In-House: Health and Safety Risk Assessment Training

• A review of the main causes of injuries and ill health, and the need for their prevention
• The main costs of accidents and ill health to employers, employees and society
• A brief review of terms such as “Accident”, Incident, and Near Misses

• A short review of relevant legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and y other relevant Regulations
• The simple review of the need for specific risk assessment under sundry legislation
• Enforcement and penalties for non-compliance

• Learn how to identify risks that might not be obvious
• Train staff to detect and report risks
  Obvious vs Unobvious risks
• Understand how risk assessments work
• Ascertain the risks associated with your office property

• Stages involved in a risk assessment
• Identification of hazards in various working environments
• Identification of people or items at risk
• Keeping workers and others safe: understanding the control measures arising from Risk Assessments
• Identification of common risks that require specific risk assessments
• The need for specialist advice
• Recording risk assessments
• Keeping risk assessment up to date: monitoring and revising

In this workshop session, you will learn how to carry out a mock risk assessment and gain expert feedback from the trainer.

• Demonstrate the ability to analyse a situation
• Learn how to detect not obvious risks
• Gain the tools to collect relevant information
• Develop analytical skills to be respond to health and safety risks
• Ensure your organisation’s records are up to date
• A quick review of the risk assessment process
• Consequential benefits of risk assessments (quality, efficiency, etc.)
• Know your limits
• Gain Sources of further advice and information