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NEBOSH
Diploma
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NVQ Level
4
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Cost
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With SHEilds Ltd. £2,500
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With SHEilds Ltd. £2,200
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Duration
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18 months
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Up to 18 months although
many candidates have achieved their NVQ 4 within 6-9 months
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Prerequisites to enrol
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Level 3 qualification i.e.
NEBOSH cert
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Preferably a Level 3
qualification. Or sufficient experience – try our competence
analysis
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Exam format
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You will need to pass three exams in isolation and complete
three assignments
Pass rate is around 30% nationally
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There are no exams; you can
not fail an NVQ. But you must ensure that you can prove competence in
all units.
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Achieving MIOSH
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Completing/Passing the 3
assignments and 3 exams.
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"open book" exam which can be taken at home
and sumbitted to IOSH
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Additional post nominals
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DipNEBOSH
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Dip.RSA
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Future employment
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Some employers within the
SHP have been asking for MIOSH people through the diploma route.
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It is on good authority
that more and more people are undertaking the NVQ or other routes to achieve
MIOSH
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The international arena
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NEBOSH is recognised
globally
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Competence-based qualifications are the preferred route
within most of the countries of Europe.
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Further Information
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NEBOSH
Diploma
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NVQ
Level 4
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Quote from the Qualifications and Assessment Authority (QCA)
Both NEBOSH and OCR implement the national standards and are given scrutiny by the Qualifications and Assessment Authority QCA England) and the Welsh and Scottish equivalents. This ensures that standards are maintained by assessment centres and of course each awarding body.
Quote from IOSH
This 'level playing field' approach
now being recommended by the IOSH Council accepts that qualifications can be
obtained by different methods and also accepts that there can be strengths and
(alleged) weaknesses in the different approaches.
So for academic qualifications such as
those from the universities and NEBOSH there is a requirement to demonstrate
the development of workplace skills using the knowledge acquired during the
study, whilst for those with an NVQ who have demonstrated skills in the
workplace there is a requirement to show the broad spread of knowledge (via an
open exam), that is required of an OSH practitioner that may not have been
shown in the NVQ itself because of lack of opportunity. Both groups being
required to discuss all the elements of competence - knowledge, skills and
experience with an interview panel made up of experienced safety practitioners.
Ultimately this means that the possession of 'Chartered Membership', subject to
Privy Council approval of course, will distinguish a competent safety
practitioner.
Hopefully the argument regarding
initial qualifications will then become a thing of the past as it will be
recognised that all of them are good and which one has been selected has been a
matter of personal choice.
Quote from one of our Assessor/tutors
From personal experience and having
assisted colleagues through both Diploma and NVQ. the NVQ has a more
"Hands on" element and would be preferred by those who are not
comfortable with exams. The Diploma would be preferred with those who are
comfortable with an exam setting.
Quote from our candidates – when asked to compare the two routes
NVQs are work-related,
competence based qualifications which reflect the skills and knowledge needed
to carry out a job effectively and represent national standards recognised by
employers. They indicate that you actually have the capability to undertake a
particular role and not that you merely know how to do it in theory. NEBOSH
qualifications are examination and assignment based and are also recognised and
respected by employers in all sectors of the economy.
NEBOSH Diploma against NVQ Mapping
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Diploma
unit
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NVQ unit
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Diploma
unit
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NVQ unit
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Diploma
unit
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NVQ unit
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A1
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H3,H5,G3
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B1
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H6.1,H10.3
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C1
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H4,H6,H7,H8,H11
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A2
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H10
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B2
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H6.1,H10.3
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C2
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H6.2,H7.2,H8.2
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A3
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H6,H7
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B3
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H7.1
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C3
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H6.2,H7.2,H8.2,H11
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A4
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H8,H11
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B4
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H8
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C4
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H6,H7,H8,H11
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A5
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H2,H4
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B5
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H9
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C5
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H6,H7,H8,H9
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A6
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H2,H4,H5
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B6
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H6.1,H7.1,H8.1
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C6
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H6,H7,H8
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A7
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H14*
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B7
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H6.1,H7.1,H8.1
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C7
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H6.2,H7.2,H8
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A8
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H14*
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B8
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H6.1,H7.1,H8.1
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C8
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H5,H6.2,H7.2,H8,H9
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A9
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H14*
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B9
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H6,H7,H8
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C9
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H6,H7,H8,H9
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A10
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H4,H9,H10,H12,H13
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B10
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H6,H7,H8
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C10
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H16*
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NVQ against NEBOSH Diploma Mapping
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NVQ
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Diploma
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Unit G3
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A1
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Unit H 2
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A5,A6
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Unit H3
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A1
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Unit H4
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A5,A6,A10
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Unit H5
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A1,A6
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Unit H6
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A3,B1,B2B6,B7,B8,B9,B10,C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,C7,C8,C9
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Unit H7
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A3,B3,B6,B7,B8,B9,B10,C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,C7,C8,C9
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Unit H8
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B4,B6,B7,B8,B9,B10,C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6,C7,C8,C9
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Unit H9
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A10,B5,C5,C8,C9
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Unit H10
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A2,A10,B1,B2
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Unit H11
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A4,C1,C3,C4
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Unit H12
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A10,
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Unit H13
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A10,
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*Unit H14
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A7,A8,A9
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*Unit H15
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*Unit H16
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C10
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* "additional" NVQ
level 4 units
Further Information - NEBOSH
Diploma
NVQ
Level 4
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