Risk Assessment – Principles and Practice (CIEH Accredited Level 2 Award)

All companies must carry out and maintain regular risk assessments under health and safety law whether you are a big business, a small business or just a one-person operation. A properly conducted risk assessment helps minimise the possibility of your business harming those who work in, or visit it.

Following the initial risk assessment, it’s important to maintain regular checks to ensure your business complies with health and safety requirements. Conducting regular risk assessments will protect you from the risk of fines or being sued by an employee or member of the public. On returning to your workplace you will perform a 'Real life' Risk Assessment to achieve an accredited qualification.

Key Objectives

After attending this course delegates will understand:

• The principles of risk management and legal obligations
• How to minimise risks
• Rating risk liklihood and severity
• Techniques for hazard identification
• Application of different types of risk control
• How to apply control measures
• The importance of accurate record keeping

Course Outline

• Practical understanding of the impact of healthy and safety legislation in the work place
• Systematic gathering of data and information
• Identifying work place risks
• Prioritising work place risks in terms of level and impact
• Documenting findings in a comprehensive manner
• Identifying control measures
• Documenting control measures
• Monitoring controls
• Update of risk assessment

Key Benefits

• Promotion of a safe work place and work force
• Clearly defined work place risks
• Effectively controlled risks, minimising possibility of occurrence
• Compliance with legal responsibilities