Nebosh National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health Training Course Nebosh & Health Training Course Outline

The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health is a basic qualification for people who are involved in health and safety at work. Such people include newly appointed safety advisors without previousexperience, managers and supervisors with part-time responsibility for health andsafety and safety representatives. For those appointed as part-time safety advisers the National General Certificate should give an adequate base for theirwork. However, for those with full-time responsibilities as safety advisors,particularly in the more hazardous industries, further training will be required. Such
people should consider obtaining the additional qualification of the NEBOSH National Diploma or a NEBOSH Specialist Certificate such as the NEBOSH NationalCertificate in Construction Safety and Health, if they are working in a relevantindustry.

Pre-requisites

None required

Who should attend this course?

There are no formal entry criteria for admission to the National General Certificate programme but the examination includes a requirement to write a short report. Candidates with limited or no experience of report writing will therefore be given additional training in this subject to enable them to complete the practical assessment successfully.

Units and elements of competence.

 

NEBOSH does not consider that it is appropriate to divide the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health into elements of competence, which could be of value individually in a work situation. A person who can recognise hazards but is unable to recognise the way in which people react to legislation, or is unable to carry out a workplace inspection, would not be competent to discharge responsibilities for the safety and health of others at work.

 

Locations

This is a 13 day modulated course spread over 6 weeks (2 days per week)
Days 1-5 NGC 1 - The Management of Health and Safety
Days 6-10 NGC 2 - Controlling Workplace Hazards
Day 11 Revision, Day 12 NGC 3 Practical Assessment,
Day 13 (NGC 1&2) written examinations lasting 2 hours each