Nebosh International General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health

Nebosh International General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health

OBJECTIVES

• identify and assess typical hazards in the workplace
• recommend remedial action to control workplace hazards
• investigate accidents and recommend preventative measures
• explain human and organizational influences on health and safety
• describe potential ill-health effects arising from work environments
• devise control strategies for substances hazardous to health

COURSE OUTLINE

Foundations in health and safety

• Introduction to Health and Safety Key Terms
• Moral/Social/Economic arguments for maintaining safety standards
• Typical frameworks for regulating H&S
• International standards and conventions & the role of the ILO
• Framework for managing H&S

Health and safety management systems – Policy

• The elements of a Health and Safety Management System
• The importance of setting policy for health and safety
• The purpose of a health and safety policy
• Aims and objectives
• Targets
• The key features and appropriate content of an organization’s health and safety policy

 Health and safety management systems – Organizing

• The health and safety roles and responsibilities of employers, managers, workers and other relevant parties
• Supply chain
• Health and safety culture
• Behavioral Safety
• Contractors
• Emergencies
• First Aid

Health and safety management systems – Planning

• Planning within the Health and safety management system
• Risk assessment
• Hierarchy of risk reduction
• Sources of Health and safety information
• Safe systems of work
• Work permit systems

Health and safety management systems – Measuring audit and review

• Active and reactive health and safety monitoring procedures
• The scope and nature of a health and safety audit
• Inspections
• Investigating incident and accidents
• Accident reports
• Legal requirements
• The purpose of reviews

Workplace hazards and risk control

• Health welfare and work environments
• Violence at work
• Substance misuse – drugs , alcohol
• Safe pedestrian movement and control measures
• Safe construction and demolition hazards and control
• Working at height
• Excavations

Transport hazards and risk control

• Safe movement of vehicles in the workplace
• Control measures for transport
• Driving at work
• Evaluating the risks – competencies and vehicle condition

Musculoskeletal hazards and risk control

• Work Related Upper Limb Disorders and control measures
• Manual handling hazards and control
• Lifting equipment hazards and control
• Moving equipment hazards and control

Work equipment hazards and risk control

• Selection use and maintenance of work equipment
• Hand held tools hazards and control
• Machinery hazards
• Mechanical and non mechanical hazards from work equipment
• Control of machinery hazards

Electrical safety

• Principles of electricity
• Hazards of Electricity in the workplace
• Hazards of electricity – electric shock, burns
• Control measures and protection

Fire safety

• Basic fire hazards and risks in the workplace
• The fire triangle
• Classification
• Fire spread
• Fire risk assessment
• Control measures
• Evacuation

Chemical & biological health hazards and control

• The ill health effects of exposure to chemical and biological hazards
• Forms of chemicals
• General classifications
• Assessment of health risks
• Workplace exposure limits – TLV, OEL, IOELV
• The options to control these hazards in the workplace
• Specific agents

Physical psychological health hazards and risk control

• Noise
• Vibration
• Radiation
• Stress
• The available control options to combat these risks in the workplace