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NVQ Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice

The Level 6 Diplomas are on par with the NEBOSH Diploma Level 6 and Candidates studying for one of these qualifications should ideally already hold a Level 3 Health and Safety Qualification (such as the NEBOSH General Certificate or NVQ Level 3 or 5 in Occupational Health and Safety Practice). Those who complete this qualification will be able to apply to become a Certified Member with IOSH (Previously Grad.IOSH). You can use your  level 3 or 5 qualification as a stepping stone to work on our Level 6 at a reduced price and SHE Knows will not require you to duplicate work, so reducing the amount of evidence you need to submit in your Level 6. We call this using RPL.

“Ok, this is where it can get a little confusing. SHE Knows is proud to have 2 Awarding Organisation accreditations for the level 6. This means you choose the standards that are appropriate for your job.”  Linda 

  1. Do you prefer the practical site work – getting involved with inspections, creating RAMS, perhaps involved with updating CSM Construction Phase Plans? Then the ProQual level 6 is the one for you. 
  2. Or are you an auditor and emergency planner by heart? Getting involved with organising H&S budgets and staff competence requirements, gaining ISO accreditations though ensuring your management system passes an audit with flying colours? If so, you should consider the City & Guilds level 6.

Hopefully this FAQ table will help a little.

FAQ on SHE Knows delivery of these NVQs

City & Guilds Level 6

ProQual Level 6

Condensed & mapped into 6 tasks where candidates have to submit work-based evidence, documents, emails etc to show experience & competence 

Mapped into 8 tasks where candidates have to submit work-based evidence, documents, emails etc to show experience & competence

Maximum assessor support, which is reflected in our cost, but you will invest minimum time in admin of your NVQ.

Reduced assessor time means this qualification is cheaper, but it will require more time input from yourself.

1 year to complete.

2 years to complete

Onsite Observation with an assessor visit.

Observation to be undertaken by onsite H&S practitioner organised by candidate

Assessor undertakes professional discussions & maps your work-based emails into the knowledge standards. 

No written Q/A needed.

Candidate explains their work-based knowledge for each bullet point in the task in written format or via voice to text dictation or Voice Messaging Apps. 

No professional discussions

Task contents – with differences emphasised 

  • Risk Assessing 
  • Risk Assessing & SSoW
  • Justifying risk controls expenditure
  • Justifying risk controls expenditure
  • Meeting attendance about new ideas & continuous improvements
  • Promoting best practice in various ways
  • Workplace inspection
  • Workplace inspection
  • Workplace monitoring using equipment
  • Workplace monitoring using equipment
  • Behavioural observations 
  • Writing or reviewing active monitoring procedures
  • Audit of one location, feedback & confirm closeout

Audit of two locations, feedback & confirm closeout

  • Critical review of a company’s audit system
  • Audit/review of a company management system
  • Communication within the company
  • Communication within the company 
 
  • Communication with contractors
 
  • Contractor induction designed or reviewed
  • Communication with Regulators & external services
  • Communication with Regulators & external services
  • Increasing safety culture by update/creation of company procedures 
  • Understand & promote best practice
  • Developing safety culture through project work with subsequent evaluation 
  • Developing safety culture through project work with subsequent evaluation
  • Design or delivery of training to influence behaviour
  • Design & deliver H&S training
  • Project work to reduce an unsafe trend
  • Project work to reduce an unsafe trend
  • Design or deliver TBT/refresher training as a risk control
  • Design or deliver TBT/refresher training as a risk control
  • Undertake training needs analysis for a project
  • Follow training needs devised, with team work to ensure staff are trained
  • Writing accident reporting & investigation procedures/policy 
  • Policy writing (overarching policy or individual one). Can be a CDM CPP
  • Accident reporting & investigation
  • Accident reporting & investigation
  • Trend analysis 
  • Trend analysis
  • Emergency response procedure writing
  • Emergency response procedure writing
  • Emergency response drills
  • Emergency response drills
  • Developing strategy & vision for a company 
  • Understanding strategy & working to implement a policy 
  • Evaluation, develop & implement

strategy for a company or a project

 
  • Budget & resource consideration for project roll out
 
  • Code of ethics of a H&S Practitioner
  • Code of ethics of a H&S Practitioner
  • Understanding diversity and inclusion
  • Understanding diversity and inclusion
  • Undertake CPD
  • Undertake CPD

Polices, procedures & strategy can be industry specific: e.g. writing an event management plan, construction Phase Plan, or devising an Integrated Management System.