NEBOSH General Certificate – February 2026 – Virtual Classroom

To introduce industry standard certificate for health and safety practitioners, offering a valuable overview of the core aspects of occupational health and safety. Course comprised of two units, GNC1 and GNC2 practical unit.

Week one: 9th – 13th February 2026
Week two: 23rd – 27th February 2026
GNC1 OBE Exam: 4th March 2026

• Workplace hazards and offer advice on corrective and preventative measures.
• The scope, duties and offences of employers, managers and employees.
• The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
• The legal framework for the regulation of health and safety includes sources and types of law.
• How to plan and implement an effective health and safety policy.
• How to Influence behaviour to create a positive Health & Safety culture throughout an organisation.
• How to undertake risk assessments and accident investigations and recommend suitable action.
• How to undertake a health and safety audit.
• Hazards and risk control.
• Transport hazards and risk control.
• Musculoskeletal hazards and risk control.
• Work equipment hazards and risk control.
• Electrical safety.
• Fire safety.
• Chemical and biological hazards and risk control.
• Physical and psychological hazards and risk control.

GNC1

• ELEMENT 1: Why We Should Manage Workplace Health and Safety
• ELEMENT 2: How Health and Safety Management Systems Work and What They Look Like
• ELEMENT 3: Managing Risk – Understanding People and Processes
• ELEMENT 4: Health and Safety Monitoring and Measuring

This unit has an Open Book Exam. You would have 24 hours to complete a scenario based exam.

GNC2

• ELEMENT 5: Physical and psychological health
• ELEMENT 6: Musculoskeletal health
• ELEMENT 7: Chemical and biological agents
• ELEMENT 8: General workplace issues
• ELEMENT 9: Work equipment
• ELEMENT 10: Fire
• ELEMENT 11: Electricity

This unit has a detailed risk assessment to be completed after the course.

Tutor led presentation with group work, individual exercises and home study.

NEBOSH accrediting body examination and practical assessment GNC1 45% pass mark and GNC2 60% pass mark

Any exam unit re-sits would need to be registered with NEBOSH and this results in an additional cost.