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EMPNEB - NEBOSH national general certificate in occupational safety & health

Duration
10 days + 1.5 days for assessments

Accreditation
The NEBOSH General Certificate is a recognised qualification and provides a solid foundation on which a basic level of competence in occupational health and safety can be developed further.

Who will benefit?
This course is designed for managers, supervisors, employee representatives and others who require a basic knowledge and understanding of occupational safety and health.

Aim
At the end of the course participants will have gained a wide breadth of underpinning knowledge in occupational safety and health to enable them to carry out their organisational duties or functions with respect to workplace occupational health and safety.

Objectives
The delegates will cover:
  • Unit 1 Health and Safety Foundations
  • Unit 2 Health and Safety Policy
  • Unit 3 Organising for Health and Safety
  • Unit 4 Promoting a positive health and safety culture
  • Unit 5 Risk assessment
  • Unit 6 Principles of control: prevention and hierarchy
  • Unit 7 Movement of people and vehicles - Hazards and control
  • Unit 8 Manual and mechanical handling
  • Unit 9 Work equipment; hazards and control; general work equipment
  • Unit 10 Electrical hazards
  • Unit 11 Fire hazards and control
  • Unit 12 Chemical and biological hazards
  • Unit 13 Physical and psychological hazards
  • Unit 14 Construction activities
  • Unit 16 Monitoring, review and audit
  • Paper A1 The management of Safety and Health (2 hours)
  • Paper A2 Controlling workplace hazards (2 hours)
  • Practical assessment: Part B
  
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