NEBOSH International Diploma for Occupational Health & Safety

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NEBOSH International Diploma

NEBOSH International Diploma: Overview

The NEBOSH Level 6 International Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals course focuses on best industry practices for managing and implementing safety management systems, internationally.

This qualification replaces the following older versions:

NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety (old version 2021 specification)
NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety (old version 2014 specification)

Our eLearning NEBOSH Diploma qualification has been designed to give students the confidence to implement the core knowledge and skills they will learn during the course of study. You’ll learn the best de-facto standards for implementing health and safety systems.

Once a student has obtained the NEBOSH Diploma they will be capable of performing the role of a highly skilled Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner (OHASP) or safety officer in any industry.

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Key Topics

There are three units to study in this NEBOSH Diploma:

Unit DI1: Know – Workplace health and safety principles – 25 topics
Unit DI2: Do – Controlling workplace health issues – 15 topics
Unit DI3: Do – Controlling workplace safety issues – 12 topics

Course Study Level

Students should be aware this is a Degree level qualification. This means the NEBOSH International Diploma is a demanding qualification to study.

Whilst not mandatory NEBOSH do advise that learners should have studied the NEBOSH International General Certificate (or equivalent qualification) as the diploma starts teaching at a high level.

Students may find it difficult to gain a pass mark if they do not have existing background knowledge as a health & safety practitioner or the ability to study at Degree level.

Who is this NEBOSH Diploma in Health & Safety for?

The NEBOSH Diploma in Health & Safety is designed for OSHA & SHE Practitioners with a desire to progress their career and plan to work outside of the United Kingdom.

Supporting students outside of the UK Headquarters, we also have offices based in South Africa and Dubai (UAE) to ensure you can always contact us for your NEBOSH Diploma studies.

NEBOSH International Diploma training is geared towards best international practices for implementing safety systems. This NEBOSH Diploma course will help you become a fully qualified health & safety practitioner or safety officer.

If you intend on working within the United Kingdom, you must study the NEBOSH National Diploma as this covers the requirements of UK Law and Legislation.

What level is the NEBOSH International Diploma?

NEBOSH International Diploma courses are a Level 6 qualification on the NQF, a Level 10 on the SCQF and equivalent to a Bachelors Degree.

To progress further, we suggest moving on to a Level 6 NVQ or NEBOSH Environmental Diploma course.

NEBOSH International Diploma: Costs

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NEBOSH Diploma: Quick Facts

Course Level: Equivalent to Bachelor’s Degree.
Time dedication: 329 hours minimum
Course duration: 24 Months
Course eLearning access: 24 Months, Plus 6 months Free!
Average completion time: 12-18 Months
Study method: Online
NEBOSH Training & Support: Yes – tutor supported
NEBOSH Assessment: One 4 week project + Two 2 week scenario based projects
- Assessment: Online
- Assessment Dates: 3 assessments, approximately 2 months apart apart
- Available dates:
  - DI1 – March or September
  - DI2 – May or November
  - DI3 – January or July

Exam Fees

Important note: You do not have to pay for NEBOSH Assessments initially. Assessment fees are payable when booking your chosen Assessment date(s) and are subject to change inline with NEBOSH.

NEBOSH Registration fee = £67
1 x DI1 written assignment fee = £147
2 x DI2/DI3 scenario based case studies fee each = £147
Total fees = £508

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Please note: Students do not have to take the assignments and case studies at the same time/date. Students must have a suitable device and access to the Internet to complete the course assessment.

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Main Benefits of the NEBOSH International Diploma

This Diploma level course and builds directly upon the knowledge provided by the NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety.

Becoming qualified will also benefit your company. Some businesses will only use the services of companies that are compliant with particular recognised standards.

Benefits to Employers

When employees are qualified at the Diploma Level, your company reputation is improved by demonstrating that key social responsibilities and ethical practices are met by employing trained professionals.

In turn this helps to avoid prosecution and other legal issues.

Training Cost Savings

Completing a training course via Online Learning is very cost-effective!

Training costs are often many times less than those associated with classroom training, including:

Travel
Accommodation
Expenses
Employee downtime

Career Progression

Combined with a specialised qualification such as a NEBOSH Construction Certificate, NEBOSH Fire Certificate or a more practical Level 6 NVQ in health & safety, you’ll be qualified to the very highest levels.

Be at the top of the list for job interviews or quickly progress within your organisation as a professional health and safety practitioner.

Study from Anywhere

NEBOSH Diploma candidates can enrol on to this course from anywhere in the world, for example:

MOD bases (great for MOD-ELC students)
Offshore rigs (inc. shipping/supply vessels)
Secure Installations (nuclear plants, government building, etc.)
Isolated locations (desert facilities)
All countries

Entry Requirements & Other Benefits

No formal entry requirements exist to enrol on to this NEBOSH International Diploma Course. This NEBOSH Diploma is equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree and candidates must be prepared to study at this level.

Note: The NEBOSH International Diploma no longer covers information found within the level 3 general certificate.

A major change due to the June 2021 course update, is that, it is now strongly recommended for students to have already achieved certification in the International General Certificate before attempting this nebosh Diploma level 6 course.

Not only does this greatly improve a students’ potential end-result, but students may also be examined on certificate level 3 knowledge covered in the general certificate. For those that are not already certified with the level 3 NEBOSH International General Certificate, this could be a deciding factor if you pass or fail this course.

Students may find it difficult to gain a pass mark, if they do not have prior background knowledge as a health & safety practitioner or the ability to study at Degree level.

Though, the only critical requirement to enrol on this course is that the student must have an appropriate understanding of the English language in order to explain the concepts within the course syllabus.

Questions within NEBOSH examinations are all phrased in English. Your answers are also required to be provided in English.

As long as you meet the required standard of English, you can enrol on this NEBOSH Diploma.

Professional Membership

Completing the NEBOSH International Diploma, now allows you to apply for the following Professional Memberships:

Graduate Membership (Grad IOSH), Professionals’ Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Registered Construction Safety Practitioner (RMaPS), Association for Project Safety (APS), International Institute of Risk and Safety Management Membership (MIIRSM)

Once you’ve completed this qualification you’ll be entitled to use the professional post nominals DipNEBOSH after your name, on business cards, letters and emails, etc.

Discounts for MOD personnel

If you are eligible you can enrol on the NEBOSH International Diploma and claim from the ELCAS scheme (or UK MOD-ELC).

Those eligible can use their Enhanced Learning Credits enabling you to claim up to 80% off the usual costs of this Diploma. You’ll pay only 20%! Ask us to see if you qualify

NEBOSH International Diploma Course Details

The NEBOSH International Diploma is split over 3 Units

International Diploma Details & Downloads

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Course Syllabus: NEBOSH International Diploma

Download the International Diploma Specification & Syllabus Guide from NEBOSH (July 2021)

Download the International Diploma Specification & Syllabus Guide from NEBOSH (May 2023)

Unit Elements, DI1, DI2, DI3 Syllabus Overview

Study Modules - What you will learn from this course.
Unit	Learning Outcomes	Study Hours / Assessments
Unit DI1: Know – workplace health and safety principles (International)	1. You will be able to advise your organisation on the types of legislation likely to apply to the organisation and how enforcement actions could apply; the relevance of the International Labour Organization’s conventions / recommendations to the organisation; how non-government bodies and standards could influence health and safety in the organisation. 2. You will be able to promote a positive health and safety culture by: • Gaining commitment and participation; and • Engaging, supporting, and influencing leaders (and others) to change attitudes and behaviour and make health and safety a priority. 3. You will be able to assess, develop and maintain individual and organisational health and safety competence. 4. You will be able to understand risk management including the techniques for identifying hazards, the different types of risk assessment, considerations when implementing sensible and proportionate additional control measures and developing a risk management strategy. 5. You will be able to develop and implement proactive and reactive health and safety monitoring systems and carry out reviews and auditing of such systems. 6. You will be able to continually develop your own professional skills and ethics to actively influence improvements in health and safety by providing persuasive arguments to workers at all levels. 7. You will be able to develop a health and safety policy strategy within your organisation (including proactive safety, Corporate Social Responsibility and the change management process). 8. You will be able to manage contractors and supply chains to ensure compliance with health and safety standards.	• 71 Taught hours • 58 Recommended Self-study hours • Assignment split over two papers (both papers must be submitted at the same sitting). Paper 1 covers simulation questions. Paper 2 covers workplace activities, reflective tasks, and a research project. This paper has an approximately 40 hours assessment time.
Unit DI2: Do – controlling workplace health issues (International)	9. You will be able to advise the organisation on a range of common workplace health issues / hazards including how these can be assessed and controlled.	• 60 Taught hours • 45 Recommended Self-study hours • Assessment: Unit DI2 case study (simulation only)
Unit DI3: Do – controlling workplace safety issues (International)	10. You will be able to advise the organisation on a range of common workplace safety issues / hazards including how these can be assessed.	• 54 Taught hours • 41 Recommended Self-study hours • Assessment: Unit DI3 case study (simulation only)

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SHEilds have been an accredited NEBOSH centre since 2002. Studying with one of the worlds largest NEBOSH providers, you’re sure to succeed with SHEilds. After 18 years experience, we really know our stuff!

Take a quick look at breakdown of the course details in the next section, you’ll see a brief outline of the steps to pass this NEBOSH Diploma.

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Course Details: NEBOSH Diploma for Occupational Health & Safety

How the course is graded
The course is assessed by 3 open book assessments

The NEBOSH International Diploma course is assessed by three open book assessments:
- Unit DI1*: An assignment split over two papers (both papers must be submitted at the same sitting). Paper 1 covers simulation questions. Paper 2 covers workplace activities, reflective tasks, and a research project. This paper has an approximately 40 hours assessment time.
- Unit DI2: Case study, which is a scenario based, simulation only assessment with an approximately 20 hours assessment time.
- Unit DI3: Case study, which is a scenario based, simulation only assessment with an approximately 20 hours assessment time.
There are 3 units to study with 10 learning outcomes, covering 52 topics:
- Unit DI1: Know – Workplace health and safety principles – 25 topics
- Unit DI2: Do – Controlling workplace health issues – 15 topics
- Unit DI3: Do – Controlling workplace safety issues – 12 topics
How the course is graded

To achieve the NEBOSH International Diploma for Occupational Health & Safety Management Professionals, students must pass all three assessments and there is a notional pass mark for each paper of 50%.

To achieve the minimum pass grade the percentage grade for each unit are added together and the grading boundaries are as follows:
- 0 – 149 marks: Refer
- 150 – 195 marks: Pass
- 196 – 225 marks: Credit
- 226 marks and above: Distinction
*To complete the Unit DI1 assessment, learners need to have access to a suitable workplace, to undertake some workplace-based activities (see list below). There is no requirement for the workplace to be the learners own, the only requirement is that it is suitable to carry out a range of activities.
- Consultation
- Health and safety culture
- Competence, training, information and supervision
- High reliability organisations
- Sensible risk management / types of risk assessment / implementing risk assessment actions
- Risk profile
- Health and safety monitoring and measuring
- Professional Skills
- Societal factors
- Organisation change
- General management of contractors
Awarding Body
NEBOSH est. 1979, has been a UK-recognised awarding body since 2000 and received Approved Awarding Body Status from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Accreditation in 2009.
Recommended for
This NEBOSH International Diploma course is designed for individuals with high-level health & safety responsibilities and will help candidates to develop the knowledge and skills in order to become a fully qualified health & safety practitioner.
Course Duration
Approximately 329 hours time dedication is required to be completed within a two-year period. On average candidates complete the NEBOSH International Diploma in 12-18 months.

Overview of Time dedication:
- Unit DI1: 71 taught hours plus 58 recommended study hours
- Unit DI2: 60 taught hours plus 45 recommended study hours
- Unit DI3: 60 taught hours plus 41 recommended study hours
Study Method
Online access to your study materials is provided with downloadable content and tutor support.
Study Syllabus
There are 3 units to study with 10 learning outcomes, covering 52 topics:

Unit DI1: Know – Workplace health and safety principles – 25 topics
Unit DI2: Do – Controlling workplace health issues – 15 topics
Unit DI3: Do – Controlling workplace safety issues – 12 topics
NEBOSH Training Support
All our NEBOSH Diploma courses include Tutor Support. You’ll receive all the guidance you need to successfully complete the NEBOSH International Diploma.
NEBOSH Examinations
One Written Assignment + Two Scenario based case studies

Online assessments can be taken from any location i.e. home or workplace.
Steps to Pass
There are 3 steps to passing the NEBOSH International Diploma Qualification.
1. Enrol on the NEBOSH International Diploma training course with SHEilds.
2. Study the topics of the course online.
3. Register for and sit each of the three assessment papers, remotely via Internet connection.
- Once everything is submitted, you’ll receive your final overall grade.
Students will receive their final NEBOSH International Diploma grade via post directly from NEBOSH. Between 8-10 weeks later your certificate of completion will be sent to your course provider (SHEilds). We’ll then contact you and send your certificate to an address of your choosing via post.

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What is NEBOSH Online Learning?

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NEBOSH online learning or e-learning is an electronic means of study or study submission for NEBOSH health & safety qualifications.

For this NEBOSH International Diploma course, you will use a specially designed easy to use online platform, which allows you to study online, attempt practice questions and interact with your tutor and fellow students.

Easy to use NEBOSH eLearning Platform

A benefit of joining a world leading health and safety training company is our world-renowned eLearning platforms

Tried and Tested

SHEilds have been delivering world-class eLearning courses since 2002, giving us plenty of time and experience to improve and hone our systems

Simple is Best

All of the complex technical requirements are smoothly placed behind our user-friendly interface. Keeping our portal as simple as possible

Tutor Support

Our Tutors use the SHEilds eLearning platform to support students around the world. Our messaging system is an excellent way to engage, where our tutors can provide expert support.

Tech Support

Our eLearning platform is supported by our UK based Technical Support Team. We have many options for you to contact us and speak to a member of our team.

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