NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Course

Recognise Common Workplace Hazards

Build practical awareness of everyday risks including slips, trips, fire, electricity, manual handling, hazardous substances, work equipment, and workplace transport.

Support Safer Day-To-Day Management

Help supervisors, team leaders, and managers make safer decisions, reinforce standards, and contribute to a stronger safety culture.

Improve Risk Assessment Confidence

Develop a clearer understanding of hazards, risk, and sensible control measures so you can support practical workplace improvements.

Strengthen Workplace Inspections And Reviews

Learn how to look at a workplace with a more structured safety mindset and identify areas where controls can be improved.

Understand Why Incidents Happen

Gain a simple but valuable introduction to incident investigation so you can help identify root causes and prevent repeat issues.

Apply Learning To Your Own Workplace

The practical assessment is built around a workplace health and safety review, helping candidates turn knowledge into action. NEBOSH confirms the qualification uses a practical workplace-based assessment rather than a traditional written exam. 

Gain A Recognised NEBOSH Qualification

This is an official NEBOSH Award-level qualification, giving candidates a respected introduction to workplace health and safety from one of the best-known awarding organisations in the field. 

The NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award is ideal for anyone who needs to understand health and safety principles as part of their job. It is particularly valuable for supervisors, team leaders, HR professionals, facilities managers, and those helping to improve standards, compliance, and safe working practices across an organisation.

Choosing Acadame for your NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award course means more than simply booking training. Candidates benefit from a learning experience built around support, flexibility, and real results.

As a NEBOSH Gold Learning Partner, we are committed to delivering high-quality training and strong candidate support throughout the learning journey. Our candidates also benefit from access to our embedded eLearning portal, helping them continue learning outside of the classroom and revisit key content in their own time.

What really helps us stand out is our Study Success Squad approach. Every candidate benefits from dedicated support, including access to a named Individual Learning Advisor, helping them stay on track, build confidence, and prepare properly for assessment.

Whether you choose classroom learning, virtual delivery, or onsite training for your team, Acadame focuses on making recognised health and safety training practical, accessible, and genuinely useful in the workplace.

Element 1: Why And How You Manage Health And Safety

Explore the moral, legal, and financial reasons for managing health and safety, together with roles, responsibilities, leadership, communication, consultation, and continual improvement.

Element 2: Dealing With Common Workplace Hazards

Cover a broad range of workplace hazards including slips and trips, stress, violence and aggression, hazardous substances, DSE, substance misuse, electricity, fire, manual handling, noise, vibration, work equipment, work at height, and workplace transport.

Element 3: Stopping Incidents And Ill-Health Before They Happen

Understand workplace inspections, worker involvement, practical checklists, and the principles of sensible risk assessment.

Element 4: Learning From Incidents

Learn why incidents should be investigated, how a simple investigation process works, and how root causes can be explored using methods such as the 5 Whys.

The assessment is a practical, workplace-based journey made up of three stages:

Step 1: Workplace Information

You describe your workplace and work activities so the review is relevant and realistic.

Step 2: Management And Processes Review

You review how health and safety is currently managed, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and link your findings to the Plan-Do-Check-Act model.

Step 3: Issues And Actions Review

You identify health and safety issues, review existing controls, recommend further actions, and justify priority improvements using moral, legal, and financial arguments.

There is no traditional written exam for this qualification. NEBOSH states that results for Award-level qualificationsare typically issued within 22 working days for English assessments from the assessment date.

Is This A Real NEBOSH Qualification?

Yes. This is the official NEBOSH Health and Safety at Work Award, an Award-level qualification from NEBOSH. 

Who Should Attend The NEBOSH Health And Safety At Work Award Course?

This course is ideal for supervisors, team leaders, HR professionals, facilities managers, and anyone who needs to understand health and safety as part of their role. 

How Long Is The NEBOSH Health And Safety At Work Award Course?

This version of the course is delivered over 3 days, giving candidates time to build practical knowledge before completing the workplace-based assessment.

Is There An Exam On The NEBOSH Health And Safety At Work Award?

No traditional written exam is required. Assessment is based on a practical workplace health and safety review. 

Do I Need Previous Health And Safety Experience?

No. This qualification is designed as an introduction and is suitable for people at different levels of experience. 

Do I Need Access To A Workplace For The Assessment?

Yes. Because the assessment is based on a workplace review, candidates need access to their own workplace or another suitable working environment.

When Will I Receive My NEBOSH Results?

NEBOSH states that Award-level qualification results are typically issued within 22 working days for assessments taken in English. 

Where Can I Take This NEBOSH Course?

Acadame offers the course in Stoke-on-Trent, Derby, Manchester, and Liverpool, with onsite training available nationwide for employers.