Course description
Risk assessment is essential to good management of workplace health & safety for all industry sectors and commerce. Employers are required by legislation to make a 'suitable and sufficient' assessment of the risks in the workplace to which employees and others may be exposed.
Upcoming start dates
Choose between 4 start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This programme is ideal for: Supervisors, Managers, Human Resource employees and others within their workplace who have a responsibility to assess levels of risk to employees and visitors to the organisation.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
- By the end of this course delegates will have the skills to:
- Gain an understanding of a practical approach to effective risk assessment
- Be able to use risk assessment techniques to ensure compliance with current legal requirements
- Know how to implement a successful risk assessment programme
Training Course Content
- Legislation overview
- Workplace hazards and sources of danger
- What risks should be assessed
- Practical risk assessment techniques
- Recording the findings
- Hierarchy of control measures
- Reviewing the assessment
Course delivery details
This course includes a variety of practical exercises in risk assessment techniques to help develop your own checklist approach; adapting an assessment procedure; taking into account the mental and physical well-being of your colleagues
Continuing Studies
The Role of Health and Safety Representative
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