NEBOSH Training

10 days' classroom-based tuition

Designed to help those with Health and Safety responsibilities, the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health covers the main legal requirements for health and safety in the UK. Successful candidates are awarded this (Level 3) certification. These training courses are convened at a number of selected venues around the UK, with costs per seat from £1,250.

For managers and supervisors

The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health is a qualification designed to help those with Health and Safety responsibilities (managers, supervisors and employee representatives) to work in a better-informed and more-effective way that further reduces risk for employers and workers. The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health is not a qualification purely for health and safety specialists. No previous Health and Safety knowledge is required.

A key knowledge of legal requirements and associated identification and control of workplace hazards

The NEBOSH National General Certificate covers the main legal requirements for health and safety in the UK, identification and control of workplace hazards, and the practical application of this knowledge.

The course lasts 11 days including exams and practical, split as follows:

• Week 1 - Unit NGC1: the management of Health and Safety;
• Week 2 - Unit NGC2: controlling workplace hazards.

This is then followed by two written exams (taken over the course of a single day). Candidates are also required to carry out a practical inspection within their own workplace or other agreed venue and prepare a report.

The course syllabus covers the following topics:

• introduction to Health and Safety at Work;
• accident philosophy;
• Health and Safety legal requirements;
• enforcement issues;
• management of Health and Safety regulations;
• risk assessments;
• hazard identification;
• risk level quantification;
• implementing control measures;
• monitoring and reviewing requirements;
• young and pregnant workers;
• safe systems of work/ method statements;
• permit to work systems/ confined spaces;
• reactive/ active monitoring;
• communicating Health and Safety;
• safe use of work equipment;
• lifting equipment;
• electrical safety;
• fire safety;
• workplace transport;
• fork lift trucks;
• workplace welfare;
• consultation and safety representatives;
• safety signs;
• safe use and storage of hazardous substances;
• local exhaust ventilation;
• toxicity;
• respiratory equipment;
• manual handling and basic ergonomics;
• noise at work;
• management systems;
• radiation;
• display screen equipment;
• stress/lone working/violence at Work.

NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health (Level 3)

Upon completion of both units and the practical assessment, a NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health (Level 3) award is issued.

The NEBOSH National General Certificate meets the academic requirements for the Technician membership (TechIOSH) of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and Associate membership (AIIRSM) of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM).

Venues throughout the UK

NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health courses are held at our Head Office in Stafford, or at one of a number of selected venues around the UK. Courses can also be provided at your business premises. Please contact us for further details.

Per seat: from £1,250+VAT

The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health fee includes certification, provision of the NEBOSH Introduction to Health and Safety at Work textbook, and lunches and refreshments.

NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health courses are available either in-house or at the following locations: