NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Training in Health and Safety is a requirement of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Managers and advisors who are appointed to assist management must be “suitably and sufficiently trained” to carry out their role.

The course provides valuable underpinning core knowledge for NVQ Level 3 and is seen by many employers as an essential and important base level qualification in Health and Safety.

Course objectives/key benefits:

On completion, delegates will be able to:

• Identify the common and obvious hazards in a workplace and to recommend remedial actions
• Investigate accidents (including near misses) and make logical, cost-effective recommendations to prevent reoccurrence
• Identify the main items of Health and Safety legislation that apply to workplaces, including recent regulations and EC Directives
• Recognise the human and organisational problems that must be overcome to achieve a safe and healthy environment
• Use information sources to advise managers on safety matters

Who the course is aimed at:

• Managers
• Specialists
• Advisors
• Newly appointed Health and Safety managers
• Those seeking a career in Health and Safety

Course tutor:

Woodland Grange

Training method:

Workshop and assessment.

The assessment consists of 2 x two-hour exam papers; one exam taken on Friday of each week of the course and a Safety Inspection Report, which must be completed within seven days of the last day of the course and is undertaken at the candidate’s workplace.

Delegates will be required to undertake a certain amount of directed reading and exercises during the evenings. This private study could be pre-course, during the course, or in the week between the course weeks.

Course outcome/qualification:

NEBOSH National General Certificate.

Pre-requisite knowledge/qualification:

It is recommended that candidates new to health and safety, especially the law aspects, undertake the one day Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace course or the IOSH 4 day Managing Safely course, prior to sitting the NEBOSH Certificate.

Recommended follow-up course:

NEBOSH Diploma Programme.