Description
COURSE DETAIL
Duration: 12 – 14 days depending on location
This NEBOSH accredited qualification is divided into three units, each of which is assessed separately:
Management of Health and Safety (NGC1)
Controlling workplace hazards (GC2)
Health and safety practical application (GC3)
The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety provides delegates with a broad understanding of key health and safety issues within the workplace. It outlines both the individual and organisational health and safety responsibilities and helps delegates to discharge their duties more effectively.
What you will learn
An understanding of the foundations of Health and Safety policy and organisation
The ability to promote a positive health and safety culture
The know how to investigate and report on accidents and incidents
Have the knowledge to manage and control hazards for workplace activities; i.e. movement of people and vehicles, mechanical and manual handling, electrical, fire and demolition etc.
To monitor, review and audit
Assessments: Two two-hour written examination papers and a practical assessment must be completed in order to successfully complete this course and receive the full NEBOSH General Certificate.
Certification: On successful completion delegates receive a unit certificate, if all three units are passed delegates will receive the full NEBOSH General Certificate.
COURSE PROGRAMME
National General Certificate 1 (NGC1)
Element 1: Foundations in Health and Safety
The scope and nature of occupational health and safety
Moral and financial reasons for promoting good standards of health and safety
Legal framework for the regulation of health and safety
Scope, duties and offences, managers employees and others
Legal and organisational health and safety roles and responsibilities of clients and contractors
The principles of assessing and managing contractors
Element 2: Health and Safety Management Systems – Plan
Key elements of a health and safety management system (HSG65 & OHSAS 18001)
Purpose and importance of setting policy for health and safety
Key features and appropriate content of a health and safety policy
Factors that should be considered when developing and implementing a safe system of work for general work activities
Role and function of a permit-to-work system
Emergency procedures and arrangements for contacting emergency services
Requirements for, and effective provision of, first aid in the workplace
Element 3: Health and Safety Management Systems – Do
Organisational health and safety roles and responsibilities of employers, directors, managers and supervisors.
Concept of health and safety culture and its significance in the management of health and safety in an organisation
Human factors which influence behaviour at work
How health and safety behaviour at work can be improved
Principles and practice of risk assessment
General principles of prevention
Sources of health and safety information
Element 4: Health and Safety Management Systems – Check
Active and reactive monitoring
Investigating incidents
Recording and reporting incidents
Element 5: Health and Safety Management Systems – Act
Health and safety auditing
Review of health and safety performance
General Certificate 2 (GC2)
Element 1: Workplace hazards and controls
Welfare arrangements
Violence at work
Substance misuse at work
Safe movement of people
Working at heights
Hazards and control measures for temporary works
Element 2: Transport hazards
Hazards in vehicle operations
Controls for safe vehicle operations
Driving at work
Element 3: Musculoskeletal hazards and risk control
Work related limb disorders
Manual handling hazards and control measures
Manually operated load handling equipment
Powered load handling equipment
Element 4: Work equipment hazards and controls
General requirements handheld tools
Hazards and controls for hand held tools
Mechanical and non-mechanical hazards of machinery
Element 5: Electrical safety
Principals, hazards and risks associated with the use of electricity and work
Control measures when working with electrical systems or using electrical equipment in all workplace conditions
Element 6: Fire Safety
Fire initiation, classification and spread
Fire risk assessment
Fire prevention and prevention of fire spread
Element 7: Chemical and biological health hazards and controls
Classification of substances
Assessment of health risks
Occupational exposure limits
Control measures
Specific agents
Safe handling and storage of waste
Element 8: Physical and psychological health
Noise
Vibration
Radiation
Stress
General Certificate 3 (GC3)
Unit GC3 is assessed by one two-hour practical examination carried out in the candidate’s own workplace. The assessment must normally be taken within 10 working days of a written examination. The practical examination is internally assessed by one of our NEBOSH tutors and is externally moderated by NEBOSH.
