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NEBOSH National General Certificate Foundations of Health and Safety Management Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering Foundations of Health and Safety Management as it is examined in NEBOSH National General Certificate. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Foundations of Health and Safety Management deck
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Name the key regulations that require employers to assess workplace risks.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR).
Under the MHSWR 1999, when must a risk assessment be recorded in writing?
When the employer has five or more employees (the 'significant findings' must be recorded).
Which two bodies are the main ENFORCING AUTHORITIES for health and safety in Great Britain, and how is responsibility split?
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities (LAs). HSE covers higher-risk premises (factories, construction, agriculture); LAs cover lower-risk premises (shops, offices, retail, leisure, catering).
List four POWERS of a health and safety inspector.
Enter premises (at any reasonable time), inspect and investigate, take measurements/photographs/samples, examine documents and require their production, take statements, and seize/render harmless dangerous items.
What is an IMPROVEMENT NOTICE and its key feature?
A notice served when a legal breach has occurred or is likely to continue, requiring the duty-holder to remedy it within a stated period (minimum 21 days). Work may continue during that time.
What is a PROHIBITION NOTICE and its key feature?
A notice served when there is a risk of serious personal injury, requiring the activity to STOP immediately (or after a stated time) until the risk is remedied.
Compare an Improvement Notice and a Prohibition Notice.
Improvement: addresses an existing/likely breach; gives time (≥21 days) to fix; activity continues. Prohibition: addresses risk of serious injury; can take immediate effect; stops the activity until remedied.
What are the FOUR conditions an injured employee must prove to succeed in a civil claim for negligence?
(1) A duty of care was owed; (2) the duty was breached; (3) the breach caused harm (causation); (4) the harm/loss was reasonably foreseeable. (Damage must have actually resulted.)
What is Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance and what law requires it?
Insurance covering an employer against claims by employees for work-related injury/ill-health. Required by the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969.
What is 'vicarious liability'?
The legal principle that an employer can be held liable for the negligent acts or omissions of its employees committed in the course of their employment.
Define the civil law defence of 'contributory negligence'.
A partial defence where the injured person's own carelessness contributed to their injury, allowing the damages awarded to be reduced in proportion to their share of the fault.
What are the four stages of the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) management cycle?
Plan, Do, Check, Act — a continuous improvement loop for managing health and safety.
In the PDCA cycle, what does the 'PLAN' stage involve?
Determining policy and planning for implementation: setting direction, objectives, the H&S policy, allocating responsibilities, and planning to control risks (profiling risks).
In the PDCA cycle, what does the 'DO' stage involve?
Profiling/assessing risks, organising for health and safety (roles, competence, communication, co-operation), and implementing the plan/control measures.
In the PDCA cycle, what does the 'CHECK' stage involve?
Measuring performance through active (proactive) monitoring (inspections, audits) and reactive monitoring (investigating accidents/incidents and ill-health).
In the PDCA cycle, what does the 'ACT' stage involve?
Reviewing performance and acting on lessons learned to make improvements (management review and continual improvement).
Which HSE guidance document promotes the Plan-Do-Check-Act approach to managing health and safety?
HSG65 — 'Managing for Health and Safety'.
What is the internationally recognised standard for occupational health and safety management systems?
ISO 45001 (which replaced the earlier OHSAS 18001).
What are the main elements of a health and safety management system (per HSG65/ILO-OSH)?
Policy, Organising, Planning & implementing, Measuring performance (monitoring), and Auditing & reviewing performance — driven by continual improvement.
Why does a structured health and safety management system align well with the PDCA cycle?
Because both are based on continual improvement: policy/planning (Plan), organising/implementing (Do), measuring/monitoring (Check), and auditing/reviewing to drive improvement (Act).
List three BENEFITS of using a formal health and safety management system.
Consistent/systematic approach reducing risk and losses; legal compliance and demonstrable due diligence; improved reputation, morale and efficiency; clear roles and continual improvement.
List three LIMITATIONS of using a formal health and safety management system.
Can become bureaucratic/paperwork-driven; may foster a 'tick-box' culture rather than real safety; costly/time-consuming to set up and maintain; may not suit all (especially small) organisations.
What is the difference between 'active (proactive)' and 'reactive' monitoring in the Check stage?
Active monitoring checks that standards are met BEFORE harm occurs (inspections, audits, sampling). Reactive monitoring uses data AFTER things go wrong (accident/incident/ill-health investigation).
Distinguish between an 'audit' and an 'inspection' in health and safety management.
An inspection is a routine check of physical conditions/standards at a point in time. An audit is a structured, systematic and in-depth examination of whether the whole management system is effective and being followed.
What this deck covers
The Foundations of Health and Safety Management deck follows the NEBOSH National General Certificate Foundations of Health and Safety Management syllabus — 3 chapters and 12 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 17.0 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 155 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Foundations of Health and Safety Management flashcards FAQ
How many Foundations of Health and Safety Management flashcards are in this NEBOSH National General Certificate deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
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What do the Foundations of Health and Safety Management cards cover?
They follow the NEBOSH National General Certificate Foundations of Health and Safety Management syllabus — 3 chapters and 12 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
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Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.