Course catalogue

Provided in association with Astutis, NEBOSH Learning Partner 807.

The NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety is an advanced health and safety qualification. Equivalent to an undergraduate degree in OHS. The NEBOSH Diploma is NEBOSH's flagship qualification. It is recognised by employers and professional bodies in over 180 countries around the world!

The qualification will develop competence in all areas of health and safety so you can reduce risk in dangerous environments and keep people safe. It is the ideal course if you want a successful, long-term career in health and safety.

Unit A: Managing Health and Safety

This unit provides an in-depth understanding of the key areas for managing health and safety, covering moral, economic and societal drivers, health & safety law and health & safety management systems. 

A1 - Principles of health & safety management

A2 - Principles of health & safety law

A3 - Criminal Law

A4 - Civil Law

A5 - Loss causation and incident investigation

A6 - Measuring and reviewing health and safety           

A7 - Identifying hazards, assessing and evaluating risk

A8 - Risk control

A9 - Organisational factors

A10 - Human factors

A11 - The role of health & safety practitioner

Unit B: Hazardous Agents in the Workplace

Unit B details all major aspects of managing chemical, biological, physical and physiological hazards in the workplace.

B1 - Managing Occupational Health

B2 - Identification, assessment & evaluation of hazardous substances

B3 - Control of hazardous substances

B4 - Monitoring and measuring

B5 - Biological agents

B6 - Physical agents - noise and vibration

B7 - Physical agents - radiation

B8 - Mental ill-health & dealing with violence & aggression at work

B9 - Musculoskeletal risks and controls

B10 - Work environment risks and controls

Unit C: Workplace and Work Equipment Safety

Unit C provides a thorough understanding of how to create and manage safe working environments, covering welfare, fire, dangerous substances, work equipment, electricity, construction and transport. 

C1 - Workplace welfare requirements and specific workplace issues

C2 - Fire and explosion

C3 - Workplace fire risk assessment

C4 - Storage, handling and processing of dangerous substances

C5 - Work equipment (general)

C6 - Work equipment (workplace machinery)

C7 - Mobile, lifting, access and work at height equipment

C8 - Electrical safety 

C9 - Construction & works of a temporary nature - hazards and controls

C10 - Workplace transport and driving for work

We know how important it is for us all to do what we can to ensure an effective transition for ourselves and our teams back to work. The landscape of the workplace has and will inevitably continue to change and today’s ‘new normal’ may not be tomorrow!

Provided in association with Astutis, NEBOSH Learning Partner 807.

The NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (IG) is one of the leading health and safety qualifications recognized globally.  It helps develop your understanding of general workplace issues and how they can be applied in different sectors around the world.

The new NEBOSH International Certificate focuses on the role of a real-life health and safety professional. It looks at the real, everyday risks that people encounter and how to manage them to help protect people and profits. 

You'll develop the essential risk management skills to create a safe and healthy workplace. And, you’ll have the foundation knowledge to make recommendations to your employer to help them improve health and safety management.

Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:

• Justify health and safety improvements using moral, financial and legal arguments

• Advise on the main duties for health and safety in the workplace and help their organisation manage contractors

• Work within a health and safety management system, recognising what effective policy, organisational responsibilities and arrangements should look like

• Positively influence health and safety culture and behaviour to improve performance in their organisation

• Do a general risk assessment in their own workplace – profiling and prioritising risks, inspecting the workplace, recognising a range of common hazards, evaluating risks (taking account of current controls), recommending further control measures, planning actions

• Recognise workplace changes that have significant health and safety impacts and effective ways to minimise those impacts

• Develop basic safe systems of work (including taking account of typical emergencies) and knowing when to use permit-to-work systems for special risks

• Take part in incident investigations

• Help their employer to check their management system effectiveness – through monitoring, audits and reviews

Provided in association with Astutis, approved centre 1857.

IOSH Working Safely is an essential short course for employees of organisations in any industry sector who need a grounding in health and safety. 

Provides an awareness of general workplace hazards and focuses on why health and safety is important to the well-being of the individual worker and those around them.

On completion of the course, learners will be able to:

• Why staff must work safely

• Staff's responsibility towards health, safety and wellbeing

• The difference between hazards and risks

• Hazard and risk identification, impact and how to control them

• The importance of safety performance within the workplace and how to improve it

• How industry affects the environment

Upon completion of the Global Wind Organization (GWO) Basic Safety Training (BST), delegates will have awareness of the dangers that arise when working in the wind industry and how to control and reduce these dangers.

The course participants will gain the knowledge and skills to handle manual lifting properly and ensure their own safety with proper lifting in accordance with ergonomics.

The aim of this module is to encourage positive manual handling behavior and train delegates ability to perform manual handling tasks in a safe manner in the wind turbine industry / environment.

The course covers the requirements for training of personnel and refresher courses both onshore and offshore wind in accordance with:

- Global Wind Organization (GWO)

- Labor Inspection (Regulations)

Competence for "Manual handling" must be maintained in accordance with guideline in the GWO standard. It shall be conducted refresher training every 2 years.

Presentation 

This training course provides a general overview of the requirements of the AFS Convention and the anti-fouling systems used for new constructions and during ships operational life.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to: 

Understand the aim of the anti-fouling systems and their impact on the environment. 

Know the requirements of the AFS Convention. 

Be familiar with the applicable documentation and related certificates. 

Program 

What is fouling and how do anti-fouling systems work 

Influence on the environment 

Composition of anti-fouling systems 

The AFS Convention and regulations 

Applicability of AFS Convention for new and existing ships 

Regulation (EC) No. 782/2003 

Survey and certification 

o Types of surveys 

o Scope of Initial surveys for new and existing ships 

o Other surveys 

o Certificate issuance 

o The validity of the IAFS Certificate 

o Type approval certificates

Certificate 

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded the following qualifications:

Certificate of Anti-Fouling Systems awarded by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of Anti-Fouling Systems, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore, is obtained after completing the course and passing the qualification examination.

Presentation

This training course aims at providing an overview of the Port State Control background, organisation and procedures. It includes a description of the Port State Control inspection process, the criteria for selection of ships for inspection and the most common detainable deficiencies.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Know the background and organisation of the various Port State Control regimes around the world

Understand the Port State Control procedures, the criteria for selection of ships for inspection and the inspection process

Know the various publications issued regularly by the different Port State Control regimes 

Get familiar with the most common deficiencies which may lead to ship’s detention

Program

PSC background and organisation

Purpose

Regulations

Regional Port State Control organisations

PSC procedures

Relevant instruments

Selection of ships for inspection

Inspection and selection scheme – Scope, priority and frequency of inspection

Paris MOU – New Inspection Regime (NIR) factors

PSC inspection process

Initial inspection

Clear grounds for more detailed inspection

More detailed inspection

Ship detention

Banning of ships

Publication of information

Detainable deficiencies

Examples of detainable deficiencies

Under SOLAS Convention

Under Load Lines Convention

Under MARPOL Convention

Under Chemical and Gas Codes

Under STCW Convention

Under ILO Conventions

Statistics from various PSCs

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded: 

A Certificate of Port State Control, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of Port State Control is obtained after completion of the course and passing the online test.

Kurset inneholder obligatoriske minstekrav til repetisjon av redning, førstehjelp og brann. Kurset skal repeteres hvert 5. år.

Kurset følger Emneplan grunnleggende sikkerhetskurs oppdatering

- STCW tabell A-VI/1-1 Personlige redningsteknikker

- STCW tabell A-VI/1-2 Forebyggende brannvern og brannslokking

- STCW tabell A-VI/1-3 Grunnleggende førstehjelp

Presentation

This training course provides a general introduction to the most important maritime regulatory bodies: the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Understand the mission and structure of IMO, know the IMO requirements and the main International Conventions, and understand the process of acceptance, adoption and implementation of International Conventions.

Know the history of IACS and its mission, understand the IACS organization and the role of each entity, and know the main types of documents issued by IACS and how they are implemented.

Understand the European context, the role of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and know the key points of the EU Regulation on common standards for ship inspection and survey organisations.

Program

Module 1 – IMO

IMO Mission

IMO History

IMO Organisation

IMO Regulations

Implementation of IMO Regulations

IMO Technical Assistance

Module 2 – IACS

IACS History

IACS membership evolution and current members

Membership criteria

The mission of Classification Societies and what Classification Societies do not do

IACS aims

IACS values – Leadership, technical knowledge, quality performance, transparency

IACS Organisation

Work programme and work process

IACS Panels

IACS main documents

Module 3 – EMSA

The European context

EMSA purpose and mission

EMSA structure

Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded:

A Certificate of Maritime Regulatory Bodies, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of Maritime Regulatory Bodies is obtained after completing the course and passing the online test.

Presentation

This training course provides an overview of the general hazards existing on board ships, the appropriate protective equipment to be worn, the precautions to be taken before entering a confined space and other dangerous situations.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Know the general principles and the hazards existing on board ships

Get familiar with the different personal protective equipment and their applications 

Understand the hazards related to confined space entries, and the precautions to be taken

Know the precautions to be taken about the various dangerous situations likely to be found on board ships.

Program

General principles

Risk control structure

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

o Protection of the head

o Protection of eyes and face

o Respiratory protection

o Protection of the feet

o Hearing protection

o Protection of the body

o Protection against fall from height

o Protection of the hands

o Other safety equipment

Safe boarding of ships and offshore units

General precautions while working on board

o Slips, trips and falls

o Internal inspections

o Engulfment

o Fire & explosion

o Hazardous materials

o Air quality & Oxygen rate

o Main points of attention

Confined spaces

o General precautions

o Entry permit

o Rescue attempts

o Particularly dangerous spaces

Other dangerous situations

o Use of rafts or boats for inspections

o Working at height

o Pressure tests

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded:

A Certificate of Personal Safety on Board Ships, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of Personal Safety on Board Ships is obtained after completion of the course and passing the online test.

Only in Norwegian

Kurset gir deltakerne kompetanse til å:

- Overleve til sjøs i tilfeller der skipet må forlates (tabell VI/1-1)
- Minimalisere risikoen for brann og opprettholde beredskap for å håndtere nødsituasjoner som involverer brann. Bekjempe og slokke branner (tabell VI/1-2)
- Handle omgående ved kjennskap til en ulykke eller annen medisinsk nødsituasjon (tabell VI/1-3).
- Følge nødprosedyrer. Ta forholdsregler for å hindre forurensning av det marine miljøet. Følge trygge arbeidsrutiner. Forstå ordrer og bli forstått i relasjon til plikter om bord på skip. Bidra til gode menneskelige relasjoner om bord på skip (tabell VI/1-4)

Kursinnhold

Kurset inneholder obligatoriske minstekrav til grunnleggende sikkerhetsopplæring for alle sjøfolk i henhold til STCW konvensjonen og består av 4 deler:
- Personlige redningsteknikker (tabell A-VI/1-1)
- Forebyggende brannvern og brannslokking (tabell A-VI/1-2)
- Grunnleggende førstehjelp (tabell A-VI/1-3) 
- Personlig sikkerhet og omsorg for menneskeliv og miljø (tabell A-VI/1-4)

Presentation

This training course provides a general overview of the MARPOL requirements concerning the protection against oil pollution from machinery spaces.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Understand the means for control of discharge of oil residues and the requirements for oil filtering equipment and 15 ppm alarm.

Get familiar with the Oil Record Book, SOPEP booklet and the required drills.

Know the details of MARPOL surveys and the certificates to be issued.

Know the most common PSC deficiencies related to MARPOL Annex I.

Program

History of MARPOL Convention

Survey and certification

Sludge tanks

Oil fuel tank protection

Standard discharge connection

Oil filtering equipment: 

o Bilge water waste system

o Oily water separator

o Piping system

o Documentation

Control of discharge of oil

Oil record book

Shipboard oil pollution emergency plan

Scope of the different surveys required

PSC inspection and most common deficiencies

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded:

A Certificate of MARPOL Oil Pollution from Machinery Spaces, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of MARPOL Oil Pollution from Machinery Spaces is obtained after completion of the course and passing the online test.

Presentation

This training course describes the classification and statutory certification processes and provides an overview of the class and statutory surveys.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Understand the classification process and get familiar with classification terms, definitions and rules.

Understand the process of Statutory Certification and get familiar with Statutory Certification terms.

Know the scope of Classification and Statutory Certification

Program

Module 1 – Classification

History of classification

History of Bureau Veritas

Classification Societies and IACS

Definitions

Scope of classification: Classification tasks, responsibilities of other parties, classification certificate, request for intervention, surveyor's intervention, operation and maintenance of ships, flag and port state control inspections 

Classification notations: Class symbols, construction marks, service notations, navigation and operating area notations, additional class notations

Classification process: Assignment of class for new buildings, classification after construction, class reassignment, maintenance of class

General principles of surveys: Survey procedure, definitions, survey preparation and conditions for surveys, terminology

Survey types: Class renewal surveys, other periodical surveys, occasional surveys

Suspension and withdrawal of class

Scope of surveys: Annual surveys, intermediate survey, class renewal survey, bottom survey, tailshaft survey, boiler survey

Module 2 – Statutory Certification

History of statutory conventions

Definitions

International conventions: SOLAS, COLREG, Load Lines, MARPOL, AFS, BWM 

Recognitions and authorisations

IMO RO Code

Statutory surveys

Periodicity of statutory surveys

Survey findings

Types of statutory certificates

Issuance of statutory certificates

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded the following qualifications:

Certificate of Introduction to Class and Statutory Surveys awarded by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of Introduction to Class and Statutory Surveys, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore, is obtained after completing the course and passing the qualification examination.

The IEMA Foundation course provides staff with a solid knowledge of the environment, sustainability, and governance principles relevant to organizations.  It covers specific management tools and skills with a practical application for the workplace to enable staff to improve performance.

Develop the knowledge and skills to help improve sustainability and environmental performance

Learn practical skills to help reduce the impacts of the organization on the environment

Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:

• Understand business, governance, and environmental principles and their relationship with organizations, products, and services

• Ensure compliance with major environmental policy and legislation 

• Implement specific tools, techniques, systems, and practices to improve sustainability performance

• Collect data, perform analysis and evaluate information to provide sustainable solutions

• Implement change and transformation to improve sustainability

Provided in association with Astutis, approved centre 1857.

IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing course will provide managers with the practical advice and tools to help create a healthy and productive workplace.

IOSH Managing Occupational Health and Wellbeing is targeted at line managers and offers them practical advice to manage health risks and understand their responsibilities for the health and wellbeing of staff.  It equips line managers with the basic tools and techniques to play their part in improving health and wellbeing across their organisation.

The course is split into 4 modules and covers:

• Importance of managing workplace health and wellbeing

• Health risk management

• Fitness for work and the need to manage changes in the health status of employees

• The business value of promoting a wellbeing programme

Upon completion of the Global Wind Organization (GWO) Basic Safety Training (BST), delegates will have awareness of the dangers that arise when working in the wind industry and how to control and reduce these dangers.

The course covers the requirements for training of personnel and refresher courses both onshore and offshore wind in accordance with:

- Global Wind Organization (GWO)

- Labor Inspection (Regulations)

Competence for "Working at heights" must be maintained in accordance with. guideline in the GWO standard. It shall be conducted refresher training every 2 years.

Presentation

This training course provides an overview of the Magnetic Particles Testing (MT) method for non-destructive examination of materials and welding, its objectives and principles.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Understand the basic physical principles of magnetic particle testing.

Know the testing procedure and the inspection process referred to testing materials and equipment.

Differentiate applications and the acceptance criteria applied.

Get familiar with the purpose of reference materials and/or blocks to ensure the quality of test performance and testing results.

Program

Basic principle

Testing procedure

o Surface preparation

o Magnetization

o Applying detection media

o Inspection and recording

o De-magnetization

o Post-cleaning

Testing materials and equipment

o Detection media–dry and wet magnetic particles

o Equipment for magnetization

o AC/DC

Applications and acceptance criteria

o Scope

o Indications

o Acceptance criteria

o Test report

Reliability, quality of test performance

o Verification of magnetization

o Viewing conditions

o Detection media

o Magnetic flux indicators

o NDT personnel competence

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded:

A Certificate of NDT – Magnetic Particles Testing, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of NDT – Magnetic Particles Testing is obtained after completion of the course and passing the online test.

Presentation

This training course provides a general overview of the requirements of the International Load Lines Convention and the conditions of assignment of load lines.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Know the general requirements of the International Load Lines Convention and understand the conditions of assignment of load lines.

Know the different types of surveys; understand the scope of each survey and the certificates, records and documents associated with the Load Lines Convention.

Know the most common deficiencies and PSC detainable items in connection with the Load Lines Convention.

Program

History of Load Lines Convention

Purpose of the Convention

Definitions

Freeboard calculation

Load line marks

Conditions of assignment

o Information to be supplied to the Master

o Doors

o Cargo and other hatchways

o Machinery space openings and miscellaneous openings

o Ventilators and air pipes

o Scuppers, inlets and discharges

o Scuttles and windows

o Freeing ports

o Protection of crew

o Special conditions of assignment for Type A ships

Special requirements for ships assigned with timber freeboards

Certificates, records and other documents

Scope of Load Line surveys

o Initial survey

o Annual survey

o Renewal survey

Common PSC deficiencies related to Load Lines

o PSC statistics

o Detainable deficiencies

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded:

A Certificate of Load Lines, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of Load Lines is obtained after completion of the course and passing the online test.

Presentation

This training course provides a general overview of the MARPOL requirements concerning the protection against oil pollution from cargo spaces of oil tankers.

Objectives

On completion of the training, students will be able to:

Understand the MARPOL requirements for the prevention of oil pollution from cargo spaces of oil tankers.

Get familiar with the pollution prevention equipment required by the MARPOL Convention.

Know the requirements for survey and certification of oil tankers.

Program

Segregated ballast tanks

Double hull and double bottom

Pump-room bottom protection

Subdivision and stability

Slop tanks

Pumping, piping and discharge arrangements

Oil discharge monitoring and control system

Oil/water interface detector

Crude oil washing system

Control of discharge of oil

Oil record book part II

Ship-to-ship transfer

Survey and certification, type-approval certificates

Different survey types

Certificate

On completion of the training program, the student will be awarded:

A Certificate of MARPOL Oil Pollution from Cargo Spaces, issued by Bureau Veritas Solutions Marine & Offshore.

The Certificate of MARPOL Oil Pollution from Cargo Spaces is obtained after completion of the course and passing the online test.