NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL

GENERAL CERTIFICATE
Element 1

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Domestic arrangements
• Fire / Fire Assembly Point
• Break times
– Tea / Coffee
– Lunch
– Tea / Coffee
• Toilets
• Smoking
• Questions
• Notes / Handouts
• Mobile Phones.

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Course Aims
Course Structure
• 10 days
• To enable managers
Examination to IGC1&2
(Two papers manageand
their
a
Practical assessment)
business safely and effectively in
• Syndicate exercises / Workshops
compliance with both their organisation’s
• Support materials
• policy and best practice in Health and
Questions
• Safety.
Revision exercises.

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Examination
Registration
Paper IGC1: One 20 point question, Ten 8 point
questions, 2hrs per paper
Paper IGC2: As above
Paper IGC 3: Practical assessment
Observation
Report.

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Course Aims

1. To enable individuals with responsibility for H&S to

manage it within their business safely and effectively in
compliance with both their organisation’s policy and best
practice in Health and Safety

2. Successfully complete the course.

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Course AimsIntroductions
Personal
1. Name
2. Job Title
3. Name of organisation
4. Length of Time in present job
• Present Role / Responsibilities
5. Other Health & Safety courses attended

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Course
What is Objectives
Health and Safety ?

The measures necessary to

control and reduce risks (to
acceptable levels) for the
health and / or safety of
anyone who may be affected
by the activities of people at
work.

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Reasons for Health and Safety ?

Financial Legal

Moral

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Cost of Accidents
Studies identify that the total costs are often several times the
Direct Costs

Direct costs Insured Costs

Insurance, Court costs, Fines Employers, public, third party liability
Plant and building damage, tools and equipment
Lost time, Damage to plant etc £1

£8 - £36 Hidden costs

Product and materials damage
Hidden costs Expenditure on emergency supplies
Lost time of others Production delays
employees Overtime and use of temporary labour
Management time Investigation time
Loss of production Supervisors’ time diverted
Clerical effort
Failure to meet output orders
Loss of expertise/experience.

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 Studies into Loss Prevention have identified relationships
between accidents, incidents and hazards. Exact ratios
vary between work environments.

Major/Lost Time
Injury Unsafe Acts
1
i.e not following safe
procedures
Minor Injury
10
Unsafe Conditions
Property damage i.e poor housekeeping
30

Potential
Incidents or 600
Hazards

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Key Definitions
Health – The state of well being of the body and mind and being free
from illness caused from work
Safety – Being safe from physical danger
Danger – Exposure to harm
Welfare – The provision of facilities to maintain the well being of
individuals at work
Environmental – Protection of land, water and protection
air from harmful pollutants
Accident – an unplanned, unwanted event causing injury, ill health or
damage to persons, property or plant.

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Key Definitions (cont.)

Near miss – An incident that could have resulted in an accident

but did not
Hazard – something that has the potential to cause harm
Risk – The likelihood that harm will occur and the severity of the harm
Dangerous occurrence - is a near miss that could have resulted in
serious injury or loss of life.
Acute - Short term exposure with immediate effect, usually reversible
Chronic - Repeated or long term exposure, often irreversible

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Employers Common Law Duties

To Provide :

• A safe place of work

• Maintain appliances, equipment and safe
plant for doing the work
• Maintain safe systems for doing work
• Competent & safety - conscious personnel.

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The multi-disciplinary nature of health and safety

• Finance
• Insurance
• Health
• Personnel
• Production
• Design
• Purchase
• Information technology (IT)

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The multi-disciplinary nature of health and safety

Solutions for implementation

• Technical
• Procedural
• Behavioural

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Employers liability insurance

Enables organisations to meet the costs of compensation and

legal fees

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Role Of National Governments And International
Bodies

• Employers’ responsibilities
• Workers’ responsibilities and rights
• Role of enforcement agencies and consequences of non-
compliance
• International standards and conventions

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Torts - A Civil Wrong
Five main classifications of torts are:

• Negligence
• Defamation
• Nuisance
• Trespass
• Conversion.

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Negligence

Is a civil wrong (tort) involving unreasonably careless conduct (breech

of common law duty of care) resulting in loss, damage or injury

In order to sue successfully there are three main points to establish:

1 That the defendant was under a duty of care to the
claimant (injured party), the injured person was the
“neighbour” of the defendant
2 The duty had been breached.
3 That as a result of the breach the claimant suffered harm - the
harm suffered being not too remote from the breach.

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Sources Of Information On Health And Safety

Internal Sources of Information

• Accident / ill-health and absence data

• Results of audits / inspections
• Investigation reports
• Maintenance records
• Cost and other management performance data
• Compliance data

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Sources of information on health and safety

External Sources
• Manufacturers’ data • Encyclopaedias
• Legislations • Professional bodies
• Insurance companies • Lawyers
• Consultants

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The role of the H&S professional

Advisor
Police man
Trainer
Councillor
Manager
Diplomat
Mediator

Influencer Negotiator.

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 International Labour Organisation (ILO)
• United Nations body
• ILO’s Governing Body includes representatives of
government, employers’ and workers organisations
• Establishment of international standards on labour and
social matters
• International labour standards take the form of Conventions
and Recommendations

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International Labour Organisation (ILO)

• Conventions are comparable to multilateral

international treaties, open to be ratified
(agreed to) by UN Member States
• Recommendations offer guidelines for action
by member states
• Conventions & Recommendations have
influenced laws and regulations of member
States

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Key elements of a health & safety management system

Key elements
• Policy
• Organising
• Planning and implementing
• Measuring
• Auditing
• Review

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 Policy

Organising

Planning Hazard / Risk

Auditing and
Management
Implementing

Measuring
Performance

Reviewing
Performance

Most successful Management Systems are based on a simple

process (HSG 65)

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Safety Management System

• Policy: Health and Safety aims and objectives of the

organisation, and management commitment

• Organisation: Clear roles and lines of responsibility,

competence, commitment and control, co-operation and
communication

• Planning and Implementation: Identify hazards, assess risks

and decide how risks can be eliminated or controlled. Sets
standards against which performance can be measured

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Safety Management System

• Measuring Performance: A means of determining the extent to

which health and safety policy and objectives are being
implemented and should be both reactive and proactive

• Reviewing: Analysing data gathered through monitoring to see

whether performance is adequate

• Audit: Systematic critical examination of each stage of an

organisation’s management systems and procedures

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Management of Health & Safety HSG65

Policy –

a) Sets the H&S aims & H&S objectives of the Organisation and
shows management commitment.

b) Sets the arrangements for identifying hazards, assessing risks &

preventing or controlling them.

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Management of Health & Safety HSG65

Organising

Organisation – Clear roles and lines of responsibility, Competence,

Commitment and control, Co-operation and Communication
Competence - Needs to exist for recruitment, transfer & training.
Commitment and Control - Directors and managers must accept and
demonstrate a commitment to the management of Health and Safety.
Consultation and Co-operation – consultation demonstrates commitment
which leads to co-operation
Communication - Needs to flow in all directions.

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Management of Health & Safety HSG65

Planning & Implementation

Planning & Implementation of issues such as identifying hazards,
assessing risks and decide how risks can be eliminated or controlled. This
component also sets standards against which performance can be
measured.

 SMART objectives are generated.

 Identify hazards, assess risks and establish priorities according to risk.
 Sets performance standards,
 Plans for non routine, new work and serious risks.
 Monitoring arrangements to ensure standards are met.

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Management of Health & Safety HSG65

Measuring Performance

Measuring Performance – To determine the extent to which health and

safety policy and objectives are being implemented. Measuring should be
both reactive and proactive.

• Directors, managers and supervisors may not be aware of what is

happening.

• Monitoring systems should be introduced in each section of the

organisation

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Management of Health & Safety HSG65

Review and Audit

Review – Analyse data gathered through monitoring to find out if

performance is adequate

Audit – Systematic critical examination of each stage of the management

systems and procedures.

Improvement will be achieved through continuous reviewing and auditing

of performance of the management system.

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Benefits of having good health and safety practice

• Improved production
• Improved staff morale
• Improved company reputation
• Improved safety culture
• Reduced accidents
• Reduced ill health
• Reduced damage to equipment
• Reduced staff complaints
• Reduced staff turnover
• Reduced insurance premiums
• Reduced fines and compensation claims

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QUESTIONS

Give meaning of the term Hazard

Give meaning of the term Risk

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QUESTIONS

Give meaning of the term Near miss/incident

Give meaning of the term Accident

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QUESTIONS

Identify sources of information that can help

reduce risks to workers.

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QUESTIONS

What are the reasons for having good health

and safety practice?

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QUESTIONS

What are key components of a H&S

management system?

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QUESTIONS

Identify the costs that an organisation may incur

as a result of inadequate or poor standards of
health & safety in the workplace.

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QUESTIONS

What are the benefits of having good health and

safety practice

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QUESTIONS

Identify issues that are included in the

organisation section of the Policy.

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