The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have joined forces to develop a new one day qualification that shows how non-complex incidents can be investigated effectively.
Learning to investigate incidents is a vital skill by examining the factors that have contributed to causing an incident, you can make improvements to the health and safety practices in your organisation and work towards avoiding similar incidents occurring in the future.
Where and When?
We run this course in Swindon, Wiltshire at various dates throughout the year – we can run this onsite if you have enough candidates.
Units Covered.
The NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation consists of one unit –
Unit INV1: Introduction to Incident Investigation which covers the following topics:
• Moral, legal and financial arguments for investigations
• Human and organisational factor
• Investigating accidents and incidents
• Positive strategies and the barriers to successful interviews.
Attending the course will enable you to:
• Independently investigate simple incidents • Gather evidence including conducting witness interviews
• Produce an action plan to prevent a recurrence of an incident
• Contribute to team investigations for large scale incidents
• Positively impact the safety culture in your organisation
How is it assessed?
1 Day – It is a one-day course which involves a practical assessment at the end of the course.
