NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE (IGC) IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Thank you, our esteemed learner, for choosing Safeguard for your Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) exceptional learning experience. We are the leading global learning partner of the UK National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH). We offer a total of 17 NEBOSH courses making us the largest NEBOSH Learning Partner and qualifications provider in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Safeguard is also among the top 10 NEBOSH Learning Partner globally, with over 85% pass rate in examinations. We also offer, the UK CQI-IRCA Approved, Lead Auditor courses and company certifications in 7 standards in partnership with TVE International Academy (ATP: 6023829). We are Africa’s largest QHSE training solutions provider, facilitator, and consultants since 1999. We welcome you to be part of our success story.

COURSE OVERVIEW

NEBOSH qualifications with high pass rate globally are provided by Safeguard, a NEBOSH Accredited Learning Partner 1332 with SILVER STATUS. You can join our Nebosh IGC Virtual Class or the Distance Learning Program from any location in the world. You can also write your Open Book Exam (OBE) and Practical Risk Assessment from the comfort of your home or workplace without the need to travel out of your location. People throughout the world take the NEBOSH IGC because it gives them the skills and know-how to fulfil their health and safety responsibilities in any country and in any kind of organisation.

Whether health and safety are your main responsibility, or just a part of what you do, the NEBOSH IGC will give you vital knowledge to help you perform better in your role at work.

The NEBOSH International General Certificate is a globally recognized health and safety qualification for career-minded people. It has become the minimum requirement for high-flying local and international job opportunities in all industries. It is the meeting point for all professionals across the world; it garnishes your current certificate and rates you with your counterpart anywhere in the world. With the Nebosh IGC, you have great opportunities to work for not only multi-national and trans-national organizations but also to seek employment opportunities globally in any country of your choice.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

It will benefit people who plan to work or are working for multi-national or trans-national organizations that work with international standards and are seeking to implement good health and safety management across all areas of their operation. It will also benefit those who seek to be global players in the health and safety industry. It will ensure that you have a sound understanding of the principles of managing risk as a key building block for a professional manager for an effective safety culture. It has 2 Units (IG1 and IG2) which cover a wide range of workplace hazards and methods of control and includes international standards for safety and health management.

Held by people in over 167 countries, the qualification is favoured by those who want to be recognised for their health and safety skills and knowledge. Having the IGC is good for career prospects as it boosts your standing in your current role and can help you progress. The qualification is:

• Relevant to every workplace.
• Ideal for managers, supervisors, and anybody else with health and safety management responsibilities.
• Perfect for those who want to develop a health and safety career with a valuable and globally respected qualification from NEBOSH.

WHAT WILL SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS KNOW?

With in-depth focus on the things that matter, the IGC covers the core skills you need, wherever in the world you work: It covers:

• How to effectively manage health and safety
• How to identify and control common workplace hazards
• How to measure success

WHAT WILL SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS KNOW?

Risk assessment is central to the IGC qualification. Through study and workplace application, successful learners will be able to:

• Confidently carry out risk assessments.
• Develop and implement a detailed action plan.
• Manage and minimize workplace risks.
• Support and develop a company’s health and safety culture.
• Ensure their teams undertake their day-to-day activities more safely through the awareness and knowledge gained.

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION FOR IG1 OPEN BOOK EXAMINATIONS

Once we register you to an open book examination (OBE), NEBOSH will send you a Confirmation of Registration email that includes your learner number, and important information relating to your OBE. Please ensure that you check your name is spelt correctly and report this to us immediately if any changes are required. If you did not receive this email on the specified date, please remember to check your spam folders or contact us immediately.

EXAMINATIONS

Examination registration

Learners must be registered before they can take an examination. All examination registrations must be completed by Safeguard RTL as the accredited learning partner.

Examination entry confirmation

Once we have registered you to a NEBOSH Health And Safety Management for Construction (International), NEBOSH will send you a Confirmation of Registration email that includes your learner number, and important information relating to your examination. Please ensure that you check your name is spelt correctly and report this to your us if any changes are required. If you have not received this email, please remember to check your spam folders.

Examination Format

Unit IC1 Managing Construction Safely

NOTIONAL LEARNING HOURS

For this qualification you should plan your study around 68 taught hours, 40 hours private study and 8 hours on assessments. A full-time block release course would be expected to last for a minimum of five working days and a part-time day release course would be spread over at least four weeks.

LOGIN DETAILS FOR IC1 OPEN BOOK EXAMINATIONS

Following receipt of your Confirmation of Registration email, NEBOSH will send you a further email containing your Username and Password for the NEBOSH online examination platform. If you have not received this email, please remember to check your spam folders. If you have previously sat an online examination with NEBOSH, you will not receive new a new login. You will be able to access the online examination platform using your previous login details. Examination starts at 11AM UK Time. Examination is slated to hold for 48 hours.

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION FOR IG1 OPEN BOOK EXAMINATIONS

Once we register you to an open book examination (OBE), NEBOSH will send you a Confirmation of Registration email that includes your learner number, and important information relating to your OBE. Please ensure that you check your name is spelt correctly and report this to us immediately if any changes are required. If you did not receive this email on the specified date, please remember to check your spam folders or contact us immediately.

EXAMINATION RESULTS

As part of the qualification’s assessment requirements, you are mandated to complete a Virtual Closing Interview before your result is released. All results for assessments taken in English (including those for the practical application) should be received within 50 working days from the date of the examination or submission of assignment. The specific date is written on your examination entry confirmation.

Your qualification grade is based only on the result from the question paper (Unit IC1). The qualification grade is based on the result from Unit IC1 as follows: Distinction: 75 marks or higher Credit: 65 - 74 marks Pass: 45 - 64 marks

When you have completed the unit, you are normally considered to have completed the whole qualification. You will then receive a qualification parchment within 20 working days of your final successful unit. You will only receive individual Unit certificates at an additional cost on written request to Nebosh.

RE-SITTING UNIT(S)

You may re-sit a unit assessment if:

• you are ‘Referred’ (i.e., don’t pass); or
• you want to retake a Unit to get a higher grade.

There is no limit to the number of times you can re-sit unit(s) within the five-year period. Re-sit marks are not capped. If you want to try to improve your grade in a Unit, you need to tell NEBOSH in writing within 20 working days of the declaration date of your successful unit.

PROFESSIONAL BODY RECOGNITION

Holders of the NEBOSH Health And Safety Management for Construction (International) are entitled to:

• Associate membership (AIIRSM) of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT & RESOURCES

In course of your studies, you’ll be required to participate in various types of formative assessments such as classwork, groupwork and syndicate sessions, workbook, OBE take-home assignments, IC1 mock examination and risk assessment. Guidance information and resources that will be helpful to your personal study of this qualification can be gotten from the Resources Section of this qualification on the NEBOSH IC Webpage: https://www.nebosh.org.uk/qualifications/health-and-safety-management-for-construction- international/#resources

POLICIES

As a NEBOSH accredited Learning Partner, we are mandated to make you fully aware of current student terms and conditions and assessment policies to promote transparency and provide a fair assessment to all students. The NEBOSH Student Terms and Conditions, Policy and Procedures for Access Arrangements, Reasonable Adjustment and Special Consideration and Malpractices Policy and other relevant polices are available for students to download from the ‘Policies’ section of NEBOSH website: https://www.nebosh.org.uk/policies-and-procedures/

PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION

Cash payment is not allowed. Payment in any convenient instalment is allowed starting with a minimum of 50% of the total training fee before receipt of training materials, however candidate must complete payment in full 3 days before class start date. 

To register, make payment, then fill and return the Registration Form and the Joining Agreement in addition to your Evidence of Payment and scanned copy of Valid Photo ID (such as International Passport, Driver’s License or National Identity Card) to: safeguardsafety.international@gmail.com (for international learners). 

Card payment in can be made via Flutterwave Safeguard Payment App Link: https://flutterwave.com/pay/safeguardresourcesandtechnologieslimitedupfh 

Payment can also be by transfer made in favour of Safeguard Resources and Technologies Limited. See bank details below 

Once payment is confirmed, you will receive an acknowledgment including an e-receipt and other details about the training including the training materials.

Traning Locations:

You can join our NEBOSH WEL Virtual Classroom or the distance learning program from any location globally and write your Practical Risk Assessment from the comfort of your home and workplace without the need to travel out of your location.

• Port Harcourt Training Center:#6C, Forces Avenue, Before SPAR Back Gate, Old G.R.A Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
• Lagos Training Center:#2, Tokunbo Alli Street, Off Toyin Street, Ikeja, Lagos State.

Training Modes

Physical Classroom

• Safeguard physical classroom study allows you to get away from the distractions from workplaces and homes to enable concentrate on your training until completion.
• It provides learners a great opportunity to condense their study within the training the days compared to our Distance Learning Program which can be studied over a relatively longer period.
• The classroom setting allows learners to learn in our safe, quiet, clean multi-media training laboratory, away from the noise and pressures of their work or their homes.
• Again, learners could be large which allows the classroom environment to provide the important “human touch” that teaches learners how to interact physically with one another in a professional, productive and cooperative way which is often missing in distance learning program.
• The course fee cover training materials, tutorials, revision class, mock examination, main examination, in addition to tea break and lunch break.

Live Virtual Classroom

• If you have the time for classroom study but you are not available to join our classroom session due to distance or location, then our Live Virtual Class is your best alternative.
• Our live virtual class is easy to follow and can be completed within the same time as the physical classroom. Learners can join remotely and learn ‘live’ online with a tutor just as they would in a classroom.
• You get all the benefits of structured classroom learning but with the convenience of the digital world, studying where you like. Our learners can remotely join the virtual class from any location in the world through live video conferencing with the Zoom Technology using a PC, laptop, tablet or a smart phone.
• Learners are advised to download and install the Zoom application in their devices for this purpose and secure a reliable internet service in advance to enable access to the live virtual class.
• Throughout the course, learners can see and interact with the tutor and with other learners. Group interaction enhances learning; learners learn from one another as well as from the tutor.
• Our live virtual class provides practical, flexible and convenient ways of learning, designed to fit around you and your needs.
• Learners are able to drop questions on the chat box in group or private chat the Tutor and learners can also request to ask questions while the training is going on.
• Daily take-home assignment will be posted in chat box and on the group WhatsApp which will be reviewed by the tutor at the beginning of each day’s tutorial.
• There will be workbook and course workbook which will be completed by learners and submitted for tutor’s evaluation.
• A revision class and a mock examination will be arranged to prepare learners for the final examination.

Corporate Classes

• Organizations that are sponsoring learners to join our physical classroom, virtual classroom or distance learning program will have to pay the corporate course fees.
• We can also arrange an executive package for organizations that desire a top-class welfare package for their employees.
• We can visit your workplace and deliver the course at a time and place to suit you in the form of in-company training.
• This is an effective way of training several delegates at the same time, saving on time and travel costs. The biggest benefit of in-company training is the location.
• Organizing training off-site can be difficult for some employers, especially if you have a large team to get through a course. On-site training means less travel time and are much more convenient for your employees.
• Hosting a course, yourself also means last minute changes can be made to attendees. For example, if someone suddenly becomes free to complete some training, at least they will be in the right place already. 
• You may want to do this so that lessons tie in with your own policies and procedures, or even just change the learning pace to suit your employee's schedules.
• There are benefits to your business too by hosting training in-house; employees do not have to spend unnecessary time away from their jobs and can instead clock back to work as soon as the training is complete.

APPROVAL

• NEBOSH, the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health, is an independent examining board and awarding body with charitable status.
• It offers a comprehensive range of globally recognized, vocationally related qualifications designed to meet the health, safety, environmental and risk management needs of all places of work in both the private and public sectors.
• Courses leading to NEBOSH qualifications attract around 35,000 candidates annually, with exams taken in over 100 countries around the world.
• Only well-tutored and prepared delegates succeed in NEBOSH exams, you can take advantage of our well- tailored training materials and tutorials which improves your chances of high success in NEBOSH exams.

Advantage

• Our instructors are top indigenous and expatriate professionals who have spent large number of years in industry and are therefore able to temper academic theory with practical experience. They are also acclaimed and renowned with impeccable record and experience spanning several years in Health and Safety industry.
• With our multi-media training laboratory and our training facilities, we are ever ready to offer you training programs of the highest possible standards and which meet internationally recognized level of performance.
• Our high pass rate has made us an exceptional NEBOSH Training Center in Africa.
• Whether you are highly experienced or just taking up a new career in Health and Safety, you can take advantage of our comprehensive tutorial and excellent instructorship which put you at good standing for success in NEBOSH exams.
• Only well-tutored and prepared delegates succeed in NEBOSH exams.