Risk Assessing

Overview

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have said ‘Risk assessment is not about creating huge amounts of paperwork, but rather about identifying sensible measures to control risks in your workplace’.

Under UK law, all organisations with 5 or more staff are required to carry out written health and safety risk assessments covering all significant hazards. These risk assessments allow potential hazards in the workplace to be identified, and their severity assessed, allowing for the necessary precautions to be put in place.

This Risk Assessment training course raises awareness of what risk assessment is and how it may be conducted, in accordance with the advice from the HSE.

Details

What will I learn on this course?

At the end of this training, you will be able to:

• List common causes of accidents
• Know the meaning of ‘risk’ when it comes to Health and Safety
• Understand the 5 steps of a risk assessment, as well as how to create a plan of action for the hazard you find
• How to support the risk assessment process
• Learn when you should fill out a risk assessment and when they are not necessary
• Awareness of related Health and Safety legislation
• Organise and implement a risk assessment programme
• Assist employers in meeting legal requirements and promote improved standards of Health and Safety within their organisation

Certification

Successful candidates will receive certification of achievement.