This course is targeted at people who need to understand key issues of method statements and risk assessments as employers have a legal duty to prepare risk assessments for work activities that could foreseeably result in injury to persons or damage to premises or equipment.
Course Outline
This course will teach staff how to identify suitable ways of safe working, understand the needs of people and how to avoid hazards and un-safe environments. Step-by-step guidance is provided, as are the assessment materials.
Course content
Understanding a risk assessment
Planning and implementing
Understanding why we use a specific sequence, in order to complete a work activity in a safe manner
What is risk assessment?
The difference between hazard and risk
How to prepare a risk assessment
How to control the risk you have assessed
The need for instruction, information and training