Qualification
New Syllabus International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
Assessment Details
There are two Assessments:
Unit Code GIC1: Management of Health and Safety
Unit Code GIC2: Risk Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment Time |
| Question paper | 2 Hours |
| Practical Assessment | 3 Hours |
The qualification grade is based on the result from Unit Code GIC1
- Distinction: 75 marks or higher
- Credit: 65 – 74 marks
- Pass: 45 – 64 marks
| Element | Assessment |
| 1 Why we should manage workplace health and safety | Question paper
(one 20-mark question and ten 8-mark questions)
Unit GIC1: Management of health and safety |
| 2 How health and safety management systems work and what they look like | |
| 3 Managing risk – understanding people and processes | |
| 4 Health and safety monitoring and measuring | |
| 5 Physical and psychological health | Practical assessment
Unit GIC2: Risk assessment
|
| 6 Musculoskeletal health | |
| 7 Chemical and biological agents | |
| 8 General workplace issues | |
| 9 Work equipment | |
| 10 Fire | |
| 11 Electricity |