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General Risk Assessment

Highlights your role and responsibilities through the process and provides you with the skills to be able to undertake 'suitable & sufficient' risk assessments.

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General Health & Safety Training - General Risk Assessment

Course Duration

Half Day

Cost

£350.

Course Aims and Objectives

A properly implemented Programme of Risk Assessments can assist in the prevention of injuries, fatalities, property damage incidents and other losses. Apart from the corporate and personal benefits arising from Risk Assessment, employers and the self employed have a legal duty to make suitable and sufficient assessments of the risks to the Health & Safety of employees, nonemployees and the self-employed.

The General Risk Assessment Programme is designed for anyone with a responsibility to conduct Risk Assessments. It is particularly useful for Managers and Supervisors but it will be equally beneficial to individual workers, Team Leaders, Technicians, Engineers or any other personnel contributing to the risk assessment process.

This training enables delegates to be competent to undertake a General Risk Assessment upon completion.

Course Content

  • Legal Requirements for undertaking Risk Assessments
  • Benefits of Risk Assessment Programmes
  • Good Practice in Risk Assessment
  • Identifying Common Workplace Hazards
  • Rating and Prioritising Risks
  • Introducing and monitoring effective controls
  • Recording and Reviewing Assessments

Certification

All delegates who successfully complete this course will be awarded the General Risk Assessment Certificate.