ISPON HSE Level 2 study plan

Define hazard, risk, incident, accident, near miss, unsafe act and unsafe condition in your own words and give one workplace example of each

Classify at least 15 hazards from a real or described worksite into physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial categories

Explain the difference between hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control, and state where each fits in the HSE planning cycle

Identify the moral, legal and financial arguments for managing health and safety, with one concrete cost example for each

Carry out a step-by-step risk assessment on two workplace activities using a 5x5 risk matrix and record likelihood, severity and risk rating

Rank at least six control options for a given task according to the hierarchy of control (eliminate, substitute, engineering, administrative, PPE)

Distinguish residual risk from initial risk and state the trigger for reassessment

Identify which controls are engineering versus administrative versus behavioural for a machine-guarding scenario

Write risk treatment actions in SMART form with an owner and a completion date

Name the principal Nigerian HSE statutes and their administering agencies, and state which agency enforces each (e.g. Factories Act and the Factory Inspectorate, NESREA, NSITF, NOSDRA, Fire Service Act)

Summarise the duties of employers and employees under the Factories Act and the Employee's Compensation Act in a two-column duty table

Match at least 10 regulatory obligations (notifications, records, PPE provision, training, medical exams) to the law that creates them

Explain the role of international frameworks and standards (ILO, ISO 45001, ISO 14001) and compare their voluntary versus mandatory status

Identify the documentation an organisation must legally retain and the retention period implied by each rule

Explain the fire tetrahedron and match each element to a specific extinguishing method

Select the correct extinguisher class for fires involving solids, flammable liquids, gases, electrical and cooking oils, and state the PASS operating sequence

Assemble the contents of a first-aid kit for a given worksite and state the correct response order for bleeding, burns, fractures and unconscious casualties

Distinguish evacuation, shelter-in-place and rescue responses and draft an emergency response sequence from alarm to roll-call

Design a one-page emergency plan outline for a small site including assembly point, wardens and drill frequency

Explain the routes of entry of workplace contaminants (inhalation, ingestion, absorption, injection) and give one control for each route

Interpret the purpose of exposure limits and monitoring methods (air sampling, noise measurement) and state when health surveillance is warranted

Name at least six occupational diseases and match each to its causative agent and one prevention measure

Justify PPE selection for at least five scenarios using hazard, task and wearer factors, and identify the limits of PPE as a last line of defence

Assess the three PPE failure modes users cause most often (poor fit, damaged or expired kit, incorrect donning/doffing) and state the control for each

Describe pre-use inspection requirements for hand tools, ladders and portable power equipment

Distinguish reportable from non-reportable incidents and list the data to capture on an incident report form

Apply a recognised analysis tool (5 Whys or fishbone) to a hypothetical incident and identify immediate and root causes

Separate immediate cause, contributing factor and root cause in at least three case scenarios

Identify corrective actions that address root causes rather than symptoms, and state how effectiveness is verified

Classify waste streams into hazardous, non-hazardous, recyclable and special, and select the disposal route for each

Outline controls for preventing water, air and soil pollution from a typical site, including spill response steps

Draft a permit-to-work for a hot work task, specifying isolation, gas testing, fire watch and permit close-out conditions

List the elements of an HSE management system and map each to the PDCA cycle

Write five safe work procedure steps for a maintenance task and identify where a permit is triggered

Explain how behaviour-based safety observation works, including how feedback is delivered without blame

Plan a 15-minute toolbox talk and an induction outline for a new worker covering hazards, controls and emergency arrangements

Complete two full-length timed practice exams and record the score for each domain

Re-teach your three weakest domains from notes without looking at the source material, then check accuracy

Revise the 40 highest-yield facts (regulators and statutes, key definitions, risk matrix numbers, fire classes, hierarchy of control) using spaced recall

Diagnose recurring question errors as knowledge gaps versus misreading, and set a correction rule for each