NVQ3 Occupational Health and Safety

Summary course information

This flexible course, accredited by City & Guilds, is conducted by professional discussion, largely on a one-to-one basis. Students are provided with a complimentary set of NEBOSH Level 3 Certificate course notes and have the benefit of mentoring sessions and tutor support to assist with building domain knowledge for this award.

Price on application. Individual student starts are available.

Who will benefit from this course?

This course is suitable for competent persons that assist organisations with hazards and risks that are less complex than that encountered by specialists following a Level 4 NVQ. The domain knowledge for this qualification is broadly that expected for the NEBOSH National General Certificate.

When and where will courses be held?

This course can start at a time to suit you. Although we offer a high degree of flexibility, we encourage students to complete within 6 months. The tutor usually inducts candidates at their workplace and agrees an assessment plan to suit their specific workplace operations. Much of the mentoring is conducted in a student group at a suitable venue provided by us. It is expected that most students attending group mentoring sessions will be at different stages of Award completion.

Course details

On request for enrolment you would be sent a ‘Pre-Enrolment Assessment to complete, to help ensure you can meet the evidence requirements for successful completion of this programme. If appropriate, this would be followed by enrolment and a two to three hour induction. At induction, your allocated assessor would explain the NVQ process, step-by-step, such as evidence gathering, planning, and building domain knowledge. Any initial concerns or queries raised at induction would be addressed by the assessor.

This NVQ3 Award comprises five mandatory units and any 2 from 4 optional units.

Mandatory units

• Make sure your own actions reduce risks to health and safety
• Develop procedures to safety control work operations
• Monitor procedures to safely control work operations
• Promote a healthy and safe culture in the workplace
• Conduct a health and safety risk assessment of a workplace

Optional units (any 2 of the four optional units hereunder)

• Investigate and evaluate health and safety incidents and complaints in the workplace
• Make sure your own actions within the workplace aim to protect the environment
• Review health and safety procedures in workplaces
• Supervise the health, safety and welfare of a learner in the workplace

Your assigned tutor will provide feedback on each of these units throughout, to help build your underpinning knowledge.

On successful completion of all the above units the course concludes with a domain knowledge interview, conducted usually by your assessor.

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Suggested follow-up courses

NVQ4 in Occupational Health and Safety Practice