The new NEBOSH National Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals is a perfect choice if you want to make health and safety your career.
The Diploma will give you the knowledge and practical skills you need to perform as a leading health and safety professional of the future. You will gain confidence in your capabilities to recognise and solve everyday health and safety issues and take opportunities for improvement.
This advanced health and safety qualification will support your academic and career progression. You are entitled to use the designatory letters DipNEBOSH after your name once you pass the NEBOSH National Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals. In addition, once you have completed the qualification it is anticipated that you will be able to apply for the following memberships.
How is it delivered?
The course is delivered via live streaming of the face to face sessions, as well as some online sessions, so that distance learning students can study remotely. Assessments are also completed remotely, so there is no need to attend the University, though you are welcome to come to any of the face to face sessions.
During the live streaming sessions, you are able to ask the tutor questions, and you will also have a personal tutor who you can email for help and advice.
Who is it for?
This qualification is a perfect choice for anyone who wants to make health and safety their career.
Building upon the foundation of knowledge provided by the NEBOSH General Certificate, it is particularly relevant for:
What does the course involve?
There are three modules, each with an associated assignment. Unlike the previous Diploma syllabus, all of the assessments are now taken remotely and there are no formal examinations. The modules are:
ND1 – Know – Workplace Health and Safety Principles (77 taught hours; 58 self-study hours and 60 hours in preparing the assessment). This unit is assessed via workplace-based tasks together with simulations and reflective statements and a research topic. You have 6 weeks from the assignment release date to complete your assignment.
ND2 – Do – Controlling Workplace Health Issues (60 taught hours; 45 self-study hours and 40 hours in preparing the assessment). This unit is assessed via a scenario-based case study. You have 4 weeks from the assignment release date to complete your assignment.
ND3 – Do – Controlling Workplace Safety Issues (54 taught hours; 41 self-study hours and 40 hours in preparing the assessment). This unit is assessed via a scenario-based case study. You have 4 weeks from the assignment release date to complete your assignment.
Award Type Vocationally-Related Qualification - Distance Learning
Delivery Method This Distance Learning course is available to those students who are willing to travel to the Northumbria University campus in Newcastle for the exam and assessment at the end of the course. NEBOSH specifies that a minimum of 468 hours study is required.
Mode of Study
Distance Learning
Start September 2023
Duration
The qualification requires a minimum of 191 taught hours, plus 144 recommended self-study hours and 140 assessment hours.
Sector
Architecture, Built Environment and Construction, Digital, Tech and Creative, Engineering and Manufacturing, Health and Social Care, Leadership and Management, Financial and Legal Services, Sport and Wellbeing
Fee
£4250
There are three modules, each with an associated assignment that is taken remotely. Unlike the previous Diploma syllabus, all of the assessments are now taken remotely and there are no formal examinations. The modules are:
ND1 – Know – Workplace Health and Safety Principles (77 taught hours; 58 self-study hours and 60 hours in preparing the assessment). This unit is assessed via workplace-based tasks together with simulations and reflective statements and a research topic. You have 6 weeks from the assignment release date to complete your assignment.
On completion of ND1 you will be able to
ND2 – Do – Controlling Workplace Health Issues (60 taught hours; 45 self-study hours and 40 hours in preparing the assessment). This unit is assessed via a scenario-based case study. You have 4 weeks from the assignment release date to complete your assignment.
On completion of ND2 you will be able to
ND3 – Do – Controlling Workplace Safety Issues (54 taught hours; 41 self-study hours and 40 hours in preparing the assessment). This unit is assessed via a scenario-based case study. You have 4 weeks from the assignment release date to complete your assignment.
On completion of ND3 you will be able to
The course is delivered via live streaming of the face to face sessions, as well as some online sessions, so that distance learning students can study remotely. Assessments are also completed remotely, so there is no need to attend the University, though you are welcome to come to any of the face to face sessions.
During the live streaming sessions, you are able to ask the tutor questions, and you will also have a personal tutor who you can email for help and advice.
The modules are taught through a series of interactive lectures during which the topics are related to workplace experiences of class members. In addition, videos, slides and examples of practical inspections, are incorporated into the sessions so that the material is kept relevant and interesting.
There are no mandatory qualification entry requirements, but it is strongly recommended learners have undertaken the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety. The syllabus assumes that learners will have this level of prior learning.
It is important that learners have a suitable standard of English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus. NEBOSH recommends that learners undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7.0 or higher in IELTS tests.
On completion of the qualification, you will be able to:
The fee for this course is £4250
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