Nebosh has lunch new syllabus; according to the new syllabus there are two papers.

IG1- Management of health and safety – Theory paper – passing marks 45/100

IG2- Risk Assessment – Practical unit.

New Syllabus First Exam will be conducted from Nov,2019 onward. IG1 is assessed with a 2-hour question paper to test what you know. The paper covers elements 1-4 and consists of 1 long-answer question and 10 short-answer questions.

Course syllabus

Unit IG1: Management of Health and Safety

Element 1: Why we should manage workplace health and safety

  • Morals and money
  • Regulating health and safety
  • who does what in organizations?

Element 2: How health and safety management systems work and what they look like

  • What they are and the benefits they bring
  • What good health and safety management systems look like

Element 3: Managing risk – understanding people and processes

  • Health and safety culture
  • Improving health and safety culture
  • How human factors influence behavior
  • Assessing risk
  • Management of change
  • Safe systems of work Permit-to-work systems
  • Emergency procedures

Element 4: Health and safety monitoring and measuring

  • Active and reactive monitoring
  • Investigating incidents
  • Health and safety auditing
  • Review of health and safety performance

Element 5: Physical and psychological health

  • Noise
  • Vibration
  • Radiation
  • Mental ill-health
  • Violence at work
  • Substance abuse at work

Element 6: Musculoskeletal health

  • Work-related upper limb disorders
  • Manual handling
  • Load-handling equipment

Element 7: Chemical and biological agents

  • Hazardous substances
  • Assessment of health risks
  • Control measures
  • Specific agents

 Element 8: General workplace issues

  • Health, welfare and work environment
  • Working at height
  • Safe working in confined spaces
  •  Lone working
  •  Slips and trips
  •  Safe movement of people and vehicles
  •  Work-related driving

Element 9: Work equipment

  • General requirements
  •  Hand-held tools
  •  Machinery hazards
  • Control measures for machinery

Element 10: Fire

  • Fire principles
  • Preventing fire and fire spread
  • Fire alarms and fire-fighting
  • Fire evacuation

Element 11: Electricity

  • Hazards and risks
  • Control measures

Unit IG2: Risk Assessment

IG2 is an assessed workplace assignment. You need to show your ability to practically apply what you've learned from your studies by completing a risk assessment.  The assessment is split into 4 stages:

Description of the organisation and methodology

  • Risk assessment
  • Priority actions with justifications
  • Review, communicate and check

Course Assessments:

  • There are two assessments for the NEBOSH General Certificate:
  • IG1 is assessed with a 2-hour question paper to test what you know. The paper covers elements 1-4 and consists of 1 long-answer question and 10 short-answer questions.
  • IG2 is a practical assessment to test what you can do.  It covers the whole unit.
  • You must pass both units to achieve your  NEBOSH General Certificate qualification