NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Overview

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, NG1 and NG2 practical unit.

Learning

• Workplace hazards and offer advice on corrective and preventative measurements.
• The scope, duties and offences of employers, managers and employees.
• The HASAWA 1974.
• The legal framework for the regulation of health and safety including 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.

Other

NG1:

– 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.

NG2:

– 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 NG1 UNIT.
– This unit has a detailed risk assessment to be completed after the course.

Assessment

Quantitative assessment (For example: exam, quiz, written assignments, or a risk assessment)