NEBOSH International General Certificate (NEBOSH IG)

What You Will Learn

• Why we should manage workplace health and safety

• How H&S management systems work and what they look like

• Managing risk – understanding people and processes

• Health and safety monitoring and measuring

• Physical and psychological health

• Musculoskeletal health

• Chemical and biological agents

• General workplace issues 

• Work equipment

• Fire safety

• Electricity 

What You Will Be Able To Do

• Convince management of the value of H&S for business and persuade them to take action to achieve excellent H&S results

• Develop, implement and maintain effective H&S Management Systems

• Assess and improve organizational safety culture, analyze and manage human factors and prevent human errors

• Confidently identify hazards, carry out risk assessments, develop effective risk controls and implement a detailed action plans to manage and minimize workplace risks

• Develop effective reactive and pro-active H&S monitoring systems and analyze leading and lagging KPIs to improve H&S performance

• Conduct workplace safety inspections and H&S management system audits

• Investigate incidents and determine root causes

• Lead H&S management reviews
   

Examinations

Assessment is a two-step process:

• A written open book online examination to assess what you know (5-6 hours) 

• A practical risk assessment carried out in your workplace or another suitable workplace (5-6 hours)

Assessments are marked by NEBOSH examiners. These examiners are chosen for their experience and expertise to ensure that learners are assessed by the very best safety professionals in the world.

International Certificate

All examination results should be received within 50 working days from the date of the examination or submission of assignment. International certificates are issued by NEBOSH UK. All certificates look alike. The country of study or the mode of study are not shown on a certificate.  

Course Pre-requisuites

There are no pre-requisite requirements for this qualification.

For non-native speakers it is important to have a suitable standard of the English language for courses in English in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus.