NEBOSH National General Certificate in

Occupational Health and Safety

UNIT NG1 Management of health and
safety

Duration of examination: 2 hours

Answer ALL questions.

The maximum marks for each question, or part of a question, are shown in brackets.
Start each answer on a new page.
Answers may be illustrated by sketches, where appropriate.
This question paper must be returned to the invigilator after the examination.

You are advised to spend about half an hour on Question 1.

You are advised to spend a total of about one and a half hours on Questions 2-11.

1 (a) Why is it a good idea to use a permit-to-work system for some work
activities? (3)

(b) What types of work activity would you use a permit-to-work system
for? (5)

(c) What do you need to have in place for a permit-to-work system to work
in practice? (8)

(d) What roles should be allocated in a permit-to-work system? (4)

2 (a) Explain what ‘reasonably practicable’ means. (2)

(b) List the duties of employers to their employees under section 2 of the
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA). (6)

3 Explain what an organisation should do to provide effective first-aid. (8)

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 4 What are the best ways of communicating health and safety information to
workers? (8)

5 What are possible costs to an organisation of work-related incidents? (8)

6 Explain why a health and safety policy may need to be reviewed. (8)

7 What should you consider when deciding how often active monitoring should
take place? (8)

8 Explain what an organisation should consider when looking into the

suitability of a potential contractor. (8)

9 What internal documents could be gathered for analysis during an incident

investigation? (8)

10 (a) Explain the term ‘health and safety culture’. (2)

(b) How can health and safety culture at work be improved? (6)

11 What things should be considered when putting into place a safe system of
work? (8)

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Unit: NG1 Management of health and safety

Qualification: NEBOSH National General Certificate in

Occupational Health and Safety

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