Risk Assessment 1 day Workshop

Risk Assessment 1 day Workshop

Aims
This workshop aims to provide delegates with an overview of risk assessment and the part it plays in the
successful management of health and safety at work. The programme will introduce them to techniques for
hazard identification, effective numerical qualitative risk assessments and recording procedures.

Objectives
At the end of the workshop each delegate should be able to:
Outline the legal requirements for, and the role of, risk assessment
Identify the factors involved in assessing risk
Formulate a risk assessment strategy for their workplace
Make suitable and sufficient risk assessments
Use qualitative risk assessment methodologies
Recommend control measures
Keep records

Programme content
Introduction
Philosophy and principles of risk assessment
Review of main legal duties
The importance of standards
Risk Assessment
Five simple stages of assessment
Task analysis and hazard identification
Assessing magnitude of risk and effectiveness of controls
Using simple probability/severity scales
Controlling risk
Options for controlling risk
Review of strategy and management control
Record keeping