Health and Safety NVQs

CADUK keeps the assessment simple, streamlined and professional.

Your NVQ is completed online using evidence from your real health and safety role, supported by professional discussions with your assessor. There are no exams, no classroom attendance and no long written assignments.

The process is designed for experienced H&S professionals who are already doing the job and want a practical way to prove their competence.

Your evidence will come from your real health and safety role.

This could include audits, inspections, risk assessments, method statements, incident investigations, toolbox talks, training records, health and safety reports, policies, procedures, meeting minutes, communications and other workplace evidence.

Your assessor will guide you on what is suitable for your chosen NVQ route.

It can often be completed in a matter of weeks, but it depends on your experience, motivation, availability and how quickly you can provide suitable evidence.

CADUK gives you up to 12 months to complete the NVQ, although many experienced candidates finish much sooner when they are organised and ready to engage with the process.

Yes, where the candidate works in a construction-based health and safety role. The Level 6 and Level 7 Health and Safety NVQs offered by CADUK can support a Black CSCS Card application once completed, subject to CSCS requirements.

You will also need to pass the CITB Health, Safety and Environment Managers and Professionals test, often called the MAP test, before applying.

Yes. Health and Safety NVQs can support IOSH membership progression because they recognise competence in a real health and safety role.

After completing your NVQ, you apply to IOSH directly. IOSH will confirm the membership grade available to you based on their current requirements, your qualification, your experience and any additional steps they require.

The NEBOSH Diploma and Health and Safety NVQs are different types of qualification.

The NEBOSH Diploma is knowledge-based and usually involves study, written work and assessments. A Health and Safety NVQ is competence-based and is assessed through your real job role, workplace evidence and professional discussion.

If you already work in health and safety and have suitable experience, the NVQ route may be a more practical option because it recognises the work you already do.

Click the Apply Now or Check Eligibility button on the NVQ page that best matches your role and complete the short online form.

One of our NVQ assessors will then contact you for a free, no-obligation profiling call to check that the NVQ is appropriate and achievable before you enrol.

They will confirm that you have the right experience, responsibilities and workplace evidence to complete the qualification successfully. Once approved, you can start the process whenever you are ready.

The right NVQ depends on your current responsibilities and level of seniority.

If you work in an operational H&S role, carrying out audits, inspections, risk management, incident investigation, procedures and safety support, the Level 6 NVQ in Occupational Health and Safety Practice may be suitable.

If you are responsible for strategy, culture, governance, leadership, organisational performance or wider management systems, the Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Health and Safety Leadership and Management may be more appropriate.

If you are unsure, choose the closest NVQ page and submit an enquiry. One of our assessors will check your role before enrolment and point you in the right direction if another route is more suitable.