NEBOSH NGC case studies

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The NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is a globally recognised health, safety and environmental qualification offered by NEBOSH, a UK awarding body based in Leicester. NEBOSH describes its qualifications as "recognised, relevant, respected", and the National General Certificate is its best-known entry point: the awarding body states that over 220,000 people have gained it. The NEBOSH NGC case studies are 5 cases and about 5,405 words.

Norwood Distribution: a depot that reports nothing and injures regularly

Norwood Distribution runs a 24-hour regional depot with 210 permanent staff plus around 40 agency workers supplied each day. Operations are split across three shifts, each led by a shift manager who holds no health and safety qualification.

1,030 words, about 5 min 2

Two-pack isocyanate paint in a vehicle refinishing workshop

A vehicle refinishing workshop employs 12 staff, including four painters. Two enclosed spray booths were installed in 2015.

1,066 words, about 5 min 3

Breaking out concrete: noise and vibration on an 11-day job

Four operatives are breaking out a reinforced concrete yard slab at a water treatment works before new drainage is laid. The job is scheduled for 11 days, and each operative is expected to use a hydraulic breaker for about five hours of an eight-hour shift.

1,101 words, about 6 min 4

Single-handed care and hoisting in a 46-bed residential home

Millbrook is a 46-bed residential home with 22 residents, nine of whom need help to move. Three residents are hoisted, and two of those live in rooms too small for a mobile hoist to reach the bed, so staff use slide sheets and a two-person lift to reposition them.

1,074 words, about 5 min 5

Writing the practical inspection report for a steel fabrication workshop

You are completing the two-hour inspection for your NEBOSH practical at a steel fabrication workshop employing 30 people. The company has received two HSE prohibition notices in the last four years.

1,134 words, about 6 min