NEBOSH International Diploma in OHS – Distance Learning

Suitable for:

• This prestigious qualification has been designed to underpin the capabilities that you need to become an effective health and safety professional.
• Recognised by regulators, professionals and employers the qualification also provides a sound basis for progression to postgraduate study.

Course covers:

The International Diploma provides core health and safety knowledge that is transferable across industry, commerce and international boundaries. When combined with understanding and appropriate application, it underpins the competent performance of an Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner.

The key topics covered by the qualification are:

• Management of health and safety at work
• The identification and control of risk associated with hazardous agents, workplace issues and equipment
• Management of stress at work
• The importance of human factors in reducing incidents

Learners may choose to take individual units in any order during their 5 year enrolment period and will be awarded a unit certificate for each unit passed.

Course Outline 

The qualification is divided into four units, each of which is assessed separately:

• Unit IA: International management of health and safety
• Unit IB: International control of hazardous agents in the workplace
• Unit IC: International workplace and work equipment safety
• Unit DNI: International application of health and safety theory and practice

Unit IA: Managing Health and Safety 

1. Principles of Health and Safety Management
2. Regulating Health and Safety
3. Loss Causation and Incident Investigation
4. Measuring and Reviewing Health and Safety Performance
5. Assessment and Evaluation of Risk
6. Risk Control
7. Organisational Factors
8. Human Factors
9. The Role of The Health and Safety Practitioner

Unit IB: Hazardous Substances / Agents in the Workplace 

1. Managing Occupational Health
2. Identification, Assessment and Evaluation of Hazardous Substances
3. Control of Hazardous Substances
4. Monitoring and Measuring of Hazardous Substances
5. Biological Agents
6. Noise and Vibration
7. Radiation
8. Mental Ill-Health and Dealing with Violence and Aggression At Work
9. Musculoskeletal Risks and Controls
10. Work Environment Risks and Controls

Unit IC: Workplace and Work Equipment Safety 

1. Workplace Welfare Requirements and Specific Workplace Issues
2. Fires and Explosions
3. Workplace Fire Risk Assessment
4. Storage, Handling and Processing of Hazardous Substances
5. Work Equipment
6. Workplace Machinery
7. Mobile, Lifting, Access and Work at Height Equipment
8. Electrical Safety
9. Construction and Works of A Temporary Nature – Hazards And Controls
10. Workplace Transport and Managing Work-Related Road Risk

Unit DNI: Application of Health and Safety Theory and Practice