TEXTBOOK

A Guide to the NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health

A4 Full Colour

This guide provides an excellent overview of all aspects of health and safety management within the UK covering the full syllabus for Unit A of the NEBOSH National Diploma 2015 Syllabus.

This publication is aimed at all those who are currently practising as health and safety professionals in the UK, or who wish to work towards doing so.

Summary of contents:

Unit A
Unit B
Unit C

Unit A: Managing Health and Safety

A1 - Principles of Health and Safety Management
A2 - Principles of Health and Safety Law
A3 - Criminal Law
A4 - Civil Law
A5 - Loss Causation and Incident Investigation
A6 - Measuring and Reviewing Health and Safety Performance
A7 - The Assessment and Evaluation of Risk
A8 - Risk Control
A9 - Organisational Factors
A10 - Human Factors
A11 - The Role of the Health and Safety Practitioner

Unit B: Hazardous Substances/Agents

B1 - Managing Occupational Health
B2 - Identification, Assessment and Evaluation of Hazardous Substances
B3 - Control of Hazardous Substances
B4 - Monitoring and Measuring of Hazardous Substances
B5 - Biological Agents
B6 - Noise and Vibration
B7 - Radiation
B8 - Mental Ill Health and Dealing with Violence and Aggression at Work
B9 - Musculoskeletal Risks and Controls
B10 - Work Environment Risks and Controls

Unit C: Workplace and Work Equipment Safety

C1 - Workplace Welfare Requirements and Specific Workplace Issues
C2 - Fire and Explosion
C3 - Workplace Fire Risk Assessment
C4 - The Storage, Handling and Processing of Dangerous Substances
C5 - Work Equipment
C6 - Workplace Machinery
C7 - Mobile, Lifting, Access and Work at Height Equipment
C8 - Electrical Safety
C9 - Construction and Works of a Temporary Nature - Hazards and Controls
C10 - Workplace Transport and Managing Work-Related Road Risk