Risk Assessment

Duration: 1 Day

Division: General Health & Safety

Course code: RA

Venues: Derby or Customer's Own Site

Who Should Attend

Those required to carry out risk assessments in the workplace or those responsible for examining completed risk assessments.

Objectives

This course enables trainees to study the methodology of workplace risk assessment, and allows trainees the opportunity to practice application of the skills learned in a classroom workshop environment. The course focuses on the ‘general' principles of effective risk assessment and is suitable for anyone with responsibility for carrying out risk assessments, regardless of the nature or area of work, task or equipment being assessed.

Content

Health and Safety Law:

A study of why risk assessment is necessary and what obligations exist for employers under health and safety law

Reasonable Practicability:

A study of the application of the principle of ‘reasonable practicability' and the steps that must be taken by the employer to ensure that a suitable and sufficient risk assessment has been carried out

What is Risk Assessment?

A study of the key definitions applicable to the process, and of where risk assessment fits into a health and safety management strategy

Five Steps to Risk Assessment:

Identifying hazards
Identifying who is at risk and how
Evaluating the risks and deciding whether adequate controls exist
Recording the assessment
Reviewing the assessment

Learning Approach

Group Exercises:

Exercise 1: Trainees are given an example of a workplace task or environment and asked to prepare a short presentation on how they would apply the risk assessment process, and what type of hazards they feel may be relevant. The situations given are based on case studies, giving the trainees the opportunity to compare their findings with actual assessments carried out by others
Exercise 2: Trainees are asked to consider a task they are familiar with in their own workplace, and are asked to prepare a short written overview of the hazards and risks associated with that task. Other trainees will be given the opportunity to question or comment upon this assessment
Exercise 3: Trainees are asked to complete a short written quiz on the key areas covered during the training. This is an opportunity for trainees to ensure that they are confident in the use of risk assessment terminology and in the theory of the process

Features

Delegates gain practical experience of risk assessment by completion of a practical exercise leading to a national certificate.

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