NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety & Health

Who should attend
Health and safety practitioners, and those aspiring to the profession, who wish to achieve corporate membership of IOSH.

This occupational health course is also appropriate for those requiring the deeper level of knowledge that is offered by a Level 3 course.

Course structure
Recommended entry requirements
[NEBOSH National General Certificate] or [NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Safety and Health] (Level 3) or equivalent.

The NEBOSH National Diploma comprises four core units:

Unit A – Managing health and safety
Unit B – Hazardous agents in the workplace
Unit C – Workplace and work equipment safety
Unit D – Workplace-based assignment

Key topics
Unit A: Managing health and safety
Principles of health and safety management
Loss causation and evaluation
Assessing and evaluating risk
Systems approach for controlling risk
Measuring health and safety performance
Organisational factors
Human factors
Principles of health and safety law – criminal and civil
Unit B: Hazardous agents in the workplace
Occupational health and hygiene
Toxicology and epidemiology
Chemical agents, evaluating risk
Hazardous substances
Biological agents
Psychosocial agents
Ergonomic agents
Unit C: Workplace and work equipment
General workplace issues
Hazards and controls associated with work equipment
Machinery safety
Mechanical handling
Principles of fire and explosion
Workplace fire precautions
Environmental pollution and waste management
Unit D: Workplace-based assignment
The focus of the Unit D assignment should be the application of the knowledge and understanding developed in Units A, B and C to a real workplace situation.

Assessment
Each unit will be assessed by an examination. The pass mark for each examination is 45%.

Each candidate is also required to complete the 8,000-word assignment for Unit D. The overall mark will be an aggregate of the examination and assignment marks. Slightly more emphasis will be given to the examination marks.
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Registration process
Registration submission is March and September each year.

Please contact individual offices for course dates
Bristol
t: 0117 9064819 or e: bristol.hse@eef.org.uk

Leamington Spa
t: 01926 336621 or e: info@wgrange.com

Oakham
t: 01572 723711 or e: oakham.hse@eef.org.uk

Sheffield
t: 0114 2680671 or e: sheffield.hse@eef.org.uk

Warrington
t: 0161 7772500 or e: warrington.hse@eef.org.uk

Washington
t: 0191 4165656 or e: jharris@eef.org.uk