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CIEH Level 3 - Risk Assessment 1 Day

Provider
Harrington Morgan Ltd
Summary
The overall aim is for trainees to acquire knowledge and practical skills to improve their competency in carrying out risk assessments under the Management of Health & Safety at Work regulations 1999. This qualification will therefore give all employees the abillity to contribute to the process and act always to protect their own health and safety and that of others.

About the Course

Target
Supervisors/managers responsible for conducting risk assessments and anyone involved in the risk assessment process.
Entry requirements
Outcome
Benefits to you and your organisation:
The end of the course will have provided participants with the skills to enable them to:
  • State the main causes of injuries & ill health and the need for their prevention
  • State the main costs of accidents and ill health
  • State the purposes for, and benefits of, using a risk assessment approach
  • State the basic principles of risk assessment and stages involved in carrying out risk assessments
  • State the key legislative requirements on risk assessment
  • Carry out, record, monior and review risk assessments
  • Explain what is meant by the term 'accident triangle' and the need to report, investigate and prevent accidents as part of an overall accident prevention strategy.
  • Content
    Learning Methods
    Instruction priovided by a fully qualified CIEH trainer. Learning to include support material of various media along with group discussion. N.B.: Assessment by assignment and self-evaluation.

    Course outline

    Introduction & CIEH

    General Introduction

  • Main causes of injuries/illnesses
  • Implications for the workplace
  • Definitions
  • Accident Triangle
  • Occupational, environmental and human factors

    Principles of Risk Assessment
  • What is a 'risk assessment'?
  • Why use a risk assessment?
  • Defining 'hazards', 'risks' and 'control measures'.
  • Quantifying risks
  • Necessary competencies of risk assessors

    Legislation
  • H&S at Work Act 1974
  • Management of H&S at Work Regs 1999
  • Enforcement and penalties for non-compliance

    Risk Assessment in Practice
  • Stages of a risk assessment
  • Hazards
  • Identifying people/items at risk
  • Common risk
  • Measuring risk
  • Control measures
  • Prioritising risk
  • Documentation

    Summary
  • Costs/benefits of a risk assessment
  • Linking risk assessments to Training
  • Self evaluation
  • Sources of advice and information

    CIEH Assessment
  • Cost
    Enrolment
    Website
    www.harringtonmorgan.co.uk

    Availability

    Duration
    1 Day
    Provider
    Harrington Morgan Ltd

    Venues/Contact

    Main Acorn House
    2 Western Way
    BURY ST EDMUNDS
    Suffolk
    IP33 3SX
    UNITED KINGDOM

    Telephone 01284 749446

    Email info@harringtonmorgan.co.uk

    Website http://www.harringtonmorgan.co.uk

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