Posted By Mike Miller Hi Depending on who the course provider is, i did mine part time 2 nights a week lectures at college and 5 nights a week hard study at home. There's no other way with NEBOSH, you just have to get your head in the notes until you can churn it out verbatim. Good Luck Mike

Posted By Andy Johnson Gary Like both Mike and David point out, self discipline in putting in the work is essential. The past examiners reports are in my opinion priceless.Thesed are available from NEBOSH but at a price. A handy web site for practice questions is www.healthandsafetytips.co.uk This will give you questions and suggested answers. Good luck and enjoy your course. Andy

Posted By Gary McIsaac Hi Ian Thanks very much big help cheers Gary

Posted By Sharon Swift Hi Gary Everyone who's said you need to look at past papers is right. Also try to get the examiners reports for each past paper as these give you details of how candidates lost and gained marks. Questions are definately repeated or reworded. Reading throught these helped me remember where and how the extra marks were gained. The Course can be a bit daunting by distance learning(i did mine with RRC) but providing you disipline yourself to find time to concentrate on it it is OK. Good luck with your certificate

Posted By John Caboche Neal, as your background is the same as mine I suggest the NEBOSH construction certificate as more relevent than the general. It will also exempt you from the CSCS screen test as well!!, (mind you I should think so!!) The construction cert is the qualification for training the CITB 5 day SMSTS, so it is a cery highly thought of qualification in the construction industry Hope this helps John

Posted By Richard Pitman Gary I did my Cert at CUC Camborne Cornwall over 15 + weeks one evening a week for 3 hours. It suited me as I was working part time for an architect practice and also volunteering part time for the National Trust. I was also commuting from Lands Ends to Taunton of a weekend to see my fiancee! I funded the course myself as I was one of those strange people that are drawn to H+S through genuine interest. I found the course to be excellent with a mixture of lecturers who were only too willing to help out. I would recommend reading past papers but also try to gain experience of other industries H+S challenges. The majority of my working life was based in offices but my time with the Trust gave me experience of manual working out in the elements! Which opened my eyes to all manner of hazards previously unthought of. Also, I found that I tuned into H+S issues that I saw on a day to day basis and this recognition with practice comes over a period of time. I know this is a bit rambling but hope it helps somewhat. Richard

Posted By Richard Weir-Ewing like you Gary I paid the fee myself. The cheapest way was through an evening class at a collage, if you have one you can get to after work. I found it really a good way to do it with good support from the Tutor and other class mates. They had two courses one started in October and the other January the later being a 3 to 9 session (1/2 the time)cost was around £1000 and you could pay in installments. Check it out! Rich

Posted By joanne doherty I took mine through my local further education college and self funded, I found it cheaper than many of the companies that advertise, you can also apply for career development loans(see the website) which are linked to the dfes, which are like student loans, you defer the payment until you have finished the course. I'm hoping to do my level 4 diploma by this route as I wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise and my job hunt is limited because of this. good luck! jo

Posted By Gary McIsaac Hi, thanks to all people who posted a note regarding my enquiry it was much appreciated. I am still collecting lots of info and would like to thank all who helped. I have received lots of responses as you all can see and still gathering stuff. I currently work as a Lifting Equipment Inspector based in Glasgow but cover the country and have done for 15 years. This entails various tasks and working in different environments, power station, chemical plant, petroleum works and offshore work. I have to carry out method statements and risk assessments as well as do the job. I have a LEEA certificate and various other certificates for this type of work. All work has to comply with current legislations(LOLER). I think this would be in my best interest plus relevant to take on board all comments and do the Nebosh course. So I think I have to go for it in January 2005. Night school 2 nights a week for 4 months I think and £650.00 for the course Yes that’s when it starts. Yet again thanks to all. Many thanks Gary