NEBOSH Units
Unit 1: Health and Safety Foundations
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- explain the moral, legal and economic bases for maintaining good standards of health and safety
- outline the legal framework for the regulation of health and safety in the UK and Jersey
- describe the roles and powers of enforcement agencies and the judiciary
- outline the key elements of a health and safety management system
Unit 2: Policy
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- explain the purpose of a health and safety policy
- assess the appropriateness of an organisations health and policy in terms of structure and general content
Unit 3: Organising for health and safety
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- outline the responsibilities of the various parties involved with work activities
- explain the requirements placed upon employers to consult with their employees
Unit 4: Promoting a positive health and safety culture
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- describe the concept of health and safety culture and its significance in the management of health and safety in an organisation
- assess the effectiveness of an organisatios health and safety culture by use of relevant climate indicators
- recognise the factors that could lead to deterioration in health and safety culture
- advise on methods for improving the health and safety culture of an organisation
- outline the external and internal influences on an organisations health and safety standards
Unit 5: Risk Assessment
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- explain the aims and objectives of risk assessment
- identify sources of loss to an organisation
- distinguish between high frequency/low severity events and low frequency/high severity events
- identify hazards by means of workplace inspections and analysis of tasks
- use accident and near miss data in risk assessments
- use a simple risk assessment technique to determine risk levels and to assess the adequacy of control measures
Unit 6: Principles of control
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- describe the general principles of control and a basic hierarchy of risk reduction measures that encompass technical, behavioural and procedural controls
- develop and apply safe systems of work for general work activities
- explain the key elements of a safe system applied to the particular situations of confined spaces and lone working
- explain the role and function of a permit to work within a safe system of work
- assess the adequacy of emergency procedures and provision
Unit 7: Controlling hazards in the movement of people and vehicles
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- identify the hazards that may cause injuries to pedestrians in the workplace and the control measures to reduce the risk of such injuries
- identify the essential elements of a safe workplace management strategy
- suggest ways of ensuring segregation of pedestrians and vehicles in the workplace and the appropriate control measures when segregation is not practicable
- suggest suitable measures to ensure the safe operation of vehicles on site
- explain the importance of site driver training as part of an overall safety programme
Unit 8: Controlling manual and mechaniical handling hazards
Theintended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- describe the main types of injury associated with manual handling
- carry out a manual handling assessment
- suggest ways of minimising manual handling risks
- explain the training requirments for those who are required to manually lift loads
- explain the precautions and procedures necessary to ensure safety in the use and maintenance of fork-lift trucks, manually operated load moving equipment, lifts, hoists, conveyors and cranes
- identify the legal requirements for the examiniation of lifting equipment
Unit 9: Controlling work equipment hazards
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- outline general requirements for work equipment
- outline the hazards and controls for hand tools
- describe the main mechanical and non-mechanical hazards of machinery
- describe the main methods of protection from machinery hazards
Unit 10: Controlling electrical hazards
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- identify the hazards and evaluate the consequential risks from the use of electricity in the workplace
- advise on control measures that should be taken when working with electrical systems or using electrical equipment
Unit 11: Controlling fire hazards
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- identify basic fire hazards in a workplace
- evaluate the main fire risks in a workplace
- advise on basic fire prevention and prevention of fire spread in buildings
- identify the appropriate fire alarm system and fire fighting equipment for a simple workplace
- assess the adequacy and maintenance of existing means of escape in simple workplace
- implement a successful evacuation of a workplace in the event of a fire
Unit 12: Controlling chemical and biological health hazards
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- recognise chemical and biological health risks in the workplace
- explain the significance of the physical form of a substance to the related health hazard and the relationship between the route of entry into the body of a hazardous substance and its associated risk
- distinguish between acute and chronic ill health effects
- explain the difference between a maximum exposure limit and an occupational exposure standard and the purpose of long term and short term exposure limits
- make a preliminary assessment of the health risks commonly encountered in the workplace as required by CoSHH involving
- a basic survey to determine the presence and nature of ill health risks in a workplace
- suppliers safety data sheets to assist in health risk assessment
- simple environmental monitoring and testing using stain tube detectors and smoke tubes
- the need for expert guidance when necessary
- apply a hierarchy of control measures to reduce the risk of ill-health caused by the exposure to chemical and biological agents and explain with examples the principles of:
- risk reduction by elimination
- risk reduction by reduced exposure
- risk reduction by control using dilution and local exhaust ventilation
- outline the basic requirements relating to the disposal of waste and effluent and the control of atmospheric pollution
Unit 13: Controlling physical and psychological health hazards
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- explain the term ergonomics and the contribution that ergonomic design can make to health, safety and efficiency at work
- identify work processes and working practices which would give rise to musculoskeletal health problems, in particular work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD-S, hand/arm vibration)
- illustrate the nature and extent of musculoskeletal effects with reference to the use of display screen equipment (DSE)
- identify common welfare and work environment rrquirements in the workplace
- describe the health effects associated with exposure to noise and suggest appropriate control measures
- describe the principle health effects associated with ionising and non-ionising radiation and outline basic protection techniques
- explain the causes and effects of stress at work and suggest appropriate control actions
- describe the sutuations that present a risk of violent assault to employees and suggest ways of minimsing such risks
Unit 14: Controlling hazards in construction activities
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- identify the main hazards of construction and demolition work and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
- identify the hazasrds of work above ground level and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
- describe the safe working practices for common forms of access equipment
- identify the hazards of excavations and outline the general requirements necessary to control them
- identify the hazards to health commonly encountered in small construction activities and explain how risks might be reduced
Unit 15: Incident investigation Recording and Reporting
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- explain the purpose of and procedures for investigating accidents at work
- describe the requirements for the statutory reporting of fatalities and specified injuries, diseases/ill-health, conditions and dangerous occurrences
- utilise records of accident and ill-health experiences in an organisation
Unit 16: Monitoring, review and audit
The intended learning outcomes of this Unit are that candidates will be able to:
- use a variety of proactive and reactive monitoring procuedures
- carry out a workplace inspection in order to set priorities and time scales for action and to assign action points to relevant personnel
- communicate inspection findings in the form of an effective and persuasive report
- differentials between safety inspections, sampling and tours and explain their roles within a monitoring regime
- explain the purpose of regular reviews of health and safety performance and the critera that will influence the frequency of such reviews
- explain the meaning of the term ’health and safety audit’ and describe the prepartions that may be needed prior to an audit and the information that may be needed during an audit