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The NEBOSH National General Certificate GNC1 + GNC2 Studybooks
Forget boring walls of text and confusing textbooks. This digital bundle streamlines your entire study process by combining two essential course resources into one power-packed toolkit.
Written by our lead tutor and Ex-NEBOSH Team Leader Examiner, Will Taylor CMIOSH, these two distinct workbooks provide expert coverage of the full National General Certificate course content. Whether you are studying foundational management principles or delving into specific workplace hazards, this bundle ensures you have the core theoretical knowledge at your fingertips.
Book 1: The GNC1 Digital Workbook (Elements 1–4)
Designed to help you absorb the foundational syllabus faster using visual aids and clear, concise summaries.
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Full Syllabus Coverage: Comprehensive, easy-to-digest notes on Elements 1 through 4.
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Theory-Focused: Content specifically tailored to help you deeply understand core health and safety management principles.
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Visual Learning: Bypasses dense text in favor of layouts that aid memory retention and comprehension.
Book 2: The GNC2 Digital Workbook (Elements 5–11)
A comprehensive study guide designed to help you master the specific workplace hazards and controls covered in the syllabus, using clear examples and detailed notes.
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Full Course Coverage: Detailed notes breaking down every topic within Elements 5 to 11.
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Knowledge Builder: Tailored content designed to build your foundational understanding of essential health and safety concepts, including moral, legal, and financial drivers.
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Step-by-Step Learning: Removes the guesswork from your studies by breaking down complex theoretical topics into logical, easy-to-follow sections.
The Complete Toolkit for the NEBOSH National General Certificate
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Includes Book 1: GNC1 Course Syllabus Guide (Elements 1–4)
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Includes Book 2: GNC2 Course Syllabus Guide (Elements 5–11)
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Best Value: Save £13.95 compared to buying separately.
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Expert Author: Written by Will Taylor, CMIOSH.
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Instant Download: Get both high-quality PDFs immediately.
What does this studybook cover?
Comprehensive Coverage of the Full Course This bundle has been written to give you all the foundational knowledge and information you need to master the complete NEBOSH National General Certificate syllabus across both the GNC1 and GNC2 units.
While aimed at students studying the latest 2025 syllabus, the core health and safety principles covered remain highly relevant to students of the older syllabus versions (NG1 and NG2). Both studybooks contain screenshots taken directly from Will’s personal NEBOSH training slides, along with detailed notes to put the theoretical concepts and syllabus criteria into clear, real-world context.
The NEBOSH National General Certificate GNC1 Workbook
Learning Outcome and Assessment Criteria
Understand how to justify health and safety improvements using moral, financial and legal arguments.
• Discuss the moral, financial and legal reasons for managing health and safety in the workplace
• Recognise how health and safety is regulated
Understand when the main duties for health and safety apply to the workplace
• Recognise the main health and safety duties of employers and workers in HSWA 1974 and MHSWR
1999
Understand the important role that contractors undertake in the workplace and how they should be
managed.
• Describe how contractors should be selected, monitored and managed
• Identify the different roles and responsibilities under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
Moral, Financial and Legal Arguments to Manage Health & Safety
- Morals and Money
- Sources and Types of Law
- Statute Law and Levels of Duty
Health & Safety Duties in the Workplace
- Common Law
- Criminal Law
- Civil Law
- The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Contractors
- Managing Contractors
- Roles and Duties Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
Learning Outcome and Assessment Criteria
Work within a health and safety management system, and know what an effective health and safety
policy should look like
- Identify the key components of a health and safety management system (ISO 45001 and HSG65)
- Recognise the benefits and limitations of different types of health and safety management systems
- Recognise the key components of an effective health and safety policy
Overview of the Elements of a Health & Safety Management System
- The Basics of Management Systems and the HSG65 Model
- Introduction to ISO45001 – An International Standard
- Benefits and Limitations of Certified/Informal OH&S Management Systems
Effective Health & Safety Management Systems
- What Good H&S Management Systems Look Like
- Roles and Responsibilities of Directors, Managers and Supervisors
Learning Outcome and Assessment Criteria
Positively influence health and safety culture and behaviour to improve performance in their organisation.
• Recognise how health and safety culture influences performance
• Recognise how to improve health and safety culture at work
• Outline how human factors influence behaviour in a way that can affect health and safety
• Assess general workplace risks.
• Apply the principles of the risk assessment process
• Produce a suitable and sufficient risk assessment
• Understand the impact of workplace changes on health safety and how these changes can be managed.
• Describe how change can have significant health and safety impacts and how to manage those impacts.
• Develop safe systems of work and emergency procedures, and know how to use them appropriately.
• Outline what to consider when developing and implementing a safe system of work for general work activities.
• Identify the role, function, and operation of a permit-to-work system.
• Understand typical emergency procedures (including training and testing) and how to decide what level of first aid is needed in the workplace.
Health and Safety Culture
- Health and Safety Culture
Improving Health and Safety Culture
- Senior Management – Gaining Commitment and Promoting Standards
- Competent Workers
- Good Communication Within the Organisation
- Cooperation and Consultation with the Workforce and Contractors
Human Factors
- Human Factors
Risk Assessment
- Meaning of Hazard, Risk, Risk Profiling and Risk Assessment
- Step 1: Identify the Hazards
- Step 2: Assess the Risk
- Step 3: Control The Risks – Part 1: Principles of Prevention
- Step 3: Control The Risks – Part 2: The Hierarchy of Controls
- Step 3: Control The Risks – Part 3: Other Considerations
- Step 4: Record the Significant Findings
- Step 5: Review the Risk Assessment
- Risk Assessment for Specific Risks
- Special Case Applications
The Management of Change
- The Management of Change
Safe Systems of Work
- Safe Systems of Work
- Permit-to-Work Systems
- Emergency Procedures
- First Aid
Learning Outcome and Assessment Criteria
Take part in incident investigation.
• Recognise why and how incidents should be investigated, recorded, and reported
Help their employer to monitor the effectiveness of their health and safety management system.
• Recognise how to monitor the effectiveness of management systems
• Recognise why and how audits are used to evaluate a management system
• Recognise why regular reviews of health and safety performance are needed and how they are carried out
Incident Investigation
- What Are Incidents and Why Should They Be Investigated
- The Levels of Incident Investigation
- The Steps to Incident Investigation
- Why and How Incidents Should be Recorded and Reported
- RIDDOR – Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
Monitoring and Measuring
- Monitoring and Measuring Performance
- Active Monitoring Methods
- Reactive Monitoring Measures
Auditing and Reviewing Performance
- Health and Safety Auditing
- Review of the Health and Safety Performance
The NEBOSH National General Certificate GNC2 Workbook
Noise
- How Noise Works
- Noise Exposure Assessment
- Noise Control Measures
- Hearing Protection
- Noise Legislation and your NEBOSH Project
Vibration
- How Vibration Works
- Vibration Exposure Assessment
- Vibration Control Measures
- Vibration and your NEBOSH Project
Radiation
- How Radiation Works
- Radiation Control Measures
- Radiation and your NEBOSH Project
Mental Ill-Health
- What is Mental Ill Health?
- Causes and Controls for Work-Related Mental Ill Health
- Mental Ill Health and your NEBOSH Project
Violence at Work
- Violence at Work: Risk Factors and Controls
- Violence at Work and your NEBOSH Project
Substance Abuse at Work
- What does Substance Abuse at Work Look Like?
- Substance Abuse at Work and your NEBOSH Project
Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders
- Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders
- WRULDs and your NEBOSH Project
Manual Handling
- What is Manual Handling?
- Manual Handling and your NEBOSH Project
Load Handling Equipment
- Load Handling Equipment
- Requirements of LOLER
- Load Handling Equipment and your NEBOSH Project
Hazardous Substances
- Types of Hazardous Substances and Classifications
Assessment of Health Risks
- Assessment of Health Risks (COSHH Assessment)
Occupational Exposure Limits
- Role of Hazardous Substance Monitoring
- Occupational Exposure Limits
Control Measures
- Hierarchy of Controls, Principles of Good Practice, Elimination, and Substitution
- Engineering Controls to PPE
Specific Agents
- Controls for Specific Effects (Carcinogens, Asthmagens, etc.)
- Specific Agents (Asbestos, Carbon Monoxide, etc.)
- Hazardous Substances and your NEBOSH Project
Health, Welfare & Work Environment
- Health & Welfare Requirements
- Extremes of Temperature
- Welfare and Working
Working at Height
- Working at Height
- Working at Height: Hierarchy of Control
- Main Precautions for Working at Height
- General Precautions for Common Work at Height Equipment
- Prevention of Falling Materials from Stacking and Storage
- Working at Height and your NEBOSH Project
Confined Spaces
- Confined Spaces
- Confined Spaces and your NEBOSH Project
Lone Working
- Lone Working
- Lone Working and your NEBOSH Project
Slips and Trips
- Slips and Trips
- Slips and Trips and your NEBOSH Project
Safe Movement of People and Vehicles in the Workplace
- Hazards from the Movement of People and Vehicles in the Workplace
- Control Measures to Manage Workplace Transport
- Movement of People and Vehicles and your NEBOSH Project
Work Related Driving
- Managing Work Related Driving and Control Measures
- Work Related Driving and your NEBOSH Project
Work Equipment
- General Requirements of Work Equipment
Hand Held Tools (Both Powered & Manual)
- Hand Held Tools
Machinery Hazards
- Machinery Hazard Types
Controls for Machinery Hazards
- Machinery Controls: Guards, Protective Devices, Jigs/Push Sticks, IIT, and PPE)
Work Equipment and your NEBOSH Project
- Hand Held Tools and your NEBOSH Project
- Machinery and your NEBOSH Project
Fire Principles
- Fire Triangle, Classification of Fires, and Common Causes of Fire
- Heat Transmission and Fire Spread Principles
Preventing Fire & Fire Spread
- Control Measures to Minimise the Risk of Fire Starting
- Structural Measures to Prevent the Spread of Fire and Smoke
Fire Alarms & Firefighting
- Fire Alarms & Firefighting
Fire Evacuation
- Fire Evacuation
Fire and your NEBOSH Project
- Fire and your NEBOSH Project
Hazards and Risks
- How Electricity Works
- Electrical Hazards
Control Measures
- Technical Control Measures for Electricity
- Administrative Control Measures for Electricity
Electricity and your NEBOSH Project
- Electricity and your NEBOSH Project
Written by an ex-NEBOSH Examiner
Will Taylor CMIOSH
This workbook was developed by Will, an ex-NEBOSH Examiner with extensive experience in marking assessments and writing exam papers.
He has poured that experience directly into these notes. While this is a self-study guide, it gives you the “examiner’s perspective” on exam technique that is usually reserved for his premium course students. You aren’t just learning the syllabus; you are learning exactly what the marker is looking for.
GNC1 & GNC2 Studybook Frequently Asked Questions
Can I print this Digital Workbook?
Yes! The workbook is a high-resolution PDF. You are free to print a personal copy if you prefer highlighting and annotating on paper.
How soon will I receive it?
Instantly. As soon as your payment is processed, you will receive an email with a download link. You can start studying in the next 5 minutes.
Try a FREE Sample
Still unsure? Take a look inside and download a FREE Sample of each book.
The GNC1 Studybook Sample covers the first three tutorials from Element 1 of the course contents.
The GNC2 Studybook sample covers the ‘Noise’ section of Element 5 from the course contents.
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