NEBOSH National Construction Certificate Conversion

Course details

This qualification has been specially established for health and safety advisers, site managers, CDM co-ordinators, employee representatives and others who will gain a comprehensive basic knowledge and understanding of occupational safety and health as it relates to construction activities.

Course Aims

This course is designed for those candidates associated with construction activities. This knowledge, coupled with the relevant experience, will give you the competence to advise on minimising health and safety related losses within the construction environment, so ensuring both legal compliance and reducing the costs of accidents and ill health at work.

Course Content

The course follows the syllabus as prescribed in the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH). Assessment is via a site inspection and report and one written examinations (NCC2 in the afternoon of Day 7, see below).

Unit NCC 2 “Managing and Controlling Hazards in Construction Activities” covers units 1 – 12 which are as follows;

• Construction law and management 
• Construction activities hazards and control 
• Movement of people and vehicles – hazards and control 
• Manual and mechanical handling hazards and control 
• Work equipment hazards and control 
• Electrical hazards and control 
• Fire hazards and control 
• Chemical and biological health hazards and control 
• Physical and psychological health hazards and control
• Working at height – hazards and control 
• Excavations and confined spaces – hazards and control 
• Demolition hazards and control

Course Style

The primary method of learning will be via guided study and exercises to develop the knowledge and skills required for the final assessment. Considerable use will be made of videos and slide shows. Homework will be set at the end of every day, which will require 45-90 minutes study per evening.

Delegates’ progress will be monitored through continuous assessment and evening work.

Reference Material

Each delegate will receive a course manual, which is designed to follow and complement the NEBOSH syllabus. In addition BSS reference books will be available for individual and group work.

Recommended Reading

Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction: The Handbook for Construction Professionals and Students on NEBOSH and other Construction Courses by Phil Hughes and Ed Ferrett. ISBN-10: 075068111X. Typical cost: £32.00

Assessment

All participants will be required to carry out a 45 minute inspection of a construction site, after which they will be given 60 minutes to prepare a written report on their findings, using a report form provided, covering the hazards observed and remedial action recommended. This inspection will be conducted and the report completed within 2 weeks of the written examination.

A written examination in the form of one paper, NCC2, will be sat on the final day, from 2.00 to 4.00 pm. The format of this paper will be as per the National General Certificate and Fire Certificate, but obviously the questions will be construction biased.

The course tutors will mark the practical inspection reports in accordance with NEBOSH criteria and NEBOSH will mark the written paper. Results will normally be advised within 10 weeks of examination date by NEBOSH.