Health and Safety Qualifications

By Greg Dean


'NEBOSH' or The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health is fast becoming a well recognized and popular examining board and awarding body. This National Examination Board has worked alongside visionaries and health care professionals since 1979 and has a charitable status that allows them to provide people with a variety of institutes that offer awards, certificates and diplomas in health and safety.

Industries worldwide need staff that can enable them in making the working environment safe. NEBOSH health and safety courses were fashioned with the objective of providing people easy access to such training. Not only does NEBOSH help boost the resume, but also helps in advancing each professionals understanding of health and safety standards through a variety of courses.

Recognized by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), NEBOSH serves healthcare and safety professionals by providing standardized and recognized courses and exams world over, so no one is left out from gaining the needed expertise in both health and safety.

Many developed and developing countries today recognize the importance of the healthcare and safety industry. Healthcare professionals and safety experts provide valuable services required every day and are much needed when natural disasters or emergencies arise. NEBOSH has 35000 people apply every year and with over 500 course providers and examination facilities available in over 100 countries, NEBOSH is fast becoming one of the most flexible and recognized providers of globally accepted, vocationally-related qualifications, assessments and examinations.

NEBOSH has helped create a global standard which essentially works toward protecting industries and workers everywhere. NEBOSH is dedicated to helping create safer environments and prides in providing high standardized testing and qualifications. With accredited and reputed institutions on their list, along with staff that holds Chartered Safety and Health Practitioners certification, NEBOSH is definitely quite ahead in helping health and safety professionals.

While NEBOSH works directly towards empowering the health and safety professionals with certifications and awards, indirectly NEBOSH works towards a lot more. By providing people easy access to training and certification they ensure the safety of millions and help equip professionals with skills that create a safer, more hazard free environment.

Stories of injuries at work are definitely not unheard of. Incidents with workers that end up with them being unable to work and the employer paying thousands of pounds in medical payments are quite common in most industries. To avoid this situation, it is essential to either get some of your managers and human resource administration certified and to have them provide some training to all your staff. NEBOSH makes this easy and has many flexible courses for people who work.

Since NEBOSH has more than 500 providers they offer many different ways to study. To shortlist an institute, figure out your professional requirement and keep your budget in mind. NEBOSH has courses offered worldwide.




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