What time does my online NEBOSH exam start?

NEBOSH International and National General Certificate

The NEBOSH International General certificate (GIC) and NEBOSH National General Certificate (GNC) exams start at 11:00AM (UK Time) on the registered exam date.

The examination will end at 11:00AM (UK Time) the day after.

For example, if your exam was on a Wednesday it would open Wednesday at 11:00AM (UK Time) and close Thursday at 11:00AM (UK Time).

NEBOSH International and National Construction Certificate

The NEBOSH International Construction Certificate (CI) and the NEBOSH National Construction Certificate (CN) exam will start at 11:00AM (UK time) on the registered exam date.

The examination will end two days after at 11:00am UK time.

For example, if your exam was on a Monday it would open Monday at 11:00AM (UK Time) and close Wednesday at 11:00AM (UK Time).

NEBOSH International Diploma and NEBOSH National Diploma

The NEBOSH International Diploma (DI1, DI2, DI3) and the NEBOSH National Diploma (DN1, DN2, DN3) exam will start at 12:00PM (Noon) (UK Time) on the registered start date.

The exam will end at 12:00PM (Noon) (UK time) on the registered end date.

Please refer to your confirmation email that you will have received from our examination team (exams@sheilds.org) for your exams start date and end date.

NEBOSH Process Safety Manager

The exam is available for 24 hours from 11:00AM (UK time) on the registered exam date.

You are given 90 minutes to complete the exam. The timer will start immediately when the exam has been accessed and cannot be paused once started.

Please note, all times shown above are in UK Time, please take into account time zone differences.

Updated on: 29/01/2026

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