NEBOSH International Certificate - November 2014 Specification

Our NEBOSH course content is unitised in accordance with the NEBOSH syllabus. Each part of the NEBOSH course is taught as a concise element of each unit. For example IGC1 Element 1 known as Foundations in Health and Safety is broken down into six key learning elements.

Our NEBOSH course presentation materials also match the delegate handout materials, so it is easy to follow each aspect of the NEBOSH course. The whole NEBOSH course is designed to ensure a minimal amount of 'note taking' we feel that this approach allows delegates to listen, learn, discuss and contribute their own ideas, and of course ask questions!

The course consists of two taught units IG1 and IG2.

Unit IG1: Management of international health and safety; comprising of:

Element 01 Why we should manage workplace health and safety.
Element 02 How health and safety managment systems work and what they look like.
Element 03 Managing risk - understanding people and process.
Element 04 Health and safety monitoring and measuring.

IG2: RIsk Assessment; comprising of:

Element 05 Physical and psychological health.
Element 06 Musculoskeletal health.
Element 07 Chemical and biological agents.
Element 08 General workplace issues.
Element 09 Work equipment.
Element 10 Fire.
Element 11 Electricity.
 

GC3: International health and safety practical application

This part of the NEBOSH course has no syllabus content associated with it. Although we provide you with a training session devoted to undertaking the NEBOSH practical assessment.

The GC3 practical is completed in your own time after the course, and takes rougly 2 hours.

The purpose of the NEBOSH practical assessment is to assess if you can apply the knowledge gained during the IGC1 and GC2 units of study. It is hoped that following two weeks of studing health and safety, that you will be able to identify hazards (potential to cause harm) and know how to deal with them. This is achieved in the following way:

Part 1 - NEBOSH course Delegates undertake a 45 minute inspection of a workplace, identifying hazards, unsafe acts and conditions as well as good practice. A key part of this inspection stage is outlining the immediate and longer term actions needed to deal with the issues encountered during the inspection. A form is provided to record this information, which is completed during the inspection walk round an observation sheet is provided to enable this.

Part 2 - The second part of the NEBOSH practical assessment is to use the information obtained during the 45 minute inspection of the workplace to write a short report to management. It is a basic report that need outline what has been identified and what needs to be done to achieve a safe place and safe system of work. The report must outline the main findings in a concise way persuasively convincing the reader of the need and importance of dealing with the issues identified to improve health and safety.

The NEBOSH course practical assessment is not just about testing knowledge in an examination situation. It is very important that delegates complete the NEBOSH course knowing how to carry out a workplace inspection and write a report outlining the findings. Report writing is a key communication skill. We find that some delegates who attend have never written formal reports. So developing this key skill helps them communicate any message effectively and has benefits far beyond the management of health and safety and passing the NEBOSH practical assessment.

Lack of communication is often a root cause of accidents in the workplace, so the NEBOSH course practical assessment should be seen as a key part of the course and a skill worth learning and developing.