Hse NEBOSH syllabus

Full course syllabus

Unit NGC1: Management of Health and Safety

Element 1: Foundations in Health and Safety

1.1 The scope and nature of occupational health and safety

1.2 The moral and financial reasons for promoting good standards of health and
safety
1.3 The legal framework for the regulation of health and safety including sources
and types of law
1.4 The scope, duties and offences of employers, managers, employees and others
under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
1.5 The scope, duties and offences of employers, managers, employees and others
under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations
1.6 The legal and organisational health and safety roles and responsibilities of
clients and their contractors

Element 2: Health and Safety Management Systems 1 - Policy

2.1 Key elements of a health and safety management system

2.2 Purpose and importance of setting policy for health and safety
2.3 Key features and appropriate content of an effective health and safety policy

Element 3: Health and Safety Management Systems 2 - Organising

3.1 Organisational health and safety roles and responsibilities of employers,

directors and managers
3.2 Concept of health and safety culture and its significance in the management of
health and safety in an organisation
3.3 Human factors which influence behaviour at work
3.4 How health and safety behaviour at work can be improved
3.5 Emergency procedures and the arrangements for contacting emergency services
3.6 Requirements for, and effective provision of, first-aid in the workplace

Element 4: Health and Safety Management Systems 3 - Planning

4.1 Importance of planning

4.2 Principles and practice of risk assessment
4.3 General principles of control and a basic hierarchy of risk reduction measures
4.4 Sources of health and safety information
4.5 Factors that should be considered when developing and implementing a safe
system of work for general work activities
4.6 Role and function of a permit-to-work system
 Element 5: Health and Safety Management Systems 4 -
Measuring, Audit and Review

5.1 Active and reactive monitoring

5.2 Health and safety auditing
5.3 Investigating incidents
5.4 Recording and reporting incidents
5.5 Review of health and safety performance

Unit GC2: Controlling workplace risks

Element 1: Workplace Hazards and Risk Control

1.1 Health, welfare and work environment requirements

1.2 Violence at work
1.3 Substance misuse at work
1.4 Safe movement of people in the workplace
1.5 Working at height
1.6 Excavations

Element 2: Transport Hazards and Risk Control

2.1 Safe movement of vehicles in the workplace

2.2 Driving at work

Element 3: Musculoskeletal Hazards and Risk Control

3.1 Work-related upper limb disorders

3.2 Manual handling hazards, risks and control measures
3.3 Manually operated load handling equipment
3.4 Mechanically operated load handling equipment

Element 4: Work Equipment Hazards and Risk Control

4.1 General requirements for work equipment

4.2 Hand-held tools
4.3 Machinery hazards
4.4 Control measures for reducing risks from machinery hazards

Element 5: Electrical Safety

5.1 Risks associated with electricity

5.2 Control measures

Element 6: Fire Safety

6.1 Fire initiation, classification and spread

 6.2 Fire risk assessment
6.3 Fire prevention and prevention of fire spread
6.4 Fire alarm and fire-fighting equipment
6.5 Evacuation of a workplace

Element 7: Chemical and Biological Health Hazards and Risk

Control

7.1 Forms of, classification of, and health risks from hazardous substances
7.2 Assessment of health risks
7.3 Workplace exposure limits
7.4 Control measures
7.5 Specific agents
7.6 Safe handling and storage of waste

Element 8: Physical and Psychological Health Hazards and Risk

Control

8.1 Noise
8.2 Vibration
8.3 Radiation
8.4 Stress

Structural engg syllabus

STRUCTURAL Engineering :-

Introduction to Steel Structures:

properties of structural steel, corrosion, fire protection.

indian standard specifications and sections

Connections of steel structures:

Bearing type bolts, friction grip bolts, welded connections , hanger connections.
eccentrically loaded connections, splice connections

Tension members steel structures:

Introduction, plates with holes, angles under tension, design of tension members.

Compression members of Steel Structures

buckling strength of ideal columns., strength of practical compression members, column strength
curves, design of axially loaded columns, design of angles loaded through one-leg. Laced and
battened columns.

Beams of Steel Structures

 Behavior of steel beams, limit state design of steel beams, web buckling and crippling
Lateral torsion buckling behavior of unrestrained beams, design approach for unrestrained
beams, unsymmetrical sections and bi-axial bending, built-up sections, shear behavior of
transversely stiffened plate girder webs ,provision of moment and shear capacity for plate
girders ,design of stiffeners

Beam-columns of Steel Structures

Short beam- columns, stability consideration for long beam-columns, interaction formula,design
approach to beam- columns

Column bases of Steel Structures

Introduction to bases and footings, design of solid slab base, design of gusted base ,other types
of footings

Moment connections of Steel Structures

Simple, semi-rigid and rigid connections, connection configurations ,angle cleat connections end-
plate connections , semi-rigid connections , moment-rotation characteristics

Structural engg;

Steel properties and Engineering applications

Structural behavior of steel
Beams & columns
Codes and Standards (AISC, BS,INDIAN, etc..)
Support conditions (Fixed, Pinned, Roller.)
Beam Types (Cantilever, Simply Supported, Fixed, Over hanging, Continuous)
Section properties (Area, M.I, Section Modulus)
M.T.O
Force equations for equilibriumLoads on Beams
Load on Columns

Steel Detailing
Drawings and its types
Section and its types
Views of steel members
Types of structures and Structural components
Detailing of columns and beams
 Bracing and its types - Detailing of bracings
Staircase and Ladder detailing
Connection and its types
Welding and its types & symbols
Bolts and bolting terminology

Fabrication and Erection procedures

Modeling and Editing procedures
General checklist for detailing
Determination of gusset plate sizes
Moment, Shear and Splice connection detailing
Trusses and its types
Detailing of Circular platforms, Pipe rack and Conveyor gallery
Grating and its types and Detailing of Grating
Recommendation for Staircases and Ladders

Detailing of Sheeting
Steel Design Considerations
Design approaches
Design parameter spec
Design of tension members
Design of compression members
Column Design
Beam Design

Software Used
AutoCAD
Staad Pro
Tekla Structures