Practical Risk Assessment

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Course Objectives:
Employers are required by legislation to make a 'suitable and sufficient' assessment of the risks in the workplace to which employees and others may be exposed. Risk assessment is essential to good management of workplace health & safety for all industry sectors and commerce

Contents:
• Legislation overview
• Workplace hazards and sources of danger
• What risks should be assessed
• Practical risk assessment techniques
• Recording the findings
• Hierarchy of control measures
• Reviewing the assessment


Who should attend:
Health & Safety Representatives, Officers and Managers. This course is also suitable for Supervisors, Managers, Human Resource employees and others within their workplace who have a responsibilty to assess levels of risk to employees and visitors to the organisation.

Course benefits:
• Gain an understanding of a practical approach to effective risk assessment
• Be able to use risk assessment techniques to ensure compliance with current legal requirements
• Know how to implement a successful risk assessment program


Additional information:
This course includes a variety of practical exercises in risk assessment techniques to help develop your own checklist approach; adapting an assessment procedure; taking into account the mental and physical well-being of your colleagues.

Certificates:
All delegates who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate of attendance.

Trainers background:
The trainer for this course has extensive experience in design and delivery of health & safety training programmes. They are qualified by NEBOSH (National Examination Board for Occupational Safety & Health) and Associate member of IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety & Health) and is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and the Association for Project Safety.

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