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Key Facts: NEBOSH NGC Exam

60%

Pass mark per unit (points-based, 2025 specification)

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24 hours

GNC1 open-book exam access window

NEBOSH digital assessments guidance

11 elements

Syllabus elements across units GNC1 and GNC2

NEBOSH NGC syllabus

66 hours

Minimum taught learning hours

NEBOSH qualification specification

SCQF Level 6

Qualification level (11 credit points)

NEBOSH / SCQF

4 Mar 2026

First assessments under the revised 2025 specification

NEBOSH General Certificate update notice

10 working days

GNC2 submission deadline after the GNC1 exam

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The NEBOSH NGC is the flagship UK entry-level health and safety qualification for managers, supervisors and new H&S practitioners. The 2025 specification has two units: GNC1, an open-book, scenario-based digital exam completed within a 24-hour window and followed by a closing interview, and GNC2, a 3-hour practical risk assessment of the learner's own workplace submitted within 10 working days; both use points-based marking with a 60% pass mark. The 11-element syllabus covers why we manage health and safety (moral, legal and financial reasons under HSWA 1974), management systems (HSG65 Plan-Do-Check-Act, ISO 45001), risk assessment and human factors, monitoring and RIDDOR investigation, and the hazard elements: physical and psychological health (noise 80/85/87 dB(A) values, vibration, stress), musculoskeletal health (manual handling, DSE), chemical and biological agents (COSHH, EH40 WELs, asbestos), general workplace issues, work equipment (PUWER, LOLER), fire (RRFSO 2005) and electricity (EAWR 1989). Teaching of the new specification begins 2 February 2026 with first assessments from 4 March 2026; it requires a minimum of 66 taught hours and does not expire.

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1Which combination identifies the three classic reasons why an organisation should manage workplace health and safety?
A.Moral, technical and environmental reasons
B.Moral, legal and financial reasons
C.Legal, political and commercial reasons
D.Financial, environmental and reputational reasons
Explanation: Element 1 of the NGC syllabus identifies three reasons for managing health and safety: moral (preventing human suffering), legal (complying with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and supporting regulations), and financial (avoiding direct and indirect accident costs).
2Under section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the employer's general duty is qualified by the phrase 'so far as is reasonably practicable'. What does this qualification mean?
A.The employer must reduce risk to zero whatever the cost
B.The employer need only take precautions that are physically possible with current technology
C.The employer must weigh the level of risk against the money, time and trouble needed to control it, and may only stop short where the sacrifice is grossly disproportionate to the risk
D.The employer may decide the level of protection based purely on what the business can afford that year
Explanation: 'Reasonably practicable' (established in Edwards v National Coal Board, 1949) requires a balancing of the quantum of risk against the sacrifice (money, time, trouble) involved in averting it; controls can only be ruled out where the cost is grossly disproportionate to the risk reduction achieved.
3Under section 2(3) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, an employer must prepare a written health and safety policy when employing how many people?
A.Five or more employees
B.Ten or more employees
C.Twenty-five or more employees
D.Any number of employees, including one
Explanation: Section 2(3) HSWA 1974, read with the Employers' Health and Safety Policy Statements (Exception) Regulations 1975, requires the policy to be written down, and revised as appropriate, where five or more people are employed.
4Which statement correctly summarises the duties placed on employees by section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974?
A.To prepare risk assessments for their own work activities
B.To pay for any personal protective equipment they need
C.To appoint a competent person to assist with health and safety compliance
D.To take reasonable care of themselves and others affected by their acts or omissions, and to co-operate with the employer on statutory duties
Explanation: Section 7 HSWA places two duties on employees: take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work, and co-operate with the employer so far as is necessary for statutory duties to be complied with.
5An employer issues new safety footwear that is required by their risk assessment and asks workers to contribute half the cost through payroll deductions. Which section of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 does this breach?
A.Section 2(4), concerning safety representatives
B.Section 3, concerning duties to non-employees
C.Section 8, concerning interference with safety provisions
D.Section 9, which prohibits charging employees for anything done or provided under a relevant statutory provision
Explanation: Section 9 HSWA 1974 makes it unlawful for an employer to levy any charge on an employee for anything done or provided in pursuance of a relevant statutory provision, which includes PPE required under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations.
6An HSE inspector visits a workshop and finds a power press being used with its interlocked guard deliberately bypassed, creating a risk of serious personal injury. Which enforcement action is the inspector most likely to take to stop the activity?
A.Issue an improvement notice giving 21 days to refit the guard
B.Send an informal letter requesting the guard be refitted
C.Issue a prohibition notice taking immediate effect, halting use of the press until the guard is restored
D.Apply to a magistrates' court for an injunction before any action can be taken
Explanation: Under section 22 HSWA 1974 an inspector who believes an activity involves, or will involve, a risk of serious personal injury may serve a prohibition notice; it normally takes immediate effect and stops the activity until the matters specified are remedied.
7What is the minimum period that must be allowed for compliance with an improvement notice issued under section 21 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974?
A.21 days, which matches the period allowed for an appeal to an employment tribunal
B.7 days from the date of service
C.14 days from the date of service
D.There is no minimum period; the inspector sets any period
Explanation: An improvement notice must allow at least 21 days for compliance, because that is the period within which the recipient may appeal to an employment tribunal; an appeal suspends the improvement notice until it is heard.
8Which of the following is NOT a power available to an HSE inspector under section 20 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974?
A.Entering premises at any reasonable time, with a police constable if obstruction is expected
B.Imposing an on-the-spot fine on the employer
C.Taking photographs, measurements and samples
D.Requiring persons to answer questions and sign a declaration of the truth of their answers
Explanation: Inspectors cannot impose fines; only the courts can fine a duty holder following prosecution. Section 20 powers include entry, examination and investigation, taking samples and photographs, requiring answers, seizing dangerous articles, and inspecting and copying documents.
9An employee injured at work brings a civil claim for negligence against their employer. Which three things must the employee prove for the claim to succeed?
A.That the employer broke a criminal statute, acted intentionally, and has insurance
B.That a duty of care was owed, the duty was breached, and the breach caused the injury or loss
C.That the employer had no safety policy, no risk assessment, and no training records
D.That the HSE investigated, an enforcement notice was served, and a prosecution followed
Explanation: The tort of negligence requires the claimant to prove on the balance of probabilities that the defendant owed them a duty of care, that the duty was breached by failing to take reasonable care, and that the breach caused the loss or injury suffered.
10Under the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969, what is the minimum level of cover most employers in Great Britain must hold for claims by employees injured at work?
A.GBP 1 million per occurrence
B.GBP 2 million per occurrence
C.GBP 5 million per occurrence, with the certificate made available to employees
D.There is no statutory minimum; cover is negotiated with the insurer
Explanation: The 1969 Act and its regulations require employers to insure for at least GBP 5 million per occurrence against liability for injury or disease sustained by employees, and to display or make the certificate of insurance available to employees.

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