NEBOSH General Certificate in Health & Safety

The NEBOSH General Certificate is a unique health and safety award, focusing on recognised health and safety standards and conventions in work place safety and hazard control. The course is aimed at personnel - for example managers, supervisors, non-safety specialists and worker representatives who have both general and specific health and safety responsibilities within their organisation. This highly regarded health and safety qualification is designed for people with overall responsibility for an organisation’s health and safety. Concluding with a final assessment, the course includes a detailed understanding of regulations, the role of enforcement authorities and the powers of courts and tribunals. Regulations relating to the workplace, including display screen equipment, flammable liquid and gases, noise, fire and electricity at work are covered. This course has an excellent track record with the majority of the delegates achieving a 100% pass rate (at time of printing)

Key Objectives

After attending this course delegates will understand:

• Legal requirements and codes of practice
• Knowledge of organisational policies
• Organisational arrangements for health & safety
• How to promote a positive health & safety culture
• How to undertake a risk assessment
• Manual and mechanical handling hazards and control
• Identifying work equipment hazards and control
• Recognising fire hazard and control
• Recognising chemical and biological health hazards and control
• Physical and physiological hazards and control
• Recognise how to investigate, record and report incidents

Course Outline

• Health and safety foundations
• Organising for health & safety
• Promoting a positive health & safety culture
• Risk assessment and principles of control
• Movement of people & vehicles – hazards & control
• Manual & mechanical handling - hazards & control
• Work equipment - hazards & control
• Electrical - hazards & control; fire - hazards & control
• Chemical & biological health - hazards & control
• Physical & psychological health - hazards & control
• Incident investigation, recording & reporting; monitoring, review audit

Key Benefits

• Comprehensive understanding of legal responsibilities
• Practical application of legal responsibilities in the work place
• Safe work place and work force with demonstrable legal compliance
• Competent knowledge and understanding of health and safety issues

In conjunction with DC Training