NEBOSH is the UK’s leading Health & Safety Awarding Body and is gaining increasing international status. NEBOSH qualifications are recognised and respected by employers in all sections of employment and provide the benchmark standard against which others are compared. Since the 1970s, the principle that “those who create the risks must manage them” has been enshrined in the management of Health & Safety at work.

Inadequate management of Health & Safety costs individuals, organisations and society dearly. These losses can be minimised by planning activities, organising and training staff, assessing the risk, implementing controls and monitoring their use, and periodically reviewing the system.

Managers and Supervisors making day to day decisions have a crucial role to play in any organisation’s Health & Safety management system; for it is the quality of these decisions that will determine successful outcomes. And success in Health & Safety is not only a legal requirement but is also a precursor to good management in general.

Aligned to CDM regulations, NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction (UK) is guided by legislation but focussed on best practice. The broad syllabus includes:

CDM roles and responsibilities
Health and safety culture
Assessing risk
Managing change
Excavation
Demolition
Mobile plant and vehicles
Working at height
Musculoskeletal health
Work equipment
Electricity
Fire
Chemical and biological agents
Physical and psychological health.

With an emphasis on practical application, successful learners will be able to:

Recognise, assess and control a range of common construction hazards
Develop safe systems of work
Take part in incident investigations
Advise on the roles, competencies and duties under construction legislation
Positively influence health and safety culture
Confidently challenge unsafe behaviours
Help manage contractors.

The assessment is an open book examination (OBE), which will be based on a realistic scenario, that will test both what you know and what you can do. You will be asked to carry out a series of tasks using evidence from the scenario and the underpinning knowledge gained through your studies and revision. You will have 48 hours to download, complete and submit your assessment.