Introduction

The NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (NEBOSH IGC) is the most trusted health and safety qualification of its kind in the world. It is designed to reflect the needs of today’s employers giving employees everything they need to know and do to make their workplace safer.

NEBOSH has updated the IGC where the new syllabus has been streamlined to allow core skills and competencies to be considered in greater depth. It covers methods to effectively manage health and safety, and how to identify, reduce and control the key hazards in every kind of workplace. Risk assessment is central to the IGC qualification, making sure it reflects the real-life roles people perform. Moreover, the certificate will give learners invaluable knowledge and skills and a globally-respected qualification that supports their current role and long-term career development and advancement.

Participants who successfully complete this certification course will be awarded a lifetime-valid certificate, recognising enduring competency without the need for renewal.

Learning Outcome

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• justify health and safety improvements using moral, financial and legal arguments
• advise on the main duties for health and safety in the workplace and help their organisation manage contractors
• work within a health and safety culture and behaviour to improve performance in their organisation
• do a general risk assessment in their own workplace – profiling and prioritising risks, inspecting the workplace, recognising a range of common hazards, evaluating risks (taking account of current controls), recommending further control measures, planning actions
• recognise workplace changes that have significant health and safety impacts and effective ways to minimise those impacts
• develop basic safe systems of work (including taking account of typical emergencies) and knowing when to use permit-to-work systems for special risks
• take part in incident investigations
• help their employer to check their management system effectiveness – through monitoring, audits and reviews.

Key Topics

Key topics include:

• Management of International Health & Safety
• Control of International Workplace Hazards

Duration

 10 Days | 65 hours

Target Participant

• Senior Executive Services 3 (SES 3) – Superscale A | B | C
• Executive Services 1 (ES 1) – Bahagian I: Kumpulan 1 | 2 | 3
• Executive Services 2 (ES 2) – Bahagian II: B3 | B2
• Executive Services 3 (ES 3) – Bahagian III: C3 | C2 | C1
• Non- Executive Services (Non-ES) – Bahagian IV | V

Pre-Requisite

Level 6.0 or higher under the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (roughly equivalent to GCSE / O-Level Grade C in English)

Language

English

Methodology

The course will be delivered using:

• PowerPoint presentation
• Video
• Worksheet
• Practical exercise

Assessment Methods

1-day online examination