NEBOSH IDIP

NeboshThe NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety is a qualification for health and safety practitioners operating nationally and in-ternationally. It is intended to build upon the foundation provided by the NEBOSH International General Certificate.

What are the benefits for organization?

  • Management of health and safety in the workplace is not only a legal obligation and a moral imperative, it also makes good business sense. Qualified health and safety professionals are an asset to their organizations, reducing costs by preventing accidents and ill health of employees, without incurring unnecessary expense by over-reacting to trivial risks. Its practical approach promotes the application of the knowledge acquired on the course to problem solving in the student’s own workplace.

The qualification is divided into four units, each of which is assessed separately:

Unit IA: Managing health and safety. Unit IB: hazardous substances / agents. Unit IC: workplace and work equipment safety. Unit DNI: International application of health and safety theory and practice.

Who should take NEBOSH?

  • The NEBOSH International Diploma is the qualification for aspiring health and safety professionals building directly upon the foundation of knowledge provided by the NEBOSH International General Certificate. It is designed to provide students with the expertise – wherever in the world they may be working – required to undertake a career as a safety and health practitioner.

Where can I take this course?

  • This course can be delivered within your organization, or your employees can attend training courses run at our training center. You should plan your study around a minimum of 241 taught hours and approximately 234 hours of private study and background reading.

How is the course assessed?

  • There are no entry requirements for this qualification. The qualification is divided into four units, three assessed by written examinations of three hours’ duration (Units IA, IB and IC) with the assignment unit designed to test knowledge across the syllabus, assessing application of health and safety theory and practice (Unit DNI).

What does course covers?

  • The NEBOSH International Diploma is modeled on the NEBOSH National Diploma. The key difference between the two is that instead of referring to UK Laws, the International Diploma takes a risk management approach based on best practice and international standards, such as the International Labor Organization (ILO) codes of practice, with special reference to models such as the ILO’s “Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems” (ILO-OSH 2001). Underpinning knowledge of legal frameworks is included and local laws and cultural factors may form part of the study program where relevant and appropriate.
  • This qualification provides the core health and safety knowledge which underpins competent performance as an Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner.

What do I study

Unit IA: Managing health and safety

  • Element IA1: Principles of health and safety management
  • Element IA2: Regulating health and safety
  • Element IA3: Loss causation and incident investigation
  • Element IA4: Measuring and reviewing health and safety performance
  • Element IA5: The assessment and evaluation of risk
  • Element IA6: Risk control
  • Element IA7: Organizational factors
  • Element IA8: Human factors
  • Element IA9: The role of the health and safety practitioner

Unit IB: Hazardous substances / agents

  • Element IB1: Managing occupational health
  • Element IB2: Identification, assessment and evaluation of hazardous substances
  • Element IB3: The control of hazardous substances
  • Element IB4: The monitoring and measuring of hazardous substances
  • Element IB5: Biological agents
  • Element IB6: Noise and vibration
  • Element IB7: Radiation
  • Element IB8: Mental ill-health and dealing with violence and aggression at work
  • Element IB9: Musculoskeletal risks and controls
  • Element IB10: Work environment risks and controls

Unit IC: Workplace and work equipment safety

  • Element IC1: Workplace welfare requirements and specific workplace issues
  • Element IC2: Fire and explosion
  • Element IC3: Workplace fire risk assessment
  • Element IC4: The storage, handling and processing of dangerous substances
  • Element IC5: Work equipment
  • Element IC6: Workplace machinery
  • Element IC7: Mobile, lifting, access and work at height equipment
  • Element IC8: Electrical safety
  • Element IC9: Construction and works of a temporary nature - hazards and controls
  • Element IC10: Workplace transport and managing work-related road risk

Unit DNI: International application of health and safety theory and practice

  • Application of health and safety theory and practice

When can I enroll?

  • Any time across the year, enrollment for the course can be done. Enrollment for exam sitting can be done as per the standard dates examination schedules.

What are examination details?

  • Unit IA: Managing health and safety. Assessed by three hour written examination. Pass marks : 45%
  • Unit IB: hazardous substances / agents. Assessed by three hour written examination. Pass marks : 45%
  • Unit IC: workplace and work equipment safety. Assessed by three hour written examination. Pass marks : 45%
  • Unit DNI: International application of health and safety theory and practice Assessed by one written assignment.. Pass marks : 50%

When are the exams held?

    • Standard examination dates
IA, IB, IC
    • : January & July
DNI
    : Assignment submission in March & September

The fees includes:

    • 1. Course Enrollment
    • 2. Exam enrollment
    • 3. Study books and material
    • 4. Face-to-face training
    • 5. Qualification Certificate
    • 6. Technical Support
    • 7. Administrative Support