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NEBOSH Overview
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What is NEBOSH?
The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) is an independent awarding body that has been in existence since 1979 and now attracts over 15,000
candidates each year.
What level of recognition do NEBOSH qualifications hold?
NEBOSH qualifications are recognised and respected by employers in all sectors of the economy and provide the benchmark standard against which others are compared.
NEBOSH was the first health and safety awarding body to have been given accreditation by the government's Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). A NEBOSH
qualification therefore provides evidence of real achievement.
How are qualification standards set and maintained?
Teams of professionally qualified examiners, moderators and assessors, overseen by an Advisory Committee of eminent people from national institutions ensure that NEBOSH
qualifications maintain their deserved reputation for excellence.
The Advisory Committee comprises nominees from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Employment National Training
Organisation (ENTO), the Environment Agency, the National Federation of Health and Safety Groups, the British Institute of Occupational Hygienists (BIOH), the Institution
of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health
The NEBOSH National General Certificate is a qualification designed to help those with health and safety responsibilities (eg. managers, supervisors and employee
representatives) to discharge more effectively their organisational duties and functions. The NEBOSH National General Certificate is not a qualification purely for
health and safety specialists.
The duration of study for the National General Certificate is a minimum of 87 hours plus private study and background reading. Assessment is by an end examination
comprising two written papers and a practical assessment which consists of carrying out a health and safety inspection of a workplace and preparing a management report.
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