CIEH Principles and Practices of Risk Assessment

Course programme -

The course will cover the following topics:

• Introduction to Risk Assessment
• Principles of Risk Assessment
• Risk Assessment in Practice
• Legal Requirements
• Risk Assessment on Context

Objectives

• State the main causes of accidents and ill health and understand the need for their prevention
• State the costs associated with accidents and ill health
• Define the terms accident and occupational health and safety
• State the key factors affecting health and safety
• List the reasons for use of risk assessment techniques
• Define the terms 'hazard', 'risk' and 'control measure'
• State the factors involved in measuring the extent of risks and describe the basis of a risk rating formula
• Describe which personnel in an organisation should be involved in risk assessment and the requisite skills of an assessor
• Outline the key provision on risk assessment in the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• List other regulations requiring risk assessment
• State the penalties for non compliance
• State the stages involved in a risk assessment
• Identify a range of hazards in the working environment
• Identify groups of individuals at risk
• Identify common risks which require specialist assessment
• Measure the extent of a risk
• Select common sense control measures relevant to risk and hazard
• State the importance of and procedures for recording, monitoring and revising risk assessments
• State other types of risks that risk assessment techniques can be applied
• State the costs involved in implementing a risk assessment programme
• State the benefits of a risk assessment programme
• Describe how risk assessments link with training initiatives
• State how further advice and information can be obtained

Assessment