Course details
The NEBOSH approved International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety provides an unrivalled opportunity to demonstrate competence in Health and Safety issues relevant to your place of work. This course has been designed to provide an appropriate breadth of underpinning knowledge for non-specialists in occupational health and safety working in an international context, to enable them to discharge more effectively their organisational duties or functions with respect to workplace health and safety. It has been designed for managers, supervisors, employee representatives and others who require a basic knowledge and understanding of occupational health and safety.
Course Programme (January 2013 syllabus)
The course consists of 3 units:
- Unit IGC1 Management of international health and safety
- Unit IGC2 Control of workplace hazards
- Unit ICG3 Health and safety practical application
The following gives a breakdown of each unit:
Unit IG1 Management of International Health and Safety
- Foundations in Health and Safety
- Health and Safety Management Systems – Policy
- Health and Safety Management Systems – Organising
- Health and Safety Management Systems – Planning
- Health and Safety Management Systems – Measuring, audit and review
Unit IG2 Control of Workplace Hazards
- Workplace hazards and risk control
- Transport hazards and risk control
- Musculoskeletal hazards and risk control
- Work equipment hazards and risk control
- Electrical safety
- Fire safety
- Chemical and biological health hazards and risk control
- Physical and psychological health hazards and risk control
Unit IG3 Health and Safety Practical Application
- Further information including the detailed course syllabus, is available on the NEBOSH website..
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this training course, delegates should be able to:
- Have a broad understanding and knowledge of health and safety principles and practice
- Effectively discharge workplace health and safety responsibilities in any employment sector in any part of the world.
- Have a sound basis for progression to the NEBOSH International Diploma.
Detailed learning outcomes for the programme are included here
Course Accreditation/Registration/Assessment
Certificate students need to register with a NEBOSH approved centre to sit their exams. (SQT is a NEBOSH Approved Centre 551).
The assessment process for delegates consists of an examination (2 papers; IGC1 and IGC2), both of which are taken on the same day and each lasts 2 hours. In addition there is a practical health and safety assessment of a workplace, (IGC3). Delegates must achieve the pass standard in both examination papers and in the practical assessment to be awarded the International General Certificate.
Please note that NEBOSH have a Reasonable Adjustments and Special Consideration Policy
There are two NEBOSH examinations dates; June and December.
Unit IGC3 is carried out in the delegate’s own workplace. The aim of the practical assessment is to test your ability to complete a health & safety assessment of a workplace. It requires you to carry out, unaided, a safety inspection of a workplace, and then prepare a report that persuasively urges management to take appropriate action.
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