ISPON Professional Membership study guide
ISPON Professional Membership · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The ISPON Professional Membership Examination is the assessment route used by the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON) for practitioners seeking professional membership grades. It is intended for safety, health and environment officers, occupational health practitioners, engineers, facility and operations managers, and graduates moving into HSE roles in Nigerian industry, where employers increasingly expect evidence of professional standing. The ISPON Professional Membership study guide has 14 sections and about 3,692 words.
01Occupational Health and Safety Legislation, Regulation and Standards (Nigeria and international)
This domain tests how well you can identify the legal duties, enforcement bodies and standards that apply to a Nigerian workplace, and how international instruments interact with national law. Questions often ask which duty is statutory, which is voluntary, and who enforces it.
319 words, about 2 min02Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Management
This domain tests hazard identification, risk evaluation and treatment. You must distinguish hazard from risk, select suitable assessment methods and apply controls in the correct order.
266 words, about 1 min03Safety Management Systems
This domain tests safety management systems, especially ISO 45001:2018 and ILO-OSH 2001. You need to know the PDCA structure, required processes and common implementation gaps.
260 words, about 1 min04Policy and Organisational Leadership
This domain tests OSH policy content, leadership behaviour, accountability and governance. Questions ask you to distinguish a policy from a procedure and to judge whether leaders are demonstrating commitment.
292 words, about 1 min05Incident Investigation, Reporting and Root Cause Analysis
This domain tests incident classification, notification, evidence gathering and root cause analysis. You must separate immediate causes from underlying and root causes and make recommendations that prevent recurrence.
268 words, about 1 min06Emergency Preparedness
This domain tests emergency preparedness: risk-based planning, roles, evacuation, drills, review and coordination with external responders. Start with an emergency risk assessment covering fire, explosion, chemical release, medical emergency, flood, civil disturbance and utility failure.
266 words, about 1 min07Fire Safety and Response Planning
This domain tests fire chemistry, fire risk assessment, prevention, detection, extinguishing and evacuation. You must match extinguishers to fire class and explain passive and active protection.
269 words, about 1 min08Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Disease
This domain tests industrial hygiene and occupational health: exposure routes, limits, monitoring, health surveillance and occupational disease recognition. Industrial hygiene follows anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of workplace stressors.
269 words, about 1 min09Chemical, Biological, Physical and Ergonomic Hazards and Controls
This domain tests recognition and control of chemical, biological, physical and ergonomic hazards. Expect questions on GHS, SDS, exposure routes and combined exposures.
247 words, about 1 min10Personal Protective Equipment and Engineering/Administrative Controls
This domain tests the hierarchy of controls and the selection, use and limitations of PPE. You must show why engineering and administrative controls come before PPE.
245 words, about 1 min11Workplace Inspection, Audit and Safety Performance Monitoring
This domain tests workplace inspection, audit and performance measurement. You must distinguish inspection from audit and calculate and interpret rates correctly.
251 words, about 1 min12Safety Training, Communication and Behaviour-Based Safety
This domain tests training design, safety communication and behaviour-based safety. You must show how to change behaviour without blaming workers for system failures.
244 words, about 1 min13Environmental Management and Sustainability in the Workplace
This domain tests environmental management and sustainability: aspects and impacts, ISO 14001, Nigerian environmental law and practical controls. ISO 14001:2015 uses an EMS with context, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation and improvement, plus a lifecycle perspective.
253 words, about 1 min14Professional Ethics and Code of Conduct for Safety Practitioners
This domain tests professional ethics and the code of conduct for safety practitioners. You must apply integrity, competence, confidentiality and public-interest duties to realistic dilemmas.
243 words, about 1 min