Course Details
- Course Code: VR-LEX061-E
- Mode of Delivery: Virtual
- Duration: 80 hours
- Price: On Request
International General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health
Course Overview
This course aims to provide delegates with the skills and know-how to fulfill their health and safety responsibilities in any kind of organisation.
Anyone who needs a broad understanding of health and safety issues to be able to manage day-to-day risks effectively.
- NEBOSH recommends that learners undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.0 or higher in IELTS tests.
Successful candidates will receive a certificate issued by NEBOSH
Other Details
- Unit IG1: Management of health and safety
- Unit IG2: Risk Assessment
- Why we should manage workplace health and how health and safety management systems work and what they look like
- Managing risk – understanding people and processes
- Health and safety monitoring and measuring
- Physical and psychological health
- Musculoskeletal health
- Chemical and biological agents
- General workplace issues
- Work equipment
- Fire
- Electricity
On completion of the course the candidate will be able to:
- Justify the need for health and safety improvements
- Advise on duties for health and safety in the workplace
- Help the organisation to manage contractors
- Work within a health and safety management system
- Positively influence health and safety culture and behaviour
- Carry out a general risk assessment
- Recognise workplace changes and their impacts and understand how to minimise these impacts
- Develop basic safe systems of work that include emergency arrangements and know when to use a permit-to-work system
- Take part in incident investigations
- Help the employer check the effectiveness of their health and safety management system through monitoring, auditing and review.
Virtual