NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety

The NEBOSH International Diploma is made up of four units which need to be completed within 5 years:

Unit IA – Managing Health and Safety -154 Hours
• Principles of Health and Safety Management
• Regulating Health and Safety
• Loss Causation and Incident Investigation
• Measuring and Reviewing Health and Safety Performance
• The Assessment and Evaluation of Risk
• Risk Control
• Organisational Factors
• Human Factors
• The Role of the Health and Safety Practitioner
Unit IB – Hazardous Substances / Agents – 115 Hours
• Managing Occupational Health
• Identification, Assessment and Evaluation of Hazardous Substances
• The Control of Hazardous Substances
• The Monitoring and Measuring of Hazardous Substances
• Biological Agents
• Noise and Vibration
• Radiation
• Mental Ill-Health and Dealing with Violence and Aggression at Work
• Musculoskeletal Risks and Controls
• Work Environment Risks and Controls

Assessment

Unit IC – Workplace and Work Equipment Safety – 120
Hours
• Workplace Welfare Requirements and Specific
Workplace Issues
• Fire and Explosion
• Workplace Fire Risk Assessment
• The Storage, Handling and Processing of Dangerous
Substances
• Work Equipment
• Workplace Machinery
• Mobile, Lifting, Access and Work at Height Equipment
• Electrical Safety
• Construction and Works of a Temporary Nature – Hazards and Controls
• Workplace Transport and Managing Work-Related Road
Risk
Unit DNI: Application of Health and Safety Theory and
Practice
• Assessed by a work based project

Courses Available
The examination for both versions of the syllabus consists of three 3-hour written
examinations (one each for Units IA, IB & IC) and an 8,000 word work based project. You must pass all four to be awarded the NEBOSH International Diploma in
Occupational Health and Safety.