Risk Assessment                           

A 2 day course designed to cover all statutory requirements and give an introduction to risk assessment, hazard identification and analysis.

Health and Safety issues are becoming increasingly important and regulatory and legal requirements form a major part of company policy;  these together with other considerations make proper safety assessments vital. This course explains the various techniques available to  assessors during risk assessments and the subsequent hazard identification and analysis.

The aims of this course are to:

• Provide delegates with an understanding of the meaning of 'hazard' and 'risk'
• Provide an overview of the risk assessment process
• Give an introduction to hazard identification techniques
• Give an understanding of the principles of hazard analysis
• Give an introduction to hazard analysis methods and techniques

The course will include modules on:

• Basic concepts of risk assessment - Hazard and risk - Risk assessment process
• Hazard identification & analysis techniques
• Event tree analysis - Fault tree analysis
• Human factors - Human error quantification techniques
• Safety Cases - Contents and requirements - Benefits