Practical Risk Assessment

Practical Risk Assessment

Course Objectives:
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. Risk assessment is essential to good management of workplace health undsafety for all industry sectors and commerce
Contents:
- 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
Who should attend:
Health undSafety Representatives, Officers and Managers. This course is also suitable for Supervisors, Managers, Human Resource employees and others within their workplace who have a responsibilty to assess levels of risk to employees and visitors to the organisation.
Course benefits:
- 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
- Kno- ho- to implement a successful risk assessment program
Additional information:
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.
Certificates:
All delegates who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate of attendance.
Trainers background:
The trainer for this course has extensive experience in design and delivery of health undsafety training programmes. They are qualified by NEBOSH (National Examination Board for Occupational Safety undHealth) and Associate member of IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety undHealth) and is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and the Association for Project Safety.