The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety has recently been fully updated. The new syllabus reflects current health and safety practices and regulatory requirements.

This course looks at general workplace issues and can be applied in many sectors.

NG1 Syllabus Summary

1. Why we should manage workplace health and safety
2. How health and safety management systems work and what they look like
3. Managing risk – understanding people and processes
4. Health and safety monitoring and measuring

NG2 Syllabus Summary

5. Physical and psychological health
6. Musculoskeletal health
7. Chemical and biological agents
8. General workplace issues
9. Work equipment
10. Fire
11. Electricity

The NGC has an assessment for each unit. You must achieve a ‘Pass’ in both to be awarded the qualification.

Unit NG1

This is an open book examination (OBE). You’ll receive full details of this on your course. 

Further details on the OBE can be found on the NEBOSH website.

Unit NG2

The NG2 assessment is a risk assessment that should be carried out in the learner’s workplace.

On completion of the qualification, successful candidates will be able to:

• Justify the need for health and safety improvements
• Advise on duties under UK Health & Safety legislation
• Help their organisation to manage contractors
• Work within a health and safety management system
• Positively influence health and safety culture and behaviour
• Carry out a general risk assessment (using a 5-step approach) of their workplace
• Recognise workplace changes and their impacts and understand how to minimise these impacts
• Develop basic safe systems of work that include emergency arrangements and know when to use a permit-to-work system
• Take part in incident investigations
• Help their employer check the effectiveness of the health and safety management system through monitoring, auditing and review.