This 6th Edition has been thoroughly revised, reformatted and updated and provides an excellent reference for those with management responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace. The revised format includes over three hundred colour photographs and diagrams that bring workplace health and safety risks and controls to life. This essential guide includes an abridged reference to legislation, which students have found particularly useful. Students on a course of study leading towards Tech IOSH will find this Essential Health and Safety Guide valuable in developing the knowledge requirements for an IOSH accredited qualification at this level. This publication meets the National Occupational Standard (NOS) for health and safety at NVQ Level 3. The first unit of this study book also fulfils the study requirements for the Management of Health and Safety Unit (NGC1) of the unitised NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management Certificate and National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety.