ABSTRACT

This companion to the bestselling Introduction to Health and Safety at Work will help you prepare for the written assessments on the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (October 2009 specification).

It provides complete coverage of the syllabus in bite-sized chunks and will help you learn and memorise the most important areas, with links provided back to the main Introduction to Health and Safety at Work text to help you consolidate your learning.

• Small and portable making it ideal for use anywhere: at home, in the classroom or on the move

• Includes specimen questions and answers from recent examination papers

• Everything you need for productive revision in one handy reference source

This revision guide is written by an experienced lecturer who has spent many years helping students become accredited by NEBOSH. Ed Ferrett is former Vice Chairman of NEBOSH (1999-2008) and a lecturer on NEBOSH courses with both public and private course providers. He is a Chartered Engineer and Health and Safety Consultant.

chapter |2 pages

Unit NGC1 Management of Health and Safety

Unit NGC1

chapter |1 pages

Foundations in Health

and Safety

chapter |1 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |21 pages

DEFINITIONS

chapter |1 pages

Health and Safety

Management Systems – Policy

chapter |2 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |1 pages

Health and Safety

Management Systems – Organising

chapter |11 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |2 pages

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

chapter |1 pages

Health and Safety

Management Systems – Planning

chapter |13 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |1 pages

Health and Safety

Management Systems – Measuring, Audit and Review

chapter |1 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |1 pages

ACTIVE AND REACTIVE MONITORING

chapter |1 pages

HEALTH AND SAFETY AUDITING

chapter |3 pages

INVESTIGATING INCIDENTS

chapter |3 pages

REVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE

chapter |2 pages

Unit NGC2 Controlling Workplace Hazards

Unit NGC2

chapter |1 pages

Workplace Hazards

and Risk Control

chapter |2 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |1 pages

VIOLENCE AT WORK

chapter |14 pages

SUBSTANCE MISUSE AT WORK

chapter |1 pages

Transport Hazards

and Risk Control

chapter |9 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

SAFE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES IN THE WORKPLACE

chapter |1 pages

Musculoskeletal

Hazards and Risk Control

chapter |2 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |1 pages

Work Equipment

Hazards and Risk Control

chapter |6 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |2 pages

HAND-HELD TOOLS

chapter |3 pages

MACHINERY HAZARDS

chapter |1 pages

Electrical Safety

chapter |3 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |6 pages

CONTROL MEASURES

chapter |1 pages

Fire Safety

chapter |3 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |1 pages

FIRE RISK ASSESSMENT

chapter |1 pages

TEMPORARY WORKPLACES

chapter |4 pages

FIRE ALARM AND FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT

chapter |1 pages

Chemical and Biological

Health Hazards and Risk Control

chapter |1 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |6 pages

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RISKS

chapter |3 pages

PREVENTATIVE CONTROL MEASURES

chapter |4 pages

SPECIFIC AGENTS

chapter |2 pages

SAFE HANDLING AND STORAGE OF WASTE

chapter |1 pages

Physical and

Psychological Health Hazards and Risk Control

chapter |6 pages

KEY REVISION POINTS

chapter |3 pages

RADIATION

chapter |6 pages

Useful Additional Construction Topics

THE SCOPE OF CONSTRUCTION