NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety
The globally recognised NEBOSH IGC — international standards and management systems that let holders discharge workplace health and safety responsibilities in any sector, anywhere.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
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Health and safety responsibility travels with the role, not the jurisdiction — and managers posted across borders need a qualification that does the same. The NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety focuses on international standards and management systems, enabling candidates to discharge workplace health and safety responsibilities effectively in any employment sector, in all parts of the world. NEBOSH, formed in 1979 as an independent examining board and awarding body with charitable status, sets globally recognised, vocationally related qualifications for private and public sector workplaces alike. BIZENIUS delivers the qualification in collaboration with NEBOSH-accredited course provider ACT Associates Ltd (Centre Number 120).
What you will do
Who attends
- Managers and supervisors with health and safety responsibilities
- HSE officers building a formal qualification
- Worker representatives and safety committee members
- Professionals working across international jurisdictions
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Foundations and management systems (IGC1)
- Foundations in health and safety
- Health and safety management systems: policy
- Organising and planning the management system
II.Workplace and transport hazards (IGC2)
- Workplace hazards and risk control
- Transport hazards and risk control
- Musculoskeletal hazards and risk control
III.Equipment, fire and electricity
- Work equipment hazards and risk control
- Fire hazards and control
- Electrical hazards and control
IV.Health hazards
- Chemical and biological health hazards and risk control
- Physical and psychological health hazards and risk control
- Applying international standards in any employment sector
Frequently asked
Are the HSE programmes aligned with international standards?
Programmes work within the recognised safety and environmental management frameworks — including the logic of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management systems, HAZID, HAZOP and SIL studies, and HIRA methodology. BIZENIUS does not issue those certifications itself; the programmes prepare your teams and your management system for the audits behind them.
Do the programmes go beyond compliance basics?
Yes — the curriculum runs from hazard identification through incident and accident investigation, contractor safety management, H2S awareness, emergency response and crisis management. Participants leave able to run a root-cause investigation, write the report that stands up to scrutiny, and hold contractors to the same standard as employees.
Can HSE training be delivered at our site?
Yes. Any BIZENIUS programme can run in-house — at the plant, the field or the facility — tailored to your permits, your procedures and your incident history, in English or French. Site delivery is the most common format for HSE work, because safety training lands hardest where the risk lives.
Who attends the HSE programmes?
HSE managers and officers, operations and line supervisors, engineers, and the managers who own contractor relationships. Cohorts deliberately mix safety specialists with line leadership, because safety that lives only in the HSE department does not survive a night shift.
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