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The NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety has become established as the most popular and highly respected qualification of its kind. Those who hold the qualification find themselves in high demand in the global marketplace.
Employers increasingly see health and safety management as a strategic role demanding an appropriate high-level professional qualification.
This qualification assists in the development of professional competence, increasing learners’ ability to help organisations make sensible and proportionate decisions in order to manage risk, meet business objectives, and meet regulatory and other requirements. Thorough but achievable, the qualification is designed by health and safety professionals to meet the needs of the modern workplace. It is a university degree-level qualification, offering a route to Masters-level study. It is a qualification to be proud of.
This prestigious qualification has been designed to underpin the capabilities that you need to become an effective health and safety professional.
- Unit IA: Managing Health and Safety
- IA1: Principles of health and safety management.
- IA2: Regulating health and safety.
- IA3: Loss causation and incident investigation.
- IA4: Measuring and reviewing health and safety performance.
- IA5: The assessment and evaluation of risk.
- IA6: Risk Control.
- IA7: Organizational factors.
- IA8: Human factors.
- IA9: The role of the health and safety practitioner
- Unit IB: Hazardous Substances/ Agents
- IB1: Managing occupational health.
- IB2: Identification, assessment and evaluation of hazardous substances.
- IB3: The control of hazardous substances.
- IB4: The monitoring and measuring of hazardous substances.
- IB5: Biological agents.
- IB6: Noise and vibration.
- IB7: Radiation.
- IB8: Mental ill-health and dealing with violence and aggression at work.
- IB9: Musculoskeletal risks and controls.
- IB10: Work environment risks and controls.
- Unit IC: Workplace and Work Equipment Safety
- IC1: Workplace welfare requirements and specific workplace issues.
- IC2: Fire and explosion.
- IC3: Workplace fire risk assessment.
- IC4: The storage, handling and processing of dangerous substances.
- IC5: Work equipment.
- IC6: Workplace machinery.
- IC7: Mobile, lifting, access and work at height equipment.
- IC8: Electrical safety.
- IC9: Construction and works of a temporary nature – hazards and controls.
- IC10: Workplace transport and managing work-related road risk
- Unit DNI: Application of Health and Safety In the Workplace
The NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety meets the academic requirements to apply for:
- Graduate Membership (Grad IOSH) of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). This is the first step to becoming a Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner as a Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH).
- Member status (MIIRSM) of the Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM).
- Holders of either the NEBOSH National or International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety and either the NEBOSH National or International Certificate in Construction Health and Safety meet the headline entrance criteria requirements for Registered Membership (RMaPS) of the Association for Project Safety (APS).
Those who pass their NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety are entitled to use the designatory letters IDip NEBOSH. Successful learners are invited to the annual NEBOSH Graduation and Awards Ceremony in the year following the successful completion of their award. The International Diploma provides a sound basis for progression to MSc level. A number of UK universities offer MSc programs that accept the International Diploma as a full or partial entry requirement.
You will receive your results 12 weeks after your assessment date. Learners who are successful in an individual unit will be issued with a Unit Certificate, normally within 20 working days of the result notification date. Units are not graded and the unit certificates will show a ‘Pass’
The NEBOSH International Diploma is split into 4 units which are assessed individually.
The E-learning course is valid for 12 months.
Thousands of leading experts and organisations have helped us update the most widely respected health and safety qualification of its kind in the world. This means that it’s designed to reflect the needs of today’s employer giving learners everything they need to know and do to make their workplace safer.
- Minimize workplace injuries and illness.
- Boost employee well being.
- Demonstrate your commitment to health and safety, which can win business
Relevant to every workplace, the NEBOSH International General Certificate is ideal for managers, supervisors and anybody with health and safety management responsibilities. It’s also perfect for those embarking on a health and safety career and gives you a stepping stone to success.
- Element 1
- Why we should manage workplace health and safety.
- How health and safety management systems work and what they look like.
- Managing risk– understanding people and processes.
- Health and safety monitoring and measuring.
- Element 2
- Physical and psychological health.
- Musculature health.
- Chemical and biological agents.
- General workplace issues.
- Work equipment.
- Fire.
- Electricity.
A ‘Pass’ must be achieved in both units to achieve the International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety from NEBOSH.
6 months Access Validity.
This qualification is specifically designed for people with safety responsibility in the oil and gas industry. The qualification focuses on international standards and management systems, enabling students to effectively discharge workplace safety responsibilities both onshore and offshore. The Certificate also highlights the importance of process safety management in the oil and gas industry.
There are no specific entry requirements for this qualification, however it is highly recommended that students have an existing underpinning knowledge of safety issues or have completed a NEBOSH Certificate level qualification previously.
Those who have the responsibility for ensuring safety as part of their day to day duties, including: Managers, Supervisors, Employee representatives, newly appointed Health and Safety Advisers. Students should already have an underpinning knowledge of safety issues and may already have studied one of NEBOSH’s Certificate-level qualifications.
- ELEMENT 1: HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN CONTEXT
• Learning from Incidents
• Hazards inherent in oil and gas
• Risk management techniques used in the oil and gas industries
• Safety cases and safety reportsELEMENT 2: HYDROCARBON PROCESS SAFETY 1
• Contractor management
• Process safety management (PSM)
• Role and purpose of a permit-to-work system
• Key principles of shift handover
• Plant operations and maintenanceELEMENT 3: HYDROCARBON PROCESS SAFETY 2
• Failure modes
• Safety critical equipment controls
• Safe storage of hydrocarbons
• Furnace and boiler operationsELEMENT 4: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
• Fire and explosion risk in the oil and gas industries
• Emergency responseELEMENT 5: LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
• Marine transport
The examination is a 2-hour written paper which consists of one ‘long-answer’ question and ten ‘short-answer’ questions. All questions are compulsory.
6 months Access Validity.
The NEBOSH International Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management is designed for people throughout the world who have fire safety responsibilities at work. It provides the knowledge and understanding, when combined with relevant experience, to carry out an effective fire risk assessment, as well as embed good practice in the workplace.
Holders of this accredited qualification help their organisation to meet its fire safety responsibilities. It leads to a safer environment for employees and visitors to premises and an improved fire safety culture for employers and building managers.
The NEBOSH International Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management covers the following key topics:
Management of health and safety
- Managing fire safety
- Principles of fire and explosion
- Causes and prevention of fires and explosions
- Fire protection in buildings
- Safety of people in the event of fire
- Fire safety risk assessment
Students will be able to complete a fire safety risk assessment of a workplace. In particular, to:
- Identify fire hazards in the workplace
- Identify persons who could be at risk should a fire start
- Assess the adequacy of existing fire safety measures to control risk
- Assess the risk of fire occurring
- Assess and demonstrate understanding of the speed at which fire and smoke could spread once started
- Assess the risk to persons from fire
- Where necessary, recommend additional fire safety measures to further reduce risk
- Recommend a risk assessment review date
No previous health and safety or fire safety knowledge is required although it should be noted that the assessment includes a requirement to write a short report.
The qualification is divided into three units:
- IGC1: Management of international health and safety
- IFC1: International fire safety and risk management
- FC2: Practical Fire Risk Assessment
NEBOSH International Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management is the qualification for people with fire safety responsibilities at work. It is particularly relevant for those who contribute to or conduct and review fire risk assessments within low to medium risk workplaces.
The International Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management is divided into three units. All units are mandatory unless an exemption can be applied
Unit IGC1: International management of health and safety
• Unit IGC1 is a taught unit, assessed by a two-hour written examination
• Each written examination consists of ten ‘short-answer’ questions (8 marks each) and one ‘long-answer’ question (20 marks)
• Each examination paper covers the whole unit syllabus. All questions are compulsory
Unit IFC1: International fire safety and risk management
• Unit IFC1 is a taught unit, assessed by one two-hour written examination
• Each written examination consists of ten ‘short-answer’ questions (8 marks each) and one ‘long-answer’ question (20 marks)
• Each examination paper covers the whole unit syllabus. All questions are compulsory
Unit FC2: Fire safety practical application
• Unit FC2 is assessed by a practical application carried out in the candidate’s own workplace
• This is held on a date set by the accredited course provider and must be taken within 10 working days of a written (IGC1 and/or IFC1) examination
6 months Access Validity. Can be accessed through any smart devices.
6 months Access Validity.
This introductory qualification is aimed at anyone who needs to understand the principles of health and safety as part of their job.
The typical people who would benefit from this qualification include: Team leaders and supervisors, HR professionals, Facilities managers, those working with young people in a training environment.
This qualification has been accredited and credit rated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) and sits in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).
The NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work is made up of two units:
Unit HSW1: Workplace Safety Foundations
- The Foundations of Health and Safety
- The Responsibility for Health and Safety
- Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Control
- Hazards and Controls Associated with Work Equipment
- Working with Electricity
- Manual Handling and Repetitive Movement
- Hazardous Substances
- The Working Environment
- Transport Safety
- Fire Safety
Assessed by a 1 hour multiple-choice exam
Unit HSW2: Workplace Risk Assessment
Assessed by a 1 hour risk assessment activity, undertaken in your workplace
6 months Access Validity.
Supervisors, managers and team leaders in any sector and any organisation who are required to effectively and efficiently be responsible for safety management of risks and resources.
6 months Access Validity.
This course will provide learners with a foundation of environmental and sustainability knowledge to build on. Covering a wide range of environmental, sustainability and governance principles, this course will give learners an understanding of the breadth of the sustainability agenda, and the management tools and skills that they will need when working within this area.
- Learners who are starting out in environmental management, and want a solid foundation of environment and sustainability knowledge to build on.
- Those who would like to gain Associate membership of IEMA.
- There are no formal entry requirements for this course.
Once completed, a learner on this course will be able to:
- Outline the implications of global trends for the environment, for society, for the economy and for organisations
- Outline sustainable business/governance principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services
- Outline environmental principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services
- Outline major policy and legislation and their implications for organisations, products and services
- Outline major tools, techniques, systems and practices used to improve sustainability performance
- Outline the role of innovation and other leading practices in developing sustainable products and services and providing sustainable solutions
- Collect data, perform analysis, and evaluate information Research and plan to provide sustainable solutions
- Deliver effective communication and capture feedback
- Engage with stakeholders
- Outline tools and techniques that identify opportunities and risks
- Identify and propose ways to improve performance
- Support change and transformation to improve sustainability
6 months Access Validity.
The Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers course aims to provide supervisors and managers with a strategic and operational overview of environmental sustainability as it affects their specific industry and work area.
- This course is ideally suited for supervisors and managers across all sectors and has no formal entry requirements.
The course covers the understanding of the strategic opportunities and constraints that environmental sustainability presents organisations; the importance of resource efficiency; the impact of environmental sustainability across the value chain; the impacts of pollution, prevention, control and environmental legislation in organisations; and how employees support environmental sustainability.
6 months Access Validity.
The Environmental Sustainability Skills for the Workforce course is perfect for those working in any job role across all sectors, to ensure that environmental sustainability is embedded into all job roles of a company
- This course is ideally suited for those working in any job role across all sectors and has no formal entry requirements. It is bench-marked against the Level 2 RQF descriptors.
The course covers the main environmental risks and opportunities facing organisations; the importance of resource efficiency; the impacts of pollution, prevention, control and legislation; the impact of transport; and knowing how employees can support environmental sustainability.
6 months Access Validity.