NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

The NEBOSH National Diploma in Health & Safety is the flagship NEBOSH qualification that delivers a high level of knowledge and skills for health and safety professionals. The Diploma provides the core health and safety knowledge which, combined with understanding and appropriate application, underpins the competent performance of an occupational health and safety practitioner.

When you study your diploma with us you get additional support to help you derive the greatest value from your professional development with a free place at our HSCE briefings (twice a year) throughout the duration of your study and optional revision days for each module.

The unitised structure of this qualification gives the opportunity to study and complete one topic area at time. Its approach promotes the application of the knowledge acquired on the course to problem-solving in the student’s own workplace.

The New NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety comprises four core units:

Unit A: Managing health & safety

Principles of health & safety management
Principles of health & safety law
Criminal law
Civil law
Loss causation and evaluation
Measuring & reviewing health & safety performance
The assessment & evaluation of risk
Risk control
Organisational factors
Human factors
The role of the health & safety practitioner

Unit B: Hazardous substances/agents

Managing occupational health
Identification, assessment and evaluation of hazardous substances
The control of hazardous substances
The monitoring and measuring of hazardous substances
Biological agents
Noise and vibration
Radiation
Mental ill-health and dealing with violence and aggression at work
Musculoskeletal risks and controls
Work environment risks and controls

Unit C: Workplace and work equipment safety

Workplace welfare
Fire & explosion
Fire risk assessment
Storage, handling & processing of dangerous substances
Work equipment
Workplace machinery
Mobile, lifting access & work at height equipment
Electrical safety
Construction
Workplace transport

Unit DNI: Workplace-based assignment

The focus of the Unit DNI assignment is for students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding from their studies in Units A, B and C.

The assessment requires a detailed review and analysis of health and safety performance in the workplace followed up by an action plan to improve performance.