The NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate has been designed for managers, supervisors, employee representatives and those embarking on role with fire safety responsibility and aims to equip holders to contribute to the conduct and review of fire risk assessments and fire preventive and protective measures within most workplaces. The syllabus is based on National Occupational Standards in Fire Safety at level 3, which has common units with the Emergency Fire Services National Occupational Standards.  Therefore the NEBOSH Fire Risk Management Certificate may also be of benefit to fire service personnel developing their underpinning knowledge as part of the Integrated Personal Development System.   The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 comes into effect in October 2006 and will emphasise the need for management of fire safety risks within the workplace.  The NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate will be examined from 1st April 2006 as a “local” examination, and from June 2006 on standard examination dates.   Syllabus Two taught units ·              NGC1: The Management of Health and Safety ·                FC1: Fire Safety and Risk Management              The first unit of the Fire Risk Management Certificate is drawn from the management of health and safety aspects of the NEBOSH National General Certificate and is examined by the management paper from the National General Certificate.  Those who have achieved the National General Certificate or passed Paper A1 within the last 5 years will only have to take and pass the second Unit of the Fire Risk Management Certificate, and the Fire Practical Assessment to achieve the new qualification.   The contents of the two Units are:

Assessment is by an end examination for each of the two taught units, and a practical assessment.   Unit NGC1 is examined by Paper A1 (The management of safety and health) of the National General Certificate; the practical assessment consists of carrying out a fire risk assessment of a workplace and preparing a short report

National Certificate in Construction Safety and Health

NEBOSH Construction Certificate is a qualification both for those with construction management responsibilities and for those who are required to provide routine, day-to-day advice on health, safety and welfare in construction work.  

The programme of study broadly mirrors that of the National General Certificate.  However, due to the specific nature of the award, the opportunity arises to cover key construction issues in rather more technical detail than would be appropriate for a general health and safety award. 

The Construction Certificate therefore contains additional units and requires a slightly longer programme of study than its counterpart.  It is thus designed to cover general health and safety issues within a construction context as well as placing emphasis on the specific construction issues that make the industry amongst the most dangerous in which to work. 

The duration of study for the Construction Certificate is a minimum of 108 hours plus private study and background reading.

Syllabus 

1	Foundations in construction health and safety
2	Policy	11	Movement of people and vehicles - hazards and control
3	Organising for health and safety in construction	12	Work equipment hazards and control
4	Promoting a positive health and safety culture	13	Manual and mechanical handling hazards and control
5	Risk assessment	14	Electrical hazards and control
6	Principles of control	15	Fire hazards and control
7	General site issues - hazards and control	16	Chemical and biological health hazards and control
8	Working at height - hazards and control	17	Physical and psychological health hazards and control
9	Excavation work and confined spaces - hazards and control	18	Incident investigation, recording and reporting
10	Demolition hazards and control	19	Monitoring, review and audit

Assessment is by an end examination comprising two written papers (Papers 1 and 2) and a practical assessment.  Paper 1 ('The management of safety and health in construction work') addresses primarily Units 1-6 and 18-19;  Paper 2 ('Controlling construction workplace hazards') addresses primarily Units 7-17, with reference to Unit 6 and the practical assessment consists of carrying out a health and safety inspection of a construction site, or part of a site, and preparing a management report.