NEBOSH (IDIP) Level 6 International Diploma

Course Overview

The NEBOSH Level 6 International Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals is a perfect choice if you want to make health and safety your career.

The syllabus has been developed with experts for experts! We consulted with over 600 people including, key stakeholders, previous Diploma learners, Learning Partners, subject experts, and employers during its development.

The resulting qualification will give you the knowledge and practical skills you need to perform as a leading health and safety professional of the future. You will gain confidence in your capabilities to recognise and solve everyday health and safety issues and take opportunities for improvement.

This advanced international health and safety qualification will support your academic and career progression.

This is a replacement qualification for the NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety. If you are studying the previous syllabus further information can be found here.

WHO Is it for?

This qualification is a perfect choice for anyone who wants to make health and safety their career.

Building upon the foundation of knowledge provided by the NEBOSH General Certificate, it is particularly relevant for:

Health and safety professionals or those with aspirations to be one
People with health and safety responsibilities who want to gain an in-depth
understanding

Assessment Details

The assessments focus on the application of knowledge to help you prepare for the health and safety tasks faced in the workplace.

Assessment Format:

The qualification units are assessed in the following way:

DI1 – Know – workplace health and safety
principles

Assignment – workplace-based tasks together with
simulations and reflective statements and a research
topic

DI2 – Do – controlling workplace health issues
Scenario-based case study
DI3 – Do – controlling workplace safety issues
Scenario-based case study

Each assessment is a substantial undertaking. We anticipate that it will take you around 40 hours to complete the DI1 assignment and 20 hours each for the DI2 and DI3 case studies. The time-period given for you to complete each assessment reflects this:

Unit DI1: 4 weeks (20 working days)
Unit DI2: 2 weeks (10 working days)
Unit DI3: 2 weeks (10 working days)

Length of course

The qualification requires a minimum of 185 taught hours plus 144 recommended self-study hours and 80 assessment hours.

Eligibility & Criteria

There are no mandatory qualification entry requirement but it is strongly recommended learners have undertaken the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety. The syllabus assumes that learners will have this level of prior learning.

It is important that learners have a suitable standard of English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus. NEBOSH recommends that learners undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7.0 or higher in IELTS tests.