Introduction to Health And Safety At Work The Handbook for the NEBOSH National General Certificate

Abstract

Introduction to Health and Safety at Work has established itself, in its first eight years, as the foremost text for stu dents taking the NEBOSH National General Certifi cate. It has become a significant work of reference for managers with health and safety responsibilities and it is therefore a matter of primary importance that it should be kept up-to-date, as far as is possible, with new legislation and recent developments. It has now been endorsed by NEBOSH as a recommended text book for the National General Certificate course. This fifth edition has been produced in order to update health and safety legislation contained within it, with par ticular regard to changes in legislation relating to the Site Waste Management Plans Regulations, the Control of Artificial Radiation at Work Regulations, Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regu lations (CHIP4) and the Compensation Act. More infor mation has been given on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Chemicals Regulations (REACH), the introduction of a new regime for domestic gas safety and future changes to the Control of Pesticides Regula tions. Finally, a summary of the Report on Health and Safety ‘Common Sense Common Safety’ by Lord Young has been included. The qualification is now divided into three distinct units each of which is assessed separately. This development offers the opportunity for additional and more flexible course formats and students may now study parallel courses (in, say, fire and construction) without repeating the management unit. Students who decide to take individual units will, on passing, receive a Unit Certificate. Since the first edition of this book was published, there has been a change in the style of examination questions and NEBOSH has introduced a commendably thorough system for question paper preparation to ensure that no candidates are disadvantaged by question ambiguity. NEBOSH is anxious to dispel the myths surrounding their examinations and have introduced regional meetings for course providers to introduce changes to the syllabuses and to answer any queries so that their students get the best possible preparation for the assessment tasks