NEBOSH HSW

The NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work is suitable for anyone who needs to understand the principles of health and safety as part of their job, including team leaders and supervisors, HR professionals, facilities managers and those training young people in a working environment.

What are the benefits for learners?

Justify the need for health and safety improvements; advise on duties for health and safety in the workplace; help your 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 your 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; and help your employer check the effectiveness of their health and safety management system through monitoring, auditing and review.

What are the benefits for employers?

Workers with the Award in Health and Safety at Work qualification will benefit organizations who are seeking to implement or maintain a health and safety management system by giving workers an awareness of common workplace hazards. It will also ensure the workforce, in particular supervisory staff, can apply the principles of risk assessment and understand how to control common workplace hazards. Upskilling your workforce in risk assessment can help reduce the number of accidents in the workplace, improving staff morale, and resulting in costs saving for the business.
This course can be delivered within an organisation, or employees can attend accredited training courses run throughout the UK by our network of accredited course providers.
NEBOSH accredited course providers offer a variety of flexible course formats, so training can be arranged according to business needs; either in-house or at training centres around the globe.

Why to choose Overseas Industrial Technical Institute?

Overseas Industrial Technical Institute is a dedicated Technical Training and Testing center for different Crafts and Trades. Highly Qualified and Experienced Trainers Campus Tests and Interviews for selection and Overseas Placement. Audio/Visual and Practical Training Facilities Appropriate Course materials developed by experienced Tutors .

Over 7 years experience in Health, Safety and Environment Training Consistent Online and Offline support for Learners Special Doubt Clearance Classes and Mock Examinations.

Qualification level and UK accreditation

The NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work is accredited and credit rated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA – www.sqa.org.uk) for delivery across the UK. It is rated within the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF – www.scqf.org.uk) at SCQF Level 5 with 3 SCQF credit points.

For users in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, this qualification is intended to be broadly comparable to a Vocationally-Related Qualification (VRQ) at Level 2 in the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), comparable to GCSE standard.

For further information regarding UK qualification levels, please refer to the “Qualifications can cross boundaries” comparison chart issued by the UK regulators, available from the SQA website (www.sqa.org.uk).

How to achieve the qualification?

It has two units-

Unit HSW1:

Workplace safety foundations

Unit HSW2:

Risk assessment activity

Structure

Element 1: The foundations of health and safety
Element 2: The responsibility for health and safety
Element 3: Health and safety risk assessment and control
Element 4: Hazards and control associated with work equipment
Element 5: Transport safety
Element 6: Hazards and controls associated with working with electricity
Element 7: Fire safety
Element 8: Hazards and controls associated with manual handling and repetitive movement
Element 9: Hazards and controls associated with hazardous substances
Element 10: Hazards and controls associated with the working environment

What is the duration of the Nebosh HSW Course ?

Unit HSW1:

17 hours tuition and 3 hours private study Total: 20 hours

Unit HSW2:

1 hour of tuition and 3 hours private study Total: 4 hours

What are the Entry requirements?

There are no specific barriers, in terms of academic qualifications, skills or experience to entry to the NEBOSH Award in Health and Safety at Work program.

Qualification type :

NEBOSH qualifications are categorised as ‘Other’ qualifications by SQA Accreditation in Scotland. These are categorised as Vocationally-Related Qualifications (VRQs) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
VRQs provide the knowledge and practical skills required for particular job roles through a structured study-based training programme, that combine the testing of knowledge and understanding in written examinations with practical application of learning in the workplace.
VRQs are a popular type of qualification because they are nationally recognized, flexible and offer routes for progression to employment or further study.