NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation

The NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation course will ensure your staff will have the necessary skills to carry out an unaided incident investigation of incidents that are non-complex and covers the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of minor incident investigation; this will help to ensure that these types of incidents don’t happen again.

Who is the course for?
This qualification is for anyone who wants to carry out incident investigations effectively. Employers, supervisors, SHE champions, union and safety representatives would greatly increase their knowledge by completing this course.

What will delegates get from the NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation classroom course?
The course will enable you to:
Independently investigate simple incidents
Gather evidence including conducting witness interviews
Produce an action plan to prevent a recurrence of an incident
Contribute to team investigations for large scale incidents
Positively impact the safety culture in your organisation
Benefits of holding the HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation qualification include:

Being able to independently investigate simple incidents
Gather evidence including conducting witness interviews
Produce an action plan to prevent a recurrence of an incident
Positively impact the safety culture in your organisation
The knowledge, understanding and skills that you will gain from this qualification will also allow you to contribute to team investigations of larger-scale incidents.

What benefits will employers get from the NEBOSH HSE Investigation course?
Employers will gain a number of benefits from giving their staff the opportunity to take this qualification, including:
A drive down of repeat incidents – learn lessons so it doesn’t happen again
Confidence that your organisation’s approach to investigations is robust
Improved safety culture by encouraging a proactive approach to incident investigation
Build in-company expertise
An approach to incident investigations that reflect best practice

What is covered in the NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation Syllabus?
The course covers the following topics:
Moral, legal and financial arguments for investigations
Human and organisational factors that can contribute to an incident
The process for investigating incidents
Positive interview strategies and the barriers to successful interviews

What are the entry requirements?
There are no entry requirements for this NEBOSH qualification, however, it is important that learners have a suitable standard of English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus.

NEBOSH recommends that learners undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.0 or higher in IELTS tests.