International Health and Safety at Work Revision Guide

Abstract

Welcome to the International Health and Safety at Work Revision Guide: for the NEBOSH International General Certificate. The guide has been designed to be used together with the NEBOSH International General Certificate syllabus and the textbook International Health and Safety at Work by Hughes and Ferrett. The guide gives only a basic summary of the NEBOSH International General Certificate course and a full explanation of all the topics is given in the textbook. The revision guide has the following features: XXIt follows the latest NEBOSH International General Certificate syllabus. XXThere are revision notes for each of the elements of the two units – IGC1 (Management of international health and safety) and IGC2 (Risk assessment); XXA summary of the learning outcomes and key points is given for each element. XXThere is a small section on ‘Additional construction items’, which is not in this syllabus but may be useful to health and safety managers. XXThere is a final section to advise on preparation for the examination and some specimen answers to both long and short answer questions based on recent NEBOSH examination papers. The revision guide will also be useful to those who work outside the UK and have specific health and safety responsibilities in t