NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health and Safety Leadership Excellence

About This Course

This one-day qualification is a joint collaboration between NEBOSH and UK’s Health and Safety Regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). It is designed for senior business leaders or aspiring leaders who wish to improve their capability in health and safety leadership.

It highlights the moral, legal and financial reasons for good health and safety leadership. It offers guidance on the key areas to focus on to make a difference and how leaders can become better advocates and influencers in relation to health and safety; which will directly impact on the health and safety performance and culture in their workplace.

COURSE CONTENT

• What health and safety leadership means
• Moral, legal and financial reasons for good health and safety leadership
• Links between health and safety leadership and culture
• What are the different leadership styles
• How human failures can impact performance and culture
• HSE’s model of effective health and safety leadership
• How leaders can build effective relationships with the workforce

BENEFITS

Employers will gain the following benefits from giving their business leaders the opportunity to take this qualification:

• Leadership that reflects HSE’s model of effective health and safety leadership.
• Health and safety will be factored into business decisions in the future.
• Leaders who recognise how their behaviours will impact the health and safety culture.
• Increasing the return-on-investment with effective health and safety leadership.
• Transferable skill set in any sector and industry.

Individuals will gain the following benefits:

• It will help the leaders to become a better health and safety advocate and influencer by highlighting the key areas to focus on to make a difference.
• It is relevant for all business leaders working in any sector, anywhere in the world.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is for current and future senior business leaders who are responsible for their organisation's health and safety leadership; or anyone involved in the health and well-being of employees as part of his/her day-to-day duties.

QUALIFICATION STRUCTURE

The Certificate in Health and Safety Leadership Excellence is made up of one unit:

Unit HSL1: Health and safety leadership

• Unit HSL1 is a taught unit, assessed by an on the day assessment which includes a leadership intervention that the participant is planning to undertake.

ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION

The assessment will be in the form of reflective statements undertaken throughout the course. These show how the participant’s knowledge, skill and behaviours may have both positive and negative effects on health and safety performance in their organisation.

Participants will also need to make a commitment to a leadership intervention that will improve health and safety management within their sphere of influence at work.

Participants must achieve a 'Pass' in Unit HSL1 to pass the qualification and will be awarded with NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health and Safety Leadership Excellence certificate issued by NEBOSH.

SQA ACCREDITATION

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Health and Safety Leadership Excellence is intended to be rated within Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) at SCQF Level 6 with 1 SCQF credit point. SCQF Level 6 is comparable to NQF/QCF Level 3 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

LEARNING OPTIONS

• FULL TIME or VIRTUAL LEARNING
  Full Time: One day classroom learning (3 hours pre-course study prior to attending the class).
• e-Learning
  e-Learning is delivered via our interactive portal over a 6 month period per unit (options to extend). Register here.

COURSE FEES

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