Highfield Level 3 Award in Risk Assessment - Online Classroom

Course Aim

The aim of the course is to provide your employees with the knowledge and confidence they need to carry out or review risk assessments in your business.

It will ensure that they have the necessary depth of understanding to be competent to undertake this role effectively and will take them through an effective, yet easy to use, risk assessment format.

Who Should Attend

This course is perfect for managers, supervisors, heads of department, quality controllers, technicians, engineers, health and safety specialists and any personnel with the responsibility to carry out risk assessments, regardless of the industry or environment that they work in.

It is also be suitable for employees who contribute to the risk assessment process.

Course Content

•  Outline the main causes of work-related accidents and ill health.
•  List the main costs of work-related accidents and ill health to employers, employees and society.
•  Outline the duties and responsibilities of employers, employees and others with respect to workplace health and safety.
•  Describe the provisions for risk assessment contained in key legislation.
•  Outline how workplace health and safety legislation is enforced and the penalties for non-compliance
•  Describe what is meant by the term ‘risk assessment’.
•  Describe the necessary competencies of a risk assessor.
•  State sources of advice and information for carrying out workplace risk assessments
•  Describe the stages involved in a typical risk assessment.
•  State the requirements for recording, monitoring, reviewing and revising workplace risk assessments
•  Describe how accident and ill health records can be used to target hazards and control the level of risk.
•  Describe how occupational, environmental and human factors affect the level of risk from hazards at work.
•  Identify a range of work-related health and safety hazards in various work environments
•  Outline who may be at risk from work related hazards
•  Identify a range of control measures for different workplace hazards.
•  Determine if control measures currently in place are suitable and sufficient in terms of the risk control hierarchy to
•  Undertake a risk assessment and use their findings to demonstrate the ability to