Health & Safety » NEBOSH General Certificate Training Courses

National Examination Board For Occupational Safety & Health

Locations: Rooksbridge.

Course Aim

To provide Supervisors and Managers and safety representatives with the skills necessary to carry out their job role. The programme has been developed to provide an underpinning knowledge for non-specialists in health and safety to enable delegates to discharge their duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Course Objectives

Unit 1 Health and Safety Foundations

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• Explain briefly the moral, legal and economic bases for maintaining good standards of health and safety
• Outline the legal framework for the regulation of health and safety
• Describe the roles and powers of enforcement agencies and the judiciary
• Outline the key elements of a health and safety management system

Unit 2 Policy

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• explain the purpose of a health and safety policy
• assess the appropriateness of an organisation’s health and safety policy in terms of structure and general content

Unit 3 Organising for Health and Safety

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• outline the health and safety responsibilities of the various parties involved with work activities
• explain the requirements placed on employers to consult with employees.

Unit 4 Promoting a positive health and safety culture

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will understand be able to

• describe the concept of health and safety culture and its significance in the management of health and safety in an organisation
• assess the effectiveness of an organisation’s health and safety culture by use of relevant climate indicators.
• recognise the factors that could lead to a deterioration in health and safety culture
• advise on methods for improving the health and safety culture of an organisation
• outline the internal and external influences on an organisation’s health and safety standards.

Unit 5 Risk Assessment

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• explain the aims and objectives of risk assessment
• distinguish between high frequency/low severity events and low frequency/high severity events
• identify hazards by means of workplace inspections and analysis of tasks
• use accident and near-miss data in risk assessments
• use a simple risk assessment technique to determine risk levels and to assess the adequacy of controls

Unit 6 Principles of control

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• Describe the general principles of control and a basic hierarchy of risk reduction measures that encompass technical, behavioural and procedural controls
• develop and apply safe systems of work for general work activities
• explain the key elements of a safe system applied to the particular situations of working in confined spaces and lone working
• explain the role and function of a permit-to-work within a safe system of work
• assess the adequacy of emergency procedures and provision

Unit 7 Movement of people and vehicles – hazards and controls

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• identify the hazards that may cause injuries to pedestrians in the workplace and control measures to reduce the risk of such injuries
• identify the essential elements of a safe workplace management strategy
• suggest ways of ensuring segregation of pedestrians and vehicles in the workplace and the appropriate control measures when segregation is not practicable.
• suggest suitable measures to ensure the safe operation of vehicles on site
• explain the importance of site driver training as part of an overall safety programme

Unit 8 Manual and mechanical handling hazards and controls

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• describe the main types of injury associated with manual handling
• carry out a manual handling assessment
• suggest ways of minimising manual handling risks
• explain the training requirements for those who are required to manually lift loads
• explain the precautions and procedures necessary to ensure safety in the use and maintenance of fork-lifts trucks, manually operated load moving equipment, lifts, hoists, conveyors and cranes
• identify the legal requirements for the examination of lifting equipment

Unit 9 Work equipment hazards and control

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• outline general requirements for work equipment
• outline the hazards and controls for hand tools
• describe the main mechanical and non-mechanical hazards of machinery
• describe the main methods of protection from machinery hazards

Unit 10 Electrical hazards and control

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• identify the hazards and evaluate the consequential risks from the use of electricity in the workplace
• advise on the control measures that should be taken when working with electrical systems or using electrical equipment

Unit 11 Fire hazards and control

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• identify basic fire hazards in the workplace
• evaluate the main fire risks in a workplace
• advise on basic fire prevention and prevention of fire spread in buildings
• identify the appropriate fire alarm system and fire-fighting equipment for a simple workplace
• assess the adequacy and maintenance of existing means of escape in a simple workplace
• implement a successful evacuation of a workplace in the event of a fire

Unit 12 Chemical and biological health hazards and control

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• recognise chemical and biological hazards in the workplace and explain
• distinguish between acute and chronic ill-health effects
• explain the differences between maximum exposure and occupational exposure limits and long and short-term exposure limits
• make a preliminary assessment of the health risks from substances and biological agents commonly encountered in workplace
• apply a hierarchy of control measures to reduce the risk ill-health caused by exposure to chemical or biological agents
• outline the basic requirements relating to the disposal of waste and effluent and the control of atmospheric pollution.

Unit 13 Physical and psychological health hazards and waters

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• Explain the term “ergonomics” and the contribution that ergonomic design can make to health, safety and efficiency at work
• identify work processes and practices that may give rise to musculoskeletal health problems and illustrate the nature and extent with reference to the use of Display Screen Equipment.
• identify common welfare and work requirements in the workplace
• describe the health effects associated with noise and suggest appropriate control measures
• describe the principal health effects associated with ionising and non-ionising radiation and outline basic protection techniques
• explain the causes and effects of stress at work and suggest appropriate actions
• describe the situations that present a risk of violent assault to employees and suggest ways of minimising such risk

Unit 14 Construction activities – hazards and control

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• Identify the main hazards of construction and demolition work and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
• Identify the hazards of work above ground level and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
• Describe the safe working practices for common forms of access equipment
• Identify the hazards of excavations and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
• Identify the hazards to health commonly encountered in small construction activities and explain how risks might be reduced

Unit 15 Incident investigation, recording and reporting

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• explain the purposes of and procedures for investigating accidents at work
• describe the requirements for the statutory reporting of fatalities and specified injuries, diseases/ill-health conditions and dangerous occurrences
• utilise records of accident and ill-health experience in an organisation,

Unit 16 Monitoring, review and audit

By the end of this unit, successful candidates will be able to

• Use a variety of pro-active and reactive monitoring procedures
• carry out a workplace inspection in order to set priorities and time scales for action and to assign action points to relevant personnel
• communicate inspection findings in the form of an effective and persuasive report
• differentiate between safety inspections, sampling and tours and explain their roles within a monitoring regime
• explain the purpose of regular reviews of health and safety performance, the means by which reviews might be undertaken and the criteria that will influence the frequency of such reviews.
• explain the meaning of the term health and safety audit and describe the preparations that may be needed prior to an audit and the information that may be needed during and audit

Certification & Assessment

Assessment

• Two NEBOSH two hour written papers (A1 and A2).
• A practical assessment

Certification

• National examination Board for Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH)

Course Duration

Distance Learning