Posted By Diane Warne Katie, The key consideration is whether you think you are ready to sit the exam. If you feel that you have assimilated the course material and done enough practice exam questions, you might want to do it and get it out of the way! I did the Cert. course as two one-week blocks with plenty of extra study time and exam question practice in between, took the exam at the end of the second block and passed. Good luck, whichever way you decide to do it. Cheers Diane

Posted By David Allan Katie, As a provider I know only too well that all delegates are different and work at varying speeds and everyone wishes they had more time. I would say that 2 weeks between course completion and exam is just about right for most people. It allows sufficient time for revision and little time to forget what you have learnt. A long delay, despite the best will in the world only gives you longer to leave the books to one side and then give yourself about a fortnight to do some (now panic) revision. Structure your revision, do as many practice questions as possible, progressively do them without looking at your books and then finally do some under exam conditions. The main problem with most NEBOSH delegates is that the time management is poor (aim for a mark a minute, this leaves 20 mins for checking etc. Answer all the questions - you can't get any marks for nil writing (so obvious - but seen too often. Read carefully and answer the question asked - not the one you hoped or thought they had asked. Try to get hold of the examiners reports from NEBOSH - this will give you some idea of the pitfalls and what was expected. Good luck with your exams David