In 2021, 1.7 million working people suffering from a work-related illness in the UK and 441,000 workers sustained an injury at work. Adequately assessing risks plays a vital role in reducing accidents, injuries, and incidents at work, and the costs they incur. This course explains the risk assessment process, considers how best to respond to risk and hazards commonly found in the workplace, and contains helpful guides and templates to refer to when completing a risk assessment.
Learning outcomes
You will know the difference between a 'risk' and a 'hazard'
You will understand the five stages of a risk assessment
You will feel confident when completing a risk assessment and know when it's neccesary to review/revise the assessment
Advantages of this course
Risk management is a step-by-step process for controlling health and safety risks caused by hazards in the workplace. This course contains advice on how to identify hazards, assessing the risk, deciding on control measures, recording findings and making action plans, and reviewing and revising on a regular basis.
It is essential for people’s wellbeing to be able to work and relax in an environment that is safe for them, but which also allows them to have some choice and freedom in what they do. Sometimes, the needs of health and safety appear to conflict with the rights of individuals, but often the two can be balanced by the use of a well-thought out risk assessment. This couse explains the importance of risk assessments at work.
This course is aimed at employees in a range of different workplaces, and includes some specific resources for education and health and social care professionals in the further learning section
Good practice examples, activities, and further reading resources explore the topic in more depth and underpin the knowledge you will have gained in the 'teaching' sections of the course (tutorial, reading, and presentation sections)
Price: £24.99
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