E-Learning Courses

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.

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.

• You’ll be in control of the pace and time of your learning.
• It’s flexible and easily accessible.
• It provides progress checks throughout the course.
• It provides excellent feedback and guidance.
• It provides a variety of online and interactive techniques including videos, audio, animation, text and real-life situations.

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.

• Safety Professionals those who are completed Level 3 Certificate.
• Any Bachelor or Master Engineering certificate holder.
• Technician IOSH Holders.
• British Safety Council (BSC)
• International Diploma In Occupational Safety & Health (iDipOSH)

Unit 1: Principles of health and safety management

• The need for managing health and safety at work
• The influence of international agencies and standards on health and safety at work
• Developing and implementing a health and safety management system
• Identifying and evaluating hazards and risks associated with workplace activities
• Developing and implementing control strategies for managing health and safety risks at work
• Reporting and investigating health and safety incidents at work
• Reducing the impact of workplace activities on the environment.

Unit 2: Safeguarding people’s health in the workplace

• Occupational health strategy integration with an effective health and safety management system
• The effect of occupational health hazards on people
• Managing the health of vulnerable persons in the workplace
• Identifying and evaluating occupational health hazards and risks
• Developing and implementing control strategies for managing occupational health risks.

Unit 3: Promoting a positive health and safety culture in the workplace

• The importance of a positive health and safety culture within an organisation
• Assessing the existing health and safety culture of an organisation
• Understanding the factors that influence staff behavior
• Improving the health and safety culture of an organisation

•   Developing and presenting a business case for improving the health and safety culture of an organisation.

• You’ll be in control of the pace and time of your learning.
• It’s flexible and easily accessible.
• It provides progress checks throughout the course.
• It provides excellent feedback and guidance.
• It provides a variety of online and interactive techniques including videos, audio, animation, text and real-life situations.

The International Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health course is assessed via two written examinations and two workplace-based assignments.

• Unit 1: written examination only
• Unit 2: written examination and practical assignment
• Unit 3: practical assignment only.

On successful completion of two written exams and two assessments, delegates can access graduate membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) – a nationally recognised and respected independent industry body. After a period of initial professional development, a graduate member may apply for chartered status of IOSH (CMIOSH). Holders of the International Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health may also apply for full membership of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM).

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

• You’ll be in control of the pace and time of your learning.
• It’s flexible and easily accessible.
• It provides progress checks throughout the course.
• It provides excellent feedback and guidance.
• It provides a variety of online and interactive techniques including videos, audio, animation, text and real-life situations.

Through a multiple choice examination and a practical risk assessment which tests the ability to put into practice the knowledge gained during the course. A qualification parchment will be awarded on successful completion of both assessments.

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.

IOSH Managing Safely covers basic health and safety issues which includes a short topic tackling environmental issues.

The course covers following modules:

1. Introducing Managing Safely.
2. Assessing risks.
3. Controlling risks.
4. Understanding your responsibilities.
5. Identifying hazards.
6. Investigating accidents and incidents.
7. Measuring performance

• You’ll be in control of the pace and time of your learning.
• It’s flexible and easily accessible.
• It provides progress checks throughout the course.
• It provides excellent feedback and guidance.
• It provides a variety of online and interactive techniques including videos, audio, animation, text and real-life situations.

The course duration is 3 days which includes a written multiple choice examination and a project based written assignment. Successful candidates will be awarded an IOSH certificate in Managing Safely.

6 months Access Validity.

• 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

• You’ll be in control of the pace and time of your learning.
• It’s flexible and easily accessible.
• It provides progress checks throughout the course.
• It provides excellent feedback and guidance.
• It provides a variety of online and interactive techniques including videos, audio, animation, text and real-life situations.

6 months Access Validity.

• 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.

• You’ll be in control of the pace and time of your learning.
• It’s flexible and easily accessible.
• It provides progress checks throughout the course.
• It provides excellent feedback and guidance.
• It provides a variety of online and interactive techniques including videos, audio, animation, text and real-life situations.

6 months Access Validity.

• 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.

• You’ll be in control of the pace and time of your learning.
• It’s flexible and easily accessible.
• It provides progress checks throughout the course.
• It provides excellent feedback and guidance.
• It provides a variety of online and interactive techniques including videos, audio, animation, text and real-life situations.

6 months Access Validity.