NEBOSH National Diploma for Occupational Health & Safety Management Professionals

The NEBOSH National Diploma new syllabus is a perfect choice for anyone who wants to make health an safety their career. Building upon the foundation of knowledge provided by the NEBOSH General Certificate, this is highly respected qualification will help you build confidence in your capabilities and support your career progression. 

Who should attend: 

The NEBOSH National Diploma is the qualification for aspiring, or existing, health and safety professionals. It is designed to provide learners with the knowledge and understanding required for undertaking a career as a health and safety professional and also provides a sound basis for progression to postgraduate study. 

Objectives: 

On completion of this qualification, you will be able to: 

- Understand how health and safety legislation is applied in a workplace and the possible enforcement actions that could be taken for non-compliance and how they contribute to health and safety legal actions
- Use different types of health and safety leadership approaches and to 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 your own and that of your organisation). 
- Use a range of hazard identification, risk management and loss causation techniques
- Monitor health and safety performance
- Develop your role as a health and safety professioanl, including your understanding of 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

Course Contents: 

The National Diploma is divided into three units, eac of which is assessed separately. 

- ND1 - Know: Workplace health and safety principles
- ND2 - Do: Controlling workplace health issues
- ND3 - Do: Controlling workplace safety issues

Course Benefits: 

Success on this qualification will mean you: 

- Gain health and safety skills and knowledge that are relevant to many different sectors. 
- Develop professionl skills so you can lead and influence health and safety issues at all levels
- Hold a qualification that is recognised that is recognised and respected by employers and peers
- Meet the academic requirements to apply for membership of numerous professional bodies
- Achieve a sound bass for progression to postgraduate study
- You can use the designatory letters: DipNEBOSH after your name! 

Assessment: 

To achieve the National Diploma, learners must complete and pass the following assessments: 

- ND1 - Assignment (in four parts - simulations, workplace-based activities, reflective tasks and a research project) - approx 60 hours
- ND2 - Case Study (simulation only) - approx 40 hours
- ND3 - Case Study (simulation only) - approx 40 hours

Part of unit ND1 will require you to undertake some workplace-based activities. You will, therefore, need to ensure that you select a suitable workplace/organisation (this does not have to be your own; it just needs to be suitable). 

All assessments can be done remotely i.e. You are not required to attend an invigilated examination venue. You will be notified of your assessment release date (NEBOSH have 2 per year) for each unit and from that date you will be able to download the assessment paper and start work on your assessment. Your completed assessment must then be uploaded/ submitted to NEBOSH. With the following time periods: 

ND1 - 6 weeks
ND2 - 4 weeks
ND3 - 4 weeks

You cannot take all 3 assessments at the same sitting, as this is not practicably possible, or desireable for most learners. These assessments are a substantial undertaking, so you will need to spend more time completing each of them. Once you have submitted your assessment for marking,  you will be required to go through a 'professional discussion' with us. 

Certification: 

Learners must achieve a minimum of a 'Pass' in all three units to achieve the full qualification. The percentage marks of all 3 units are combined. Once the 3rd successful unit has been completed, you will be issued with a qualification parchment. 

Qualification Level: 

SQA Level 10 (equivalent of RQF Level 6) with 49 credits 

Pre-Requisites: 

To avoid unnecessary duplication, to increase the value and provide progression for learners, the new specification Diploma excludes miuch of the content that is already adequately covered in the NEBOSH General Certificate. It is strongly recommended that learners achieve their NGC, or equivalent, prior to underaking the Diploma. Learners must be proficient in the use of written English, such that they can both understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus. 

Duration: 

This is a 30 day taught course, with approximately 144 hours of self-study. (excluding assessment time).