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#1 Posted : 12 December 2007 17:10:00(UTC)
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Posted By mark limon
I am self studying the Fire Cert so I bought an excellent reference book "Introduction to Fire Safety Management" £39.99 and well worth it .
I then sent to Nebosh for sample question papers and received 1 for £4.I also sent for Examiners reports and received 1 for £6.
This is despite them being advertised as "reports" and "papers" not a report and a question paper.On top of that a £1 p&p,seems rather expensive to me.
http://www.nebosh.org.uk...default.asp?section_id=4
Is it any wonder some people share these things ignoring copyright.The ones I have are the September 2007 exam paper and the June 2007 Examiners report
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#2 Posted : 12 December 2007 21:01:00(UTC)
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Posted By Seano
Mark,

How is the self study going? I am thinking about taking this approach. Does it cost much to just take the exam?
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#3 Posted : 13 December 2007 10:31:00(UTC)
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Posted By mark limon
Ive just started but the text book is really easy to follow especially with all the sample questions in it.The exam I think is £90 but the cost of being an external candidate with the company I took my NGC is another £150 plus vat,no favours there.
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#4 Posted : 14 December 2007 17:10:00(UTC)
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Posted By GARYS
Hi Mark

I may be able to help (a little), please contact me directly

BR

Gary.
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#5 Posted : 17 December 2007 10:35:00(UTC)
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Posted By Andy Brazier
I self-studied and sat last December's exam. I got a credit overall. I scored well in the written papers but only scraped through the practical. I was surprised about the practice but think it was partly because I had not had the chance to practice and also I used too many of my own ideas which did not follow the Nebosh style.

It cost £90 for the exam and my local college did not charge me for sitting it with them (they even gave me lunch).

Cost was not the reason for self studying. I would have found it difficult to organise my work to attend class room sessions either on block or spread over weeks. Also, I had a good knowledge of safety and could not really face sitting through a course. I doubt self-study saved me time overall, but was much more flexible.

Good luck

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#6 Posted : 22 December 2007 10:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By mark limon
Thanks for the replies and the good information sent by a couple of kind people,it was very helpful.Im still struggling to find anywhere to sit at a reasonable price although Nebosh contacted me directly and will let me know of any local exams taking place next yearin my area,thanks again,Mark
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