NEBOSH IGC revision

The 2025 qualification at a glance

Taken from NEBOSH's own documents for the specification dated June 2025. Every point is tied to its source on the assessments page and the sources page.

• Unit GIC1, Management of health and safety: an open book, scenario-based examination. It covers Elements 1 to 4. Pass mark: provisional 45 percent. The qualification grade comes only from this unit: Distinction 75 or more, Credit 65 to 74, Pass 45 to 64.
• Unit GIC2, Risk assessment: a practical risk assessment of your own workplace, marked out of 100 with a pass mark of 60 (Pass or Refer). Elements 1.1, 1.2, 2 and 3 are also assessed here, and Elements 5 to 11 are assessed only here.
• You must pass both units, within five years of passing your first unit. The level is SCQF Level 6 (equivalent to RQF Level 3), with no entry requirements. NEBOSH recommends English equivalent to IELTS 6.0 or higher.
• With the qualification you can apply for membership such as AIIRSM, AIOSH or Tech IOSH.

Words and ideas in the 2025 syllabus

• Incident: NEBOSH follows ISO 45001. An incident is an event that happens in the workplace that causes, or has the potential to cause, harm, injury, ill-health or damage. The word accident is still used where it is a recognised term, for example in Reason's model of accident causation.
• Risk control follows the general hierarchy of control in ISO 45001 clause 8.1.2, with the principles in ILO-OSH 2001 section 3.10.1.
• Management systems follow Plan, Do, Check, Act (ISO 45001 and ILO-OSH 2001). The policy follows ISO 45001 clause 5.2.
• International references named in the syllabus include ILO Convention C155 and Recommendation R164, the ILO Code of Practice on safety and health in construction, HSG65 and HSG245.
• The syllabus includes electric and hybrid vehicle hazards (Element 8) and the use of aerial drones in the workplace (Element 9).

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