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Any suggestions for a good free/cheap Health and Safety course please?
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Shineyhappy
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Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could please recommend or suggest a good Health & Safety course, preferably something that will look good on a CV and will have some sort of certification.
Thanks for your help.:beer:
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I was wondering if anyone could please recommend or suggest a good Health & Safety course, preferably something that will look good on a CV and will have some sort of certification.
Thanks for your help.:beer:
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Nebosh diploma may look good on your cv, ROSPA have it on special offer atm.
Apart from that, you will have to choose between good and free.
What do you hope to achieve?Don’t be a can’t, be a can.0 -
Nebosh diploma may look good on your cv, ROSPA have it on special offer atm.
Apart from that, you will have to choose between good and free.
What do you hope to achieve?
If you are only looking for a H&S qualification to beef up your CV and not to choose Health and Safety as a career, I would suggest the IOSH 'Managing Safely' course.
Attaining the NEBOSH General Certificate before you even consider the Diploma is strongly recommended and many course providers may not even consider a candidate if they do not have it.
The cost of the Diploma and the time taken to complete it may also be prohibitive for many.0 -
You may find your local college of FE runs basic courses which are usually reasonably priced.Signature removed for peace of mind0
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Can you confirm whether you are employed or not and what level of training you are looking for? For example it could be
Health & Safety in the Workplace Level 2 - a one day course, a good intro for general employees to raise awareness
Supervising H&S in the Workplace Level 3 - 3 days for people with basic H&S responsibility (not overall)
NEBOSH National General Certificate - approx 11 days over about 3 months with formal exams for people who want to be in positions such as H&S manager (a first qual, not the be all).
There is funding available depending on your circumstances.0 -
saintjammyswine wrote: »NEBOSH National General Certificate - approx 11 days over about 3 months with formal exams for people who want to be in positions such as H&S manager (a first qual, not the be all).
This qualification can be achieved in under 14 days total on a block course. This will include the exams and very likely a day of refresher training.
Arguably the best way to do it-but it can be intense if you have no previous H&S experience. Many do take the course over a prolonged period or on a distance learning method.
IIRC, it takes about 3 months to get your results.
As for funding - that is another issue and I am certainly not aware of any funding available for a NEBOSH qualification. It may be different now, but from experience, it was like banging your head against a brick wall!
Many organisations advertised funding - getting it was a completely different ball game.0 -
dickydonkin wrote: »This qualification can be achieved in under 14 days total on a block course. This will include the exams and very likely a day of refresher training.
Arguably the best way to do it-but it can be intense if you have no previous H&S experience. Many do take the course over a prolonged period or on a distance learning method.
IIRC, it takes about 3 months to get your results.
As for funding - that is another issue and I am certainly not aware of any funding available for a NEBOSH qualification. It may be different now, but from experience, it was like banging your head against a brick wall!
Many organisations advertised funding - getting it was a completely different ball game.
I can only speak from FE College point of view, NEBOSH is run typically 1 or 2 days per week over a few months with self study time in between timed to run up to the nationally set exam dates, block study is available but only for a bespoke course for example where one company wants to get a group of people through at one time. In the past this has been done but the feedback was that it was too intense for most of the group.
Funding wise, there is no SFA funding for it (normal college funding) but there is project funding available, mainly for people on JSA through Skills Support for Unemployment or for people who are at risk or have been made redundant through Skills Support for Redundancy.0 -
saintjammyswine wrote: »I can only speak from FE College point of view, NEBOSH is run typically 1 or 2 days per week over a few months with self study time in between timed to run up to the nationally set exam dates, block study is available but only for a bespoke course for example where one company wants to get a group of people through at one time. In the past this has been done but the feedback was that it was too intense for most of the group.
Funding wise, there is no SFA funding for it (normal college funding) but there is project funding available, mainly for people on JSA through Skills Support for Unemployment or for people who are at risk or have been made redundant through Skills Support for Redundancy.
It was a while since I completed mine, but the provider was Integra (or something like that) and was associated with Sunderland University.
At the time, the block course was open to anybody - but I can concur with the feedback suggesting it was intense doing it this way - it certainly was!
I am unsure if this option is still available.
The advantage was however, that a lot of the stuff was still fresh in your mind when it came to the exams.0 -
dickydonkin wrote: »I am unsure if this option is still available.
Definitely, but predominantly through private providers.
I studied Week 1 in the first week of November, Week 2 in the third week of November (home study in the week in between), two refresher days and exams in the first week of December (preceded by another week of home study).
As well as being darn hard work (particularly if you're trying to keep up with the day job too), it's not a quick or cheap option either: It cost £1100 and the results came through at the end of February, with the certficate not arriving until earlier this week.
If you're interested OP, here's how to find a provider near to you:
http://www.nebosh.org.uk/studying/default.asp?cref=3&ct=20 -
Definitely, but predominantly through private providers.
I studied Week 1 in the first week of November, Week 2 in the third week of November (home study in the week in between), two refresher days and exams in the first week of December (preceded by another week of home study).
As well as being darn hard work (particularly if you're trying to keep up with the day job too), it's not a quick or cheap option either: It cost £1100 and the results came through at the end of February, with the certficate not arriving until earlier this week.
If you're interested OP, here's how to find a provider near to you:
http://www.nebosh.org.uk/studying/default.asp?cref=3&ct=2
That has been an issue for a while now, often waiting 3-4 months for certificates and candidates/employers chasing as they may need them for evidence in an audit for example.0 -
Certificates: not just an issue for NEBOSH! I did one of the basic courses at my local FE college, had to take proof of ID with me and fill in a form for the test provider. Sat the multiple guess test at the end and went away. Not sure how much later than that I got a letter from the college apologising for the non-arrival of the certificate, and asking me to fill in another form as the first batch had got lost ...
TBH I had forgotten all about it by then, but was pleased to eventually receive my certificate. If I'd NEEDED it, it would have been a different matter ...Signature removed for peace of mind0
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