NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety

Introduction
The NEBOSH Construction Certificate is a qualification both for those with construction management responsibilities and for those who are required to provide routine, day-to-day advice on health, safety and welfare in construction work.

Course Content

Unit NGC1 - Management of Health and Safety

• Foundations of Health and Safety
• Health and Safety policy
• Organising for health and safety
• Promoting a positive health and safety culture
• Risk Assessment
• Principles of control
• Monitoring, review and audit
• Incident investigation, recording and reporting

Unit NCC1 Managing and Controlling Hazards in Construction Activities

• Construction Law and Management
• Construction activities hazards and control
• Movement of people and vehicles â€" hazard and controls
• Manual and mechanical handling hazards and controls
• Work equipment hazards and controls
• Electrical hazards and controls
• Fire hazards and controls
• Chemical and biological health hazards and control
• Physical and psychological health hazards and control
• Working at height â€"hazards and controls
• Excavation work and confined spaces â€" hazard and control
• Demolition hazards and controls

Unit NCC2 Construction Health and Safety Practical Application

Suitability

Managers, supervisors and staff responsible for on site health and safety

Assessment

Each unit is assessed by one two-hour written examination. Each written examination consists of ten 'short-answer' and one 'long answer' question.
Unit NGC3 is assessed by one two â€"hour practical inspection of a construction workplace which is designed to test a candidate's ability to complete a health and safety assessment and produce a management style report on their findings.
Successful completion leads to being awarded the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction by the National Examination Board in Occupational Health, level 3 within the National Qualifications Framework.

Duration

Unit NGC1, Units NCC1 and NCC2 - 15 one-day workshops inc. revision.
Prices are inclusive of NEBOSH registration, assessment, workbook, refreshments and buffet lunch at each workshop

Progression