NEBOSH International Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals
Course Duration Location Theoretical/ Practical
6 Weeks GTSC 90 – 10
DESIGNED FOR
The International Diploma is designed for individuals who want to progress their career in health & safety & develop more
in-depth knowledge & skills aiming to become health & safety practitioners.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
After successfully completing the course the delegate will:
• Understand the role of health and safety legislation, the purpose and principles of enforcement actions and the
role of the United Nations’ International Labour Organization and other non-governmental bodies.
• Use different types of health and safety leadership approaches and be able to influence health and safety issues
at all levels.
• Influence organisational and health and safety workplace culture.
• Proactively manage health and safety, taking account of human failures and factors.
• Manage health and safety competence (both their own and that of the organisation).
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• Use a range of hazard identification, risk management and loss causation techniques.
• Monitor health and safety performance.
• Develop their role as a health and safety professional including understanding how it links with Corporate Social
Responsibility.
• Effectively manage organisational change.
• Manage contractors and supply chains.
• Control a range of workplace health and wellbeing issues.
• Control a range of workplace safety issues.
Entry requirements and minimum standards of English for learners
The NEBOSH International Diploma syllabus assumes that learners will have knowledge of health and safety equivalent
to that provided by the NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC).
Assessment Format
Study Pass Assessment
Unit Assessment Type
Duration Mark Duration/ Time
Unit DI1: Know – workplace Assignment (in four parts - simulations, workplace based 4 weeks (20
10 Days 50 %
health and safety principles activities, reflective tasks and a research project) working days)
Unit DI2: Do – controlling 2 weeks (10
10 Days Case Study 50 %
workplace health issues working days)
Unit DI3: Do – controlling 2 weeks (10
10 Days Case Study 50 %
workplace safety issues working days)
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COURSE CONTENTS
Unit DI1: Know – workplace health and safety principles (International)
Types of legislation likely to apply to the organisation and how enforcement actions could apply
• Socio-legal models
• Enforcement
• The International Labour Organization and its conventions and recommendations
• Non-governmental bodies and health and safety standards
• Third Parties
• Insurers
The health and Safety Culture
• Organizational Structure
• Leadership
• Consultation
• Health and safety culture/ Behavioural change programmes
• Traditional & Proactive safety management
• Risk Perception
• Human failures and factors improving human reliability
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Individual and organisational health and safety competence
• Competence, training, information and supervision
• High reliability organizations
Risk Management
• Hazard identification techniques
• Managing health and safety risks
• Risk management
Developing and implementing proactive and reactive health and safety monitoring systems and carrying out reviews and
auditing of such systems
• Loss causation quantitative analysis of data
• Measuring & monitoring
Professional skills and ethics to actively influence improvements in health and safety
• Professional skills
Developing a health and safety policy and strategy with the organization
• Societal factors
• Corporate social responsibility
• Organization change
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Managing contractors and supply chains
• Contractors
• Supply chains
Unit DI2: Do – controlling workplace health issues (International)
Common workplace health issues/hazards including how these can be assessed and controlled
• Occupational health services
• Equality in the workplace
• Mental ill-health
• Wellbeing
• Workplace violence
• Lone working
• Health surveillance
• Hazardous substances
• Health risks from hazardous substances
• Epidemiology and toxicology
• Asbestos and lead
• Ventilation and PPE
• Hazardous substances monitoring
• Biological agents
• Noise
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• Vibration
• Radiation
• Musculoskeletal issues
• Manual handling
• Workplace temperature
• Welfare arrangements
Unit DI3: Do – controlling workplace safety issues (International)
Common workplace safety issues/hazards including how these can be assessed and controlled.
• Safe working environment
• Confined space
• Fire and explosion
• Fire
• Dangerous substances
• Work equipment and machinery maintenance
• Work equipment
• Machinery
• Mobile work equipment/ lifting equipment
• Electricity
• Construction: working at heights/ demolition/ excavation
• Workplace transport/ work-related driving
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