The Candidate Is Required To Carry Out A Detailed Review Of The Health And Safety Performance: NEBOSH Diploma Assignment, DCU, Ireland

 Assignment Brief

The candidate is required to carry out a detailed review of the health and safety performance of a workplace or organization and to produce a justified action plan to improve performance.

The assignment will require the candidate to apply the knowledge and understanding gained from their studies of elements of Units A, B, and C in a practical environment and to carry out critical analysis and evaluation of information gathered during the review. The level of work should be that expected of a competent occupational health and safety practitioner working within an organization.

The report should include:

• an introduction that sets the scene by stating clear aims and objectives and a description of the methodology employed to carry out the assignment;
• a description of the chosen workplace/organization to set a context for The candidate will need to consider the legal framework within which the workplace/organization operates;
• an overview of the current health and safety management arrangements in which the candidate should critically review the health and safety management system;
• a survey of a wide range of significant hazards or activities within the workplace. The candidate should prioritize the identified hazards or activities and, carry out a risk assessment on one physical and one health and welfare hazard or activity. This should include an evaluation of the effectiveness of the organization in controlling the risk arising from the hazards or activities identified and proposals to further control the hazard(s) and reduce risks;
• conclusions which summarise the main issues identified in the candidate’s work together with justified recommendations for improvement;
• a cost and prioritized action plan for implementation of the candidate’s recommendations in each of the two areas;
• an executive summary of the

The focus of the Unit D assignment should be the application of the knowledge and understanding developed in Units A, B, and C to a real workplace situation. It provides opportunities for the candidate to carry out research and demonstrate the ability to carry out a range of activities that would be expected of a health and safety practitioner.

The aim of the assignment is to produce an overall review of the health and safety management system of an organization and indicate, using risk assessment, the priorities for the organization for the future.

It is important that a suitable workplace upon which the assignment research will be based is chosen.

The workplace should be large enough to provide both an opportunity for the review of the health and safety management system and a sufficiently large range of significant hazards in the areas covered by Units B and C to provide an adequate range for identification and prioritization. Candidates who have difficulty identifying a suitable workplace should ask their tutor for advice.

If the organization is very large, in order that the assignment is manageable the candidate should limit the area considered. In such circumstances, it might be more appropriate to consider a department or division of the organization rather than the organization as a whole, although obviously, the health and safety management system will probably be adopted by the whole organization.