narrative.

  2. Head of Organisational Learning & Development (Cross-functional)

    5-8 years

    Lateral move or 1 level up (depending on organisation size)

    • Strategic workforce planning and skills gap analysis at an enterprise level.
    • Curriculum design and delivery for non-safety related core competencies.
    • Learning analytics and ROI measurement for a diverse portfolio of training programmes.
    • Vendor management for a wider range of learning solutions and platforms.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, you're juggling a massive remit. From regulatory changes to incident response, there's always something urgent. AI isn't here to replace you, but it's certainly here to give you back precious time, allowing you to focus on strategy, influence, and people, not just administration.

Imagine cutting down the grunt work of regulatory analysis, incident trend spotting, and even initial content drafting. AI can handle the heavy lifting of information processing and content generation, freeing you up to do what only a human can: build relationships, interpret complex situations, and drive cultural change. We're talking about making your job more impactful and less tedious.

Regulatory Update Summariser

AI scans feeds from all relevant regulatory bodies (think HSE, OSHA equivalents, local councils) and legal services. It'll give you a concise, daily or weekly summary of proposed and finalised rule changes, highlighting exactly what that means for your existing training content and flagging modules that need immediate review. No more sifting through hundreds of pages of legal text yourself.

Incident Trend Forecaster

Feed AI thousands of incident reports, near-misses, and safety observations from our EHS platform. It'll analyse the data, spotting subtle, cross-departmental trends that a human might easily miss. It can even predict emerging risk areas – for example, 'fatigue-related errors on the night shift are increasing in Q4' – allowing you to proactively target micro-training before a major incident occurs. It's like having a crystal ball for safety risks.

First-Draft Content Generator

Got a new safety topic? Just give AI a prompt like 'Create a 5-minute toolbox talk script on safe lifting techniques for warehouse staff,' and it'll generate a solid first draft. This includes key talking points, potential scenarios, and even quiz questions. You then refine and customise it, skipping the dreaded 'blank page' problem and saving hours of initial drafting time. Think of it as your super-efficient content assistant.

Multilingual Training Localiser

If we're a global organisation, getting training right in every language and culture is a nightmare. AI can rapidly translate and adapt core training content for our international workforce. It'll adjust idiomatic expressions, cultural references, and even imagery to be more relevant to specific regions, ensuring that our critical safety message is clear, effective, and culturally appropriate everywhere. This dramatically cuts down localisation project time and costs.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Director of Health & Safety Training & Development?

Common routes in include Health & Safety Training Manager (3-5 years), Head of EHS for a smaller organisation (4-6 years) and Senior Consultant (EHS Learning & Development) (5-7 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Director of Health & Safety Training & Development progress to?

This role can lead on to VP of EHS & Learning / Chief Safety Officer (4-7 years) and Head of Organisational Learning & Development (Cross-functional) (5-8 years), depending on the skills you build.

What new skills matter most for a Director of Health & Safety Training & Development?

Increasingly, Adaptive Leadership in Disruption and Data Ethics & Privacy in Learning. These are the skills our record of this role lists as growing.

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17Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 7

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

 More jobs in compliance, quality and safety

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.
If you leave this industry

Skills in strategic learning, risk management, and cultural influence carry across many industries, especially those with high operational risk, such as manufacturing, energy, logistics and construction. Keeping people safe through effective learning matters in any of these settings.

This role profile is © 2026 Growth Engineering Technologies Ltd. Built from UK occupational standards and regulated qualification data, and written for Zavmo.

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