NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health

IG1- Management of Health and Safety

Why we should manage workplace H&S

• Session 1 Morals and money
• Moral argument – poverty and unsafe working conditions?
• Financial argument – iceberg
• Insured and uninsured costs
• Accident statistics- Group discussion about accident statistics
• Why there is more focus on accident prevention compared to occupational illness?
• Discussion
• Session 2 – Regulating H&S
• Civil Law
• Criminal Law
• ILO C155 Convention
• ILO R164 recommendations
• National standards
• The activity of comparison between civil & criminal court
• Session 3 – Who does what in organizations
• Duties of employers
• Duties and rights of employees
• H&S duties of other parties; contractors, suppliers, visitors, etc…
• Case study and group discussion
• Session 4 - Introduction to Open Book Exam
• What does it cover?
• How does it work?
• Tips
• Common mistakes
• Samples paper
• Q&A

How H&S Management Systems (HSMS)Work and What They Look Like

• Session 1 – What they are and what is their benefit
• The common approach of all ISO Standards ( plan-do-check-act)
• Examples and group discussion
• Session 2 – What good H&S Management System look like
• ISO model
• ILO model
• External content
• Internal content
• Potential benefits of formal HSMS
• Q&A & group discussion

Managing Risk – Understanding people & processes

• Session 1- H&S culture
• What does it mean?
• What are in indicators of good/poor H&S culture
• Peer group effect and influence on H&S culture
• Q&A & group discussion
• Session 2- Improving H&S Culture
• Commitment
• Promotion
• Workers, competence
• Communication – benefits, and limitations of different methods
• Cooperation
• Training – when it is needed?
• Q&A & group discussion
• Session 3- Human factors influence of H&S culture
• Organizational factors
• Job factors
• Individual factors
• Q&A & group discussion
• Session 4- Assessing Risk
• 5 steps of risk assessment
• Hazard identification
• Identify people at risk
• Risk evaluation - Likelihood and consequence
• Hierarchy of risk control measures
• Recording the findings
• Reasons to Review Risk Assessment
• Risk assessment for specific cases
• Practical activity/ group discussion
• Session 5- Management of change in the workplace that could impact safety
• Emergency procedures
• Appointment of a competent person
• Welfare provision
• Review of change
• Safe systems of work
• Permit to work
• Q&A & group discussion

H&S Monitoring and Measuring

• Session 1- active and reactive monitoring
• The difference between them 
• Lessons learned from past events
• Leading and lagging indicators
• Case studies – group discussion
• Session 2- investigating accidents
  
• Levels of investigation
• Steps of accident investigation
• How occupational diseases are recorded and notified by the organizations
• Group discussion
• Session 3- H&S Auditing
  
• Definition of audit, types of audit
• Why audit H&SMS?
• Negative/positive results of the audit 
• Difference between audit and inspection
• Stages of audit
• Group discussion – Q&A
• Session 4- review of H&S performance 
  
• Why need to review?
• What to consider in review?
• Different review methods
• Legal requirements for review 
• Group discussion – Q&A

Exam preparation interactive workshop on IG1- Mock exam 1 (Open book exam )

• Review of a past sample question paper
• Review of candidates' answers to each part
• Discuss the tips for good answers and commonly made mistakes
• Group discussion – Q&A

IG2- Workplace Hazard Management

• Session 1
• IG2 Standard NEBOSH Templet – guidance and group discussion 
  
• Session 2
• Element 5 – Physical and psychological health
• Noise
• Physical and psychological effects of exposure to noise
• Important definitions
• Noise measurement
• Evaluation of exposure limits
• Noise control
• Group discussion
• Vibration
• Whole body vibration
• Hand-arm vibration
• Effects and Exposure limits
• Control measures
• Case study
• Session 3: 
  
• Radiation
• Types
• Occupational sources
• Effects and control measures
• Q/A
• Mental ill-health
• Stress – types, effects, controls
• Violence at work – occupations at risk, effects, and controls
• Group discussion
• Substance abuse at work
• Types, effects, and controls – Q&A

• Session 1: 
• Element 6 – Musculoskeletal health 
• Work-related upper limb disorders
• Occupations, risk factors, control measures  
• Display screen equipment
• Case study 
• Manual handling
  
• Task, individual, load, environment 
• Good handling techniques
• Video
• Session 2:
  
• Load handling equipment
• Types, Limitations, Controls, Video
• Group discussion / Q&A
• Session 3: 
  
• Element 7 -Chemical and biological agents
• Hazardous substances
• Forms of chemical agents, Forms of biological agents
• Acute and chronic effects
• Case study
• Assessment of health risks
  
• Routes of entry into the body
• Factors to be considered when assessing the risk
• Role and limitation of hazardous substances monitoring
• Group discussion
• Occupational; exposure limits
  
• Purpose of exposure limits
• Limitations of exposure limits
• Video
• Session 4:
  
• Control measures
• Hierarchy, limitation of each type
• LEV – local exhaust ventilation
• PPE
• Q/A
• Specific agents 
  
• Asbestos, Carbon Monoxide
• Dust: wood dust silica, cement
• Biological agents: legionella, Leptospira 
• Case study

• Session 1: 
• Element 8 – Health, Welfare, and work environment 
• Health and welfare
• Drinking water, washing facilities, sanitary conveniences, resting and eating areas, changing areas and lockers
• Exposure to extreme temperature: heat and cold, effects and controls 
• Group discussion
• Session 2: 
  
• Working at height
• Working at height, fragile roofs, falling objects, unprotected edges
• Access equipment: ladders, scaffolds, other types 
• Control measures and factors to be considered
• Session3:
• Safe working in a confined space
• Types, general requirements 
• video
• Lone working 
• Types, factors to be considered, and control measures
• Case study
• Slips and trips
• Causes and factors, housekeeping, control measures 
• Group discussion
• Session 4: 
• Safe movement of people and vehicles in the workplace
• Design of routes at the workplace, factors, and control measures
• Video

• Element 9- work equipment
  
• Session 1:
• Hand-held tools
• general requirements
• group discussion
• Session2:
• providing suitable equipment
• preventing access to dangerous parts of machinery – types of guards and limitations of each - video
• provision of information, instruction, training, and supervision about specific hazards to users, maintenance staff, and managers
• importance of maintenance – group discussion
• Session3:
• emergency control in machinery and the importance of labeling and lighting for safe operation
• video and group discussion

• Session 1: 
  
• Element 10- Fire safety
• Fire principles – fire principles
• Classification of fires, Principles of heat transmission, and fire spread
• Common causes of fire in workplaces, Consequences of fire
• Video and group discussion
• Preventing fire and fire spread
• Storage of flammable liquids
• Structural measures to prevent fire and smoke spread in the building
• video
• Fire alarm and fire-fighting 
• Common fire detection and alarm systems
• Portable fire fighting equipment and their working principles
• video
• Fire evacuation
• Requirements for means of escape, assembly points, emergency evacuation plans, and procedures
• Group discussion 
• Session 2: 
  
• Element 11- Electricity
• Hazards and risks 
• Secondary effects 
• Group discussion
• Working near HV power lines and Working near underground HV power cables
• video
• Factors to be considered 
• Control measures and protection systems
• Group discussion and video

• Additional Exam preparation 4 workshops (before the NEBOSH Exam):
• Duration: over 2 days for classroom training & over 4 days for virtual training mode
• IG1 Workshop
• IG1 Past exam paper group discussion workshop
• IG1 Mock exam2 answers discussion and feedback workshop

• Additional Exam preparation 4 workshops (before the NEBOSH Exam):
  
• Duration: over 2 days for classroom training & over 4 days for virtual training mode
  
• IG2 Workshop
  
• IG2 Summary tips for common hazards at the workplace and common mistakes in completing the IG2 NEBOSH project - workshop
• IG2 Self-marking workshop

• Additional Exam preparation 4 workshops (before the NEBOSH Exam):
• Duration: over 2 days for classroom training & over 4 days for virtual training mode
• IG1 Workshop
  
• IG1 Past exam paper group discussion workshop
  
• IG1 Mock exam2 answers discussion and feedback workshop
  

• Additional Exam preparation 4 workshops (before the NEBOSH Exam):
• Duration: over 2 days for classroom training & over 4 days for virtual training mode
• IG2 Workshop
• IG2 Summary tips for common hazards at the workplace and common mistakes in completing the IG2
• NEBOSH project - workshop
• IG2 Self-marking workshop