Health and Safety Induction

Description

NEBOSH has updated the International General Certificate – the most trusted health and safety qualification of its kind in the world. 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.

90,000 people already hold a NEBOSH International General Certificate (IG). Why? Because it’s the gold standard in health and safety qualifications. The new syllabus has been streamlined to allow core skills to be considered in greater depth. It covers how to effectively manage health and safety, and how to identify, reduce and control the key hazards in every kind of workplace. Risk assessment is central to the IG qualification making sure it reflects the real-life roles people perform.

NEBOSH International General Certificate (IG) Key facts

Developed by NEBOSH experts with input from 3,000 of the world’s leading employers and health and safety professionals

• A qualification that is rooted in today’s real-world needs
• Employer and learner friendly – has a pragmatic mix of theory and practical
• The syllabus has been streamlined to concentrate onvcore key skills
• Uses straightforward terms and language
• Learner choice – can be completed by eLearning, face tovface, block or day release
• Assessed by a combination of:
  • One question paper to assess what you know
  • One practical – a risk assessment to assess what you can do
• Learners complete a risk assessment and develop an action plan for their workplace – this is immediately useful and valuable

Syllabus Summary

Unit IG1: 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 IG2: 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

Examinations

Assessment is a two-step process:

• One question paper that assesses what you know
• A practical risk assessment that assesses what you can do

Both assessments are marked by external examiners 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