Workplace Risk Assessor Training

Overview

Risk assessments are an important part of any health and safety policy as they help you to identify an activity, highlight the relevant hazards and significant risks and then put control measures in place to prevent an accident from occurring.

Who will benefit?

This training will benefit managers and others who are responsible for conducting or reviewing risk assessments and implementing identified control measures for all activities in their workplace.

Learning outcome

Safesite's Workplace Risk Assessor Course is designed to give delegates a comprehensive understanding of the principles of risk assessment in accordance with legislative requirements and "Best Practice". The course provides a comprehensive look at the concept of Risk Assessment, and focuses on the theory and practical application of the HSE's 5 Steps to Risk Assessment.

The course material and handouts are used with reference to current legislation and 'best practice' guidance.

Course content includes:

• Principles of risk assessment
• Legislation governing risk assessments
• Employers' legal obligations
• Identification of hazards and risk
• Evaluating and calculating risk
• Recording and reviewing assessments
• Understanding documentation and terminology
• Practical risk assessments
• Risk assessment registers
• Hierarchy of control
• Selection of control measures
• Special risk areas

This course is very much a "hands on" course allowing all delegates the opportunity to develop their skills in a variety of real time scenarios

The standard course can be tailored to meet client specific requirements.