Moral, legal and financial arguments for investigations
Human and organisational factors that can contribute to an incident
The process for investigating incidents
Positive interview 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
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification, but’ it is recommended that students should already have an underpinning knowledge of health and safety issues, and many will have gained another NEBOSH qualification.

It is also important that students have a suitable standard of English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus.

NEBOSH recommends that students undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.0 or higher in IELTS tests.

For further information please see the latest version of the IELTS Handbook or consult the
IELTS website:

https://www.ielts.org/institutions/test_format_and_results.aspx.

Students wishing to assess their own language expertise may consult the IELTS website for
information on taking the test:

https://www.ielts.org/faqs.aspx

Exemptions
No exemptions are allowed for Unit INV1.