NEBOSH National General Certificate Course – LearnOnline

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Health & Safety / Health & Safety / Part-time / Self Study /

£540.00

Price £540.00

This is the nationally recognised qualification for people with health and safety responsibilities. These include: Safety Officers, Health and Safety Representatives, Managers or Supervisors who have a health and safety role within their organisations. It is particularly relevant as it is now compulsory for employers to:

Appoint “competent persons” to act as Health and Safety Advisor(s) within their company or organisation
Provide adequate Health and Safety training for all their employees
Produce a written Health and Safety Policy for their organisation
Carry out Risk Assessments covering their premises activities
Be responsible for the safety and welfare of their staff, their customers and the public in general who may be affected by the company’s activities

These requirements, complex as they may seem are only a part of the Health and Safety regulations. Fire safety, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Electrical Safety, Machinery Safety, Confined Spaces and Protective Equipment are further examples of the legal requirements with which employers are now obliged to comply.

If you would like any further information in relation to this course, please contact us on 01437 753445 or email central@pembrokeshire.ac.uk

Learning Core

The NEBOSH National General Certificate has been designed to provide an appropriate breadth of underpinning knowledge for non-specialists in occupational safety and health to enable them to discharge more effectively their organisational duties or functions with respect to workplace health and safety. The General Certificate has been designed for managers, supervisors, employee representatives and others who require a basic knowledge and understanding of occupational safety and health.

The award of the NEBOSH National General Certificate does not imply that the holder is a competent person under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Competence requires the appropriate application of knowledge and understanding through experience of tackling real issues at work. Rather, the NEBOSH National General Certificate provides a broad base of knowledge on which a basic level of competence in occupational safety and health can be developed.

The level of competence in occupational safety and health required by an individual depends on a range of factors including the nature and magnitude of the risks with which he or she is to deal and whether or not there is access to more competent sources of health and safety advice.

The guidance of the Health and Safety Executive or a professional occupational health and safety practitioner (a Corporate Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) should be sought if there is any doubt about the level of health and safety competence to which an organisation (or any part of it) should have access.

Entry Requirements

COURSE ASSESSMENT / EXAMINATION:

The system of assessment for the National General Certificate consists of an examination and a practical health and safety assessment of a workplace situation. Students must achieve the pass standard in each of the two papers of the examination and in the practical assessment for them to be awarded the National General Certificate.

EXTERNAL EXAMINATION (PART A):

NEBOSH sets and marks two written examination papers, Papers NGC1 and NGC2. Each paper contains one 20-mark question and ten 8-mark questions. The time allowed for each paper is two hours and candidates are required to answer all questions. The examination is held nationally four times each year, in the months of March, June, September and December. The pass standard for each paper is set around a datum point of 45%. Examinations are set and marked to best practice management procedures.

PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT (PART B):

The aim of the ‘practical assessment’ is to test a student’s ability to complete a health and safety assessment of a workplace. In particular, the assessment requires candidates to:

Carry out unaided a safety inspection of a workplace, identifying the more common hazards, deciding whether they are adequately controlled and, where necessary, suggesting appropriate and cost effective remedial action
Prepare a report that persuasively urges management to take appropriate action, explaining why such action is needed and identifying, with due consideration of reasonable practicability, the remedial measures that should be implemented

Please note that exams are not included in the price.

Equipment

Course Textbook will be provided

Fees

Course fee £540

Please note that exams are not included in this price.

Please contact the LearnOnline team for more details

Phone: 01437 753 490

Email: online@pembrokeshire.ac.uk

Price £540.00