Risk Assessment
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Enables supervisors and managers to carry out generic risk assessments |
“A good tutor who introduced enough humour to make the course enjoyable.” |
Overview
Employers and the self employed have a legal duty to assess health and safety risks. Anyone carrying out a risk assessment needs to have the necessary knowledge and skills. This qualification ensures that supervisors and managers have the necessary depth of understanding to enable them to carry out risk assessments.
Outline programme
- Introduction
- Objects of the Course
- Reported Injuries
- Main causes of injuries
- Prescribed industrial diseases
- Costs
- To employers
- To individuals
- To Society
- Accidents
- Classification
- Triangle
- What affects Health and Safety in the Workplace?
- Principles of Risk Assessment
- What it is
- The formula
- Risk assessment exercise
- Competent Persons
- The Law
- Enforcement
- How Risk Assessment is carried out
- Hazard identification
- Hierachy of controls
- Risk Assessment in Practice
- Group Exercises
- DVD – Risk Assessment
- Individual Risk Assessment
- Exercise
- Course ends (approximately 4:30pm)
Qualification information
Designed for: Supervisors, or managers responsible for conducting risk assessments
Course duration: 7 hours
Assessment method: Multi choice exam plus practical
The course includes an in-course assignment, based on the handling of vacuum sealed bags.
