Certificate in Risk Assessment
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to conduct suitable and sufficient risk assessments for all task. This one-day course provides formal recognition of an individual’s ability to undertake such a risk assessment in line with the Health and Safety Executive guidance document, Five Steps to Risk Assessment. This course is accredited by Ofqual (formally the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)) at Level 2 in the National Qualifications Framework and is certificated by the British Safety Council. As with all Risk Compliance courses COSHH Risk Assessment is a mix of practical and theoretical exercises and real life case studies.
Benefits:
- A nationally-recognised, transferable qualification based on the national occupational standards.
- Allows employers to get more of their staff properly qualified to carry out risk assessments, helping them to meet their legal obligations.
- A flexible learning model which allows organisations to prepare candidates as they wish using learning materials supplied by BSC Awards.
- A fit for purpose assessment task related directly to the candidate's workplace, testing the application of learning in a practical context.
Subjects Covered:
Reasons for Conducting Risk Assessments- Main Legislation Relating to Risk Assessment
- Techniques for Collecting Evidence
- Limitations of Techniques for Collecting Evidence
- Identifying Health and Safety Hazards
- Identifying Who Might Be at Harm and How
- Calculating an Appropriate Risk Rating
- Factors Affecting the Likelihood of Harm
- Factors Affecting the Severity of Harm
- Identifying and Evaluating Existing Control Measures
- Proposing Additional Control Measures
- Applying the Hierarchy of Controls
- Revising a Risk Rating
- Recording the Findings of a Risk Assessment
- Making Recommendations Based on the Findings
- Reviewing and Revising a Risk Assessment