NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety
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The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety training course is based on the UK’s high standards for health and safety management in accordance with laws and legislation. You’ll learn the best practices for implementing safety systems.
This NEBOSH General Certificate course is suitable for those working within the UK
Undertaking the NEBOSH general certificate course in occupational health and safety, will help you become a fully qualified and competent health & safety practitioner or safety officer.
This eLearning NEBOSH certificate level qualification has been designed to give students the confidence to implement the core knowledge and skills they will learn during the course of study.
There are five key topics covered in this NEBOSH National General Certificate:
Students should be aware this is a certificate level 3 qualification. This means the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is a relatively demanding qualification to study, approximately equivalent to an A-level (or UK college level qualification).
The NEBOSH national general certificate is designed for those looking to start a career in Occupational Health and Safety or with a desire to progress their career and work inside the United Kingdom.
If you intend on working outside of the United Kingdom, you must study the NEBOSH International General Certificate as this covers international best practices. The International Certificate omits the requirements of UK Law and Legislation.
NEBOSH Certificates are a Level 3 qualification on the NQF, a Level 6 on the SCQF.
To progress further, we suggest moving on to a Level 6 NVQ or NEBOSH National Diploma course.
Learn More About the NEBOSH National Certificate Course
NEBOSH Certificate Details & DownloadsNG1: Managing health and safety | Unit NG2: Risk Assessment |
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Element 1: Why we should manage workplace health and safety | Element 5: Physical and psychological health |
Element 2: How health and safety management systems work and what they look like | Element 6: Musculoskeletal health |
Element 3: Managing risk – understanding people and processes | Element 7: Chemical and biological agents |
Element 4: Health and safety monitoring and measuring | Element 8: General workplace issues |
Element 9: Work equipment | |
Element 10: Fire | |
Element 11: Electricity |
SHEilds have been an accredited NEBOSH centre for more than 17 years – since 2002. Studying with one of the worlds largest NEBOSH providers, you’re sure to succeed with SHEilds. After 17 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 Certificate.
In additional to UK venues, SHEilds also have hundreds of NEBOSH examination venues around the Globe!
NEBOSH examination venues within the UK are available at a number of locations, including Hull (no exam venue fee), London, Coventry and Bolton in England; Edinburgh in Scotland and Belfast in Northern Ireland are available, attracting a small exam venue fee. Just outside of the UK we also have an exam venue in Dublin, Ireland, again with a small venue fee.
Our head offices are based in the city of Hull, England in the UK. You can visit our home city and sit your examinations without the need to pay an exam venue fee, which is a great added bonus of studying with SHEilds. There is no exam venue fee to pay in our Hull, England based exam centre.
SHEilds have a NEBOSH exam centre in the UK’s capital city – London, you can visit the country’s busiest city and enjoy the sights while you sit your exams.
With an exam centre in the city of Coventry in England, this exam centre venue is located centrally within the UK and is well situated for those who don’t want to travel very far from home.
Our NEBOSH exam centre in Bolton, England is another great venue for those in the north of England, similar to our Hull exam centre, but located closer to other large cities like Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.
Our NEBOSH exam centre in Scotland is located in Edinburgh, a central hub for business and a fantastic city to visit, there is a small exam venue fee to pay for those wishing to sit their exam here.
For students in Northern Ireland, SHEilds have got you covered with an exam centre located in the historic city of Belfast. A small exam venue fee of £45 applies for those wishing to take their exams at this location.
Although not actually part of the UK, we have an exam centre in Dublin, Ireland. A small exam venue fee applies of £45 for those students wishing to sit their exams at this centre.
NEBOSH National General Certificate examinations for the written paper, occur four times a year annually in the months of March, June, September and December.
There is just one written exam paper NG1 to sit, you’ll find the exam dates below.
In addition to physically sat NG1 exam paper, you must also submit one Practical Assignment – NG2, consisting of an inspection report, submitted directly to the NEBOSH website. You do not have to physically attend an exam centre for either of these examinations.
All your NEBOSH study materials in one convenient place
NEBOSH online learning or e-learning is an electronic means of study or study submission for NEBOSH health & safety qualifications.
For this NEBOSH National Certificate 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.
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