NEBOSH General Certificate Course NG1 Course Agenda
Management of health and safety (Foundations in H&S Law)
The General Certificate NG1 module is a 5 day online course covering the basic foundations of Health & Safety Law within the UK, culminating with an Open Book Exam (OBE) on specific dates throughout the year (predefined by NEBOSH whether you sit a face-to-face course or learn remotely).
5 Day Block NEBOSH General Certificate NG1
The course is delivered online via Zoom video conferencing. The learning materials are structured and delivered in a format to familiarise you with the 'new Open Book Exam questions' style. These are shared digitally during the tutor led learning via zoom screen share and also made available via the RISK NEBOSH Personal Learning Zone at the end of each day.
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1.1 Discuss the moral, financial and legal reasons for managing health and safety in the workplace
1.2 Explain how the law works and the consequences of non-compliance
1.3 Summarise the main health and safety duties of employers and workers in HSWA 1974 and MHSWR 1999
1.4 Explain how contractors should be selected, monitored and managed
► Element 2: How health and safety management systems work and what they look like.
2.1 Give an overview of the elements of a health and safety management system and the benefits of having a formal/certified system
2.2 Discuss the main ingredients of health and safety management systems that make it effective - general policy, organisation, arrangements
► Element 3: Managing risk — understanding people and processes.
3.1 Describe the concept of health and safety culture and how it influences performance
3.2 Summarise how health and safety culture at work can be improved
3.3 Summarise the human factors which positively or negatively influence behaviour at work in a way that can affect health and safety
3.4 Explain the principles of the risk assessment process
3.5 Discuss typical workplace changes that have significant health and safety impacts and ways to minimise those impacts
3.6 Describe what to consider when developing and implementing a safe system of work for general activities
3.7 Explain the role, function and operation of a permit-to-work system
3.8 Discuss typical emergency procedures (including training and testing) and how to decide what level of first aid is needed in the workplace
► Element 4: Health and safety monitoring and measuring.
4.2 Explain why and how incidents should be investigated, recorded and reported
4.3 Explain what an audit is and why and how it is used to evaluate a management system
4.4 Explain why and how regular reviews of health and safety performance are needed
