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What is the NEBOSH National General Certificate?
The NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is one of the UK’s most popular and widely respected health and safety qualifications. More than 200,000 people have passed the General Certificate, and it is considered the industry standard. The syllabus is informed by the practices of industry leading health and safety professionals, and as such it provides detailed insights into best practices for health and safety across all industries and sectors.
The course provides a valuable overview of the core aspects of occupational health and safety, equipping you with the skills to manage and assess workplace risk effectively.
NEBOSH General Certificate candidates can enjoy enhanced flexibility as they can choose to study between traditional in-person classroom sessions, virtual classroom environments, or an e-learning course.
The National Educational Board in Occupational Health and Safety (NEBOSH) is an independent examination board delivering vocational qualifications in health, safety and environmental practice and management. 87% of UK employers ask for a NEBOSH qualification when they are recruiting for health and safety roles, making the NEBOSH General Certificate invaluable for health and safety professionals.
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By the end of the course, candidates will have developed the skills to:
Justify health and safety improvements using moral, financial and legal arguments
Advise on the main duties for health and safety in the workplace
Help their organisation manage contractors
Work within a health and safety management system, recognising what effective general policy, organisation and arrangements should look like
Positively influence health and safety culture and behaviour to improve performance in their organisation
Do a general risk assessment in their own workplace – profiling and prioritising risks, inspecting the workplace, recognising a range of common hazards, evaluating risks (taking account of current controls), recommending further control measures and planning actions
Recognise workplace changes that have significant health and safety impacts and effective ways to minimise those impacts
Develop basic safe systems of work (including taking account of typical emergencies) and knowing when to use permit-to-work systems for special risks
Take part in incident investigations
Help their employer to check their management system effectiveness – through monitoring, audits and reviews
Training Course Content
Unit NG1: Management of Health and Safety
Element 1 Why we should manage workplace health and safety.
Element 2 How health and safety management systems work and what they look like.
Element 3 Managing risk – understanding people and processes
Element 4 Health and safety monitoring and measuring
Unit NG2: Risk Assessment
Element 5 Physical and psychological health.
Element 6 Musculoskeletal health.
Element 7 Chemical and biological agents.
Element 8 General workplace issues.
Element 9 Work equipment.
Element 10 Fire.
Element 11 Electricity.
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The National General Certificate involves a minimum of 68 taught hours and approximately 40 hours of private study and background reading.
When studied through classroom, virtual classroom or in-house learning, the course is 9 days plus online revision and an online exam.
When studied through E-learning, we recommend spending between 100 and 120 hours on the course. If you study through this method you will need to book your NEBOSH exam separately.
The online exams are run by NEBOSH every two months. Follow this link to .
Our classroom course timings are 09:00-17:00 Monday - Friday.
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