Risk Assessment Training
Introduction
Risk assessment is the determination of quantitative or qualitative value of risk related to a concrete situation and a recognised threat (also called hazard). Quantitative risk assessment requires calculations of two components of risk: the magnitude of the potential loss and the probability that the loss will occur.
This training course focuses on giving delegates the skills and knowledge to clearly consider and present the measurement of both of the quantities in which risk assessment is concerned.
Overview
The training course is designed to provide delegates with the knowledge and skills to understand the principles and methodology of risk assessment, and how to take a structured approach to the conducting risk assessments with confidence.
Risk assessment is central to effective management of health, safety and operational risk and if conducted properly plays a key part in ensuring safety of anyone working within the organisation and its activities.
Who should attend
This one-day training course is aimed at anybody who has a responsibility to manage health, safety and operational risk or who has been appointed by their employer to conduct any workplace risk assessments.
This course will benefit anyone whose role involves any form of risk assessment, in particular:
- First Time Managers
- Supervisors
- Team Leaders
- Sales Managers
- HR Professionals
- Project Managers
- Change Managers
- New Managers
- Staff Looking To Progress Into A Management Position
Course Content
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Appreciate the moral, legal and financial reasons for reducing injury and ill health resulting from work activities.
- Understand the relationship between hazard, risk, risk assessment and safe systems of work.
- Understand the importance, and application of the risk control hierarchy.
- Be able to identify the different types of risk assessment required.
- Be able to apply the principles and methodology of general risk assessment to given work situations.
This course covers the following:
- Overview of relevant legislation to include sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Vulnerability assessments
- Principles of risk assessment
- Hazard identification
- Designing safe systems of work from the risk assessment
- Practical exercise on conducting general workplace risk assessments with feedback to delegates on assessments conducted
Cost
This one day training course can be delivered "in house" to your organisation network or partnership at the rate of just £749 per day.
To find out more about "in house" training with the CSP Academy please click here
To discuss this course further please contact us on 0845 299 7144 or email learning@cspacademy.ac.uk.
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