NEBOSH General Certificate Online (Instructor-led)

NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is regarded as the gold standard in health and safety qualifications. The NEBOSH General Certificate course provides a valuable overview of the core aspects of occupational health and safety, equipping you with the skills to manage workplace risks effectively.

Who is the NEBOSH General Certificate Course For?

• Managers, supervisors and individuals with health and safety responsibility
• Business owners seeking to develop a health and safety culture

The NEBOSH General Certificate course helps develop skills:

• Understand the key legal elements of a health and safety policy
• Advise on methods of controlling workplace hazards and risks
• Apply safe systems of work, reporting and effective communication
• Identify ill health and safety risks and management solutions
• Explain and deploy the process of reporting and investigating accidents in the workplace

Course Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements for this qualification, however it is important that learners have a suitable standard of English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus.

What Makes Up a National General Certificate?

The NEBOSH National General Certificate is a two module qualification and requires two courses to be taken - NG1 and NG2:

Unit NG1

The NG1 module of the NEBOSH General Certificate is a 5 day remote online course with tutor led training which is assessed by an Open Book Exam and closing interview. Your Open Book Exam (OBE) is for a predefined date in conjunction with your NG1 course booking.

NG1 module - Management of health and safety

5 Day Block NEBOSH General Certificate NG1 - The course is delivered online via zoom video conferencing, there is a maximum of 10 delegates per course. The learning materials are structured and delivered in a format to get you familiar to the 'new open book exam questions' style. These are shared digitally during the tutor led learning via zoom screen share and also made available via the RISK NEBOSH Personal Learning Zone at the end of each day.

Element 1: Why we should manage workplace health and safety

• 1.1 Discuss the moral, financial and legal reasons for managing health and safety in the workplace
• 1.2 Explain how the law works and the consequences of non-compliance
• 1.3 Summarise the main health and safety duties of employers and workers in HSWA 1974 and MHSWR 1999
• 1.4 Explain how contractors should be selected, monitored and managed

Element 2: How health and safety management systems work and what they look like

• 2.1 Give an overview of the elements of a health and safety management system and the benefits of having a formal/certified system
• 2.2 Discuss the main ingredients of health and safety management systems that make it effective - general policy, organisation, arrangements

Element 3: Managing risk — understanding people and processes

• 3.1 Describe the concept of health and safety culture and how it influences performance
• 3.2 Summarise how health and safety culture at work can be improved
• 3.3 Summarise the human factors which positively or negatively influence behaviour at work in a way that can affect health and safety
• 3.4 Explain the principles of the risk assessment process
• 3.5 Discuss typical workplace changes that have significant health and safety impacts and ways to minimise those impacts
• 3.6 Describe what to consider when developing and implementing a safe system of work for general activities
• 3.7 Explain the role, function and operation of a permit-to-work system
• 3.8 Discuss typical emergency procedures (including training and testing) and how to decide what level of first aid is needed in the workplace

Element 4: Health and safety monitoring and measuring

• 4.1 Discuss common methods and indicators used to monitor the effectiveness of management systems
• 4.2 Explain why and how incidents should be investigated, recorded and reported
• 4.3 Explain what an audit is and why and how it is used to evaluate a management system
• 4.4 Explain why and how regular reviews of health and safety performance are needed

8 days before your exam NEBOSH send a NEBOSH General Certificate NG1 delegate login

This is sent directly to the learner from NEBOSH, which is why it's so important that we have the correct details on your registration form, including direct delegate contact details. RISK (nor any other training provider) has any influence over the accessibility or technical connectivity between the delegate and their NEBOSH login. Which is why it is critical learners log on at the earliest opportunity and to familiarise themselves with the NEBOSH open book exam platform. We strongly recommend learners log in, change their password and familiarise themselves with the platform well before the day of the examination.

Your NEBOSH General Certificate NG1 open book exam

This exam is the same for everyone in this cohort of delegates across the World, the start time of the exam in the UK is 11.00am, for non UK delegates it's the comparable time in their country (i.e. the same 24 hours for all exam takers). All delegates have a 24 hour window to complete and submit their examination paper. Having a 24 hour window, gives you plenty of flexibility in fitting it in around other commitments i.e. work etc.

The open book examination (OBE) will be based on a realistic scenario, that will test both what you know and what you can do. You will be asked to carry out a series of tasks using evidence from the scenario and the underpinning knowledge gained through your studies and revision. You will have 24 hours to download, complete and submit your assessment.

Your assessment will be marked by an external examiner appointed by NEBOSH. These examiners are chosen for their experience and expertise to ensure that learners are assessed by the very best from our industry.

RISK & Safety Management Services get access to your submitted exam papers 3 days later

RISK access and download delegate exam submissions in preparation for closing interviews. For delegates undertaking a follow-on NG2 module with RISK their NG1 interview will be undertaken by the tutor on the NG2 module either before training starts or on completion of the training day. All other delegates will have interviews scheduled over the next 10 days.

At this point the exam hasn't been marked by NEBOSH, the purpose of this interview is to assess the work has been completed by the delegate. The aim of this interview is to ensure that the work was completed by the delegate themselves and exam scripts have not been plagiarised.

Unit NG2

The NG2 is also a 5 day course. NG2 course content is designed to focus your thinking into applying the knowledge gained from the NG1 course into creating a practical Risk Assessment and Written Report. Delegates complete a practical Risk Assessment and Written Report which is submitted 10 days after your NG2 Course finishes - this needs to be returned to RISK, who submit to NEBOSH.

NEBOSH General Certificate NG2: Practical Risk Assessment and Written Report

The NG2 module of the NEBOSH General Certificate is a 5 day remote online course with tutor led training structured to provide you with the knowledge and skills to produce a risk assessment of a workplace. It considers a wide range of identified hazards (drawn from elements 5-11) and meets best practice standards ('suitable and sufficient').

Topics covered in the NG2 module include:

• Legal requirements for health and safety at work
• Implementation of health and safety management systems
• Identification of workplace hazards
• Methods of hazard control
• Practical application of knowledge and understanding

5 Day Block NEBOSH General Certificate NG2

The course is delivered online via zoom video conferencing, there is a maximum of 10 delegates per course. The learning materials are structured and delivered in a format to get you familiar with complete a Risk Assessment and Written Report. These are shared digitally during the tutor led learning via zoom screen share and also made available via the RISK NEBOSH Personal Learning Zone at the end of each day.

NG2 module - Practical Risk Assessment and Written Report

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

The NEBOSH General Certificate NG2 Course Assessment

Delegates complete a Risk Assessment and Written Report which is submitted directly to NEBOSH no later than 10 days after the NG2 course is completed. The risk assessment demonstrates that you know how to apply everything you've learnt during the course. You will be assessed on your ability to apply your skills and knowledge to a wide range of issues and ability to deliver positive change to a real workplace.

Technology Checks Pre-Course Start Date

This is to check you've been able to access the RISK NEBOSH Personal Learning Zone, test your broadband download and upload speeds for both video conferencing and in preparation for the exam.

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Established in 1997, RISK is one of the UK’s leading health and safety training providers. RISK is a privately owned, multi-award winning, accredited training provider with a proven track record for successfully delivering NEBOSH Certificate courses, CITB courses IOSH in-company courses, online in a virtual classroom and in-company at locations across the UK.

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