Health and Safety Skills: NEBOSH National Diploma

Course Overview

The National Diploma is designed for individuals who want to progress their career in health & safety & develop more in-depth knowledge & skills aiming to become health & safety practitioners. Provided are experienced tutors to guide you & support you, online support with a password protected Diploma website.

Skills Gained

• After successfully completing the course the delegate will:
• GradIOSH designatory letters can be used after enrolment for a period of Initial Professional Development (IPD).
• CMIOSH chartered status is gained after successful completion of a minimum of 2 years Initial Professional Development (IPD) during which they will develop a skills based portfolio in OSH Practice and
• undertake a professional review interview with the Privy Council.
• Be able to provide detailed advice for health & safety issues in line with current legislation & HSE guidance.
• Be able to assist the organisation in continual health & safety management and control measures.
• Have a broad range of detailed knowledge & the application of key health & safety issues.

Course Outline

The 4 units A, B, C & D content is outlined below & these are accompanied with a common skills element:

• Common Skills:

  • Communication Skills
  • Training Skills

  Unit A: Managing Health & Safety

  • A1 Principles of health and safety management
  • A2 Loss causation and incident investigation
  • A3 Identifying hazards, assessing and evaluating risk
  • A4 Risk control and emergency planning
  • A5 Organisational factors
  • A6 Human factors
  • A7 Principles of health and safety law
  • A8 Criminal law
  • A9 Civil law
  • A10 Measuring health and safety performance

• Unit B: Hazardous Agents in the Workplace

  • B1 General aspects of occupational health and hygiene
  • B2 Principles of Toxicology and Epidemiology
  • B3 Chemical Agents - Evaluating Risk
  • B4 Hazardous Substances - Preventative and Protective Measures
  • B5 Hazardous Substances - Monitoring and Maintenance of Control Measures
  • B6 Biological Agents
  • B7 Physical Agents (1) - Noise and Vibration
  • B8 Physical Agents (2) - Radiation and Thermal environment
  • B9 Psycho-social Agents
  • B10 Ergonomic agents

• Unit C: Workplace & Work Equipment

  • C1 General workplace issues
  • C2 Principles of fire and explosion
  • C3 Workplace fire risk assessment
  • C4 The storage, handling and processing of dangerous substances
  • C5 Work equipment
  • C6 Machinery safety
  • C7 Mechanical handling
  • C8 Electrical safety
  • C9 Safety in construction and demolition
  • C10 Environmental pollution and waste management

• Unit D: Application of Health & Safety Theory & Practice

  Candidates are required to make a detailed reveiw of the health & safety performance of a workplace or organisation an produce a justified action plan to improve performance. The expected length of the assisgnment is around 8,000 words.

Examinations

It consists of three 3-hour exams for Units A, B & C and a workplace-based assisgnment for Unit D. All are set & marked by NEBOSH.

Health and Safety Skills: NEBOSH National Diploma / HS-NEND