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    This document outlines the key principles of risk assessment training, including understanding risk evaluation, selecting and implementing control measures, and monitoring and reviewing risk assessments. It discusses the legal background for risk assessments and outlines the 5 steps of the risk assessment process: identifying hazards, determining who may be affected, evaluating the degree of risk, controlling exposure to risks, and monitoring work. It also provides examples of evaluating risks using a risk matrix and controlling risks based on their rating in the matrix.

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    This document outlines the key principles of risk assessment training, including understanding risk evaluation, selecting and implementing control measures, and monitoring and reviewing risk assessments. It discusses the legal background for risk assessments and outlines the 5 steps of the risk assessment process: identifying hazards, determining who may be affected, evaluating the degree of risk, controlling exposure to risks, and monitoring work. It also provides examples of evaluating risks using a risk matrix and controlling risks based on their rating in the matrix.

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    This document outlines the key principles of risk assessment training, including understanding risk evaluation, selecting and implementing control measures, and monitoring and reviewing risk assessments. It discusses the legal background for risk assessments and outlines the 5 steps of the risk assessment process: identifying hazards, determining who may be affected, evaluating the degree of risk, controlling exposure to risks, and monitoring work. It also provides examples of evaluating risks using a risk matrix and controlling risks based on their rating in the matrix.

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    The key takeaways are the principles and practicalities of risk assessment including understanding risk evaluation, selecting control measures, implementing control measures, and monitoring and reviewing.

    The 5 steps of risk assessment are: 1) identifying hazards, 2) assessing who might be harmed and how, 3) evaluating the risks and deciding on precautions, 4) recording findings and implementing them, and 5) reviewing the assessment and updating when necessary.

    Hazards are things that may cause harm, while risks are the chances of that harm occurring. Risk is calculated by considering the potential severity of an event and how likely it is to happen. Hazards are identified to understand their properties and likelihood of causing harm.

    Risk assessment training course

    Module 1
    Principles of risk assessment

    Principles of risk assessment


    Session outcomes

    Understanding the principles and practicalities


    of risk assessment

    Understanding risk evaluation

    Selecting control measures

    Implementing control measures

    Monitoring and reviewing

    Principles of risk assessment


    Legal background

    Management Regulations (1999) are the


    umbrella regulations
    Require employer to:
    Identify hazards
    Assess risks
    Eliminate or control exposure to risks
    Write it down if significant

    Principles of risk assessment


    Risk Assessment the 5 steps

    What are the hazards?

    Who is doing what, where & when? (WWW)


    AND
    Who else might be affected by what is done?

    What is the degree of risk?

    What do we need to, or can we, do to control


    (eliminate/minimise) exposure to the risk?

    How will we monitor the work/people?

    Principles of risk assessment


    What comes first?

    Even before the 5 steps one question:


    What is it we have/want/would like to do?
    We can call this: -
    The task
    The job to do
    The procedure
    Everything can be covered in this way

    Principles of risk assessment


    Lets have some examples

    Principles of risk assessment


    Hazard and Risk

    Hazard the potential to cause harm or damage

    Risk the chance of that harm occurring


    Calculated as -

    potential severity of harm


    (the consequence or damage)
    x
    likelihood of event occurring

    Principles of risk assessment


    Hazard identification

    What will I be using/doing?


    How much do I know about what I am
    using/doing?
    What factors or properties could there be that
    affect the level of hazard (not risk)?

    Do I really have to do the work/task at all?


    Can I substitute something less hazardous?

    Principles of risk assessment


    Who is affected by the work?

    Those who do the work


    Maturity
    Experience
    Health and immune status
    Medication
    Disability
    Pregnancy
    Others in the workplace
    Cleaning and maintenance staff
    Visitors
    External including neighbours

    Principles of risk assessment


    Can we work out how high the risk is?

    Consequence - severity
    What could go wrong?
    What is the worst that could happen?

    Likelihood
    How often must it be done?
    How many people do it?
    Is everyone doing it competent and trained?

    Principles of risk assessment


    Where do our risks fit on the spectrum?

    How likely?

    How bad?

    Principles of risk assessment


    Evaluating the risk

    1. Highly unlikely 1. Slight harm


    2. Possibly 2. Injury affecting work
    3. Quite likely 3. Serious injury
    4. Very likely 4. Possible fatality

    Principles of risk assessment


    Risk Matrix

    4 8 12 16

    3 6 9 12

    2 4 6 8

    1 2 3 4

    Principles of risk assessment


    Risk Matrix

    4 8 12 16

    3 6 9 12

    2 4 6 8

    1 2 3 4

    Principles of risk assessment


    Risk Matrix Does it work?

    4 8 12 16
    Tolerable Significant Unacceptable Unacceptable

    3 6 9 12
    Insignificant Tolerable Significant Unacceptable

    2 4 6 8
    Insignificant Tolerable Tolerable Significant

    1 2 3 4
    Insignificant Insignificant Insignificant Tolerable

    Principles of risk assessment


    Controlling the risk

    Unacceptable stop doing it until


    improvements made
    Significant - proceed with caution but
    improvement high priority
    Tolerable - OK to proceed but plan to
    improve
    Insignificant - Any improvements low
    priority

    Principles of risk assessment


    Controlling the risk

    Decide measures to be taken


    Implement them according to priority
    Confirm measures appropriate and work

    Principles of risk assessment


    Monitoring and Review

    Monitoring
    Live nature of assessments
    Possible modification to procedures

    Review
    Identifies changes to procedures
    Possible modification to assessment

    Principles of risk assessment

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