Highfield Level 3 Risk Assessment Course
What’s It About?
This Level 3 Risk Assessment course will provide you with the knowledge and confidence you need to carry out or review risk assessments. It will ensure you have the necessary depth of understanding to be competent to undertake this role effectively. It will take you through an effective yet easy to use risk assessment format.
After the course, you must complete a risk assessment assignment.
What Will You Gain?
By attending this Level 3 Risk Assessment course, you will help to meet your legal requirements. Furthermore, you will have the skills needed to promote improved standards of health and safety within your business.
You will understand what is involved at each stage of the risk assessment process. You will also be able to rate risks according to their likelihood and severity.
In conclusion, on returning to the workplace, you will be able to carry out risk assessments. You will also be able to review existing assessments and contribute to a risk assessment programme.
Who Should Attend?
This Level 3 Risk Assessment course is perfect for anyone with the responsibility to carry out risk assessments regardless of the industry you work in. For example, managers, supervisors, heads of department, quality controllers, technicians, engineers and health and safety specialists.
It is essential anyone attending this course has had previous training in general health and safety. Ideally, you will hold the Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace.
Why’s It Important?
Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, you must carry out a systematic examination of all work activities. This forms an integral part of an effective health and safety management system.
Therefore, it is the employers to ensure that all work activities are planned, implemented and controlled effectively. You must do risk assessments where required. You should also ensure that you regularly monitor and review the risk assessments to ensure continuous control and elimination of any hazards. If you have five or more employees, all risk assessments must be recorded in writing.
An unprotected workforce will result in lost profit due to lost workdays, inflated premiums or court costs.
Key Topics
- Terminology and definitions
- Main causes of accidents and ill health
- Legislation and risk assessment
- Competent person
- Preparation for risk assessment
- Five steps of risk assessment
- Specialist risk assessment
- Hazards, risks and control measures
- Hierarchy of control measures
- Risk assessment review
- Record keeping
- Risk assessment in practice
Course Delivery Options and Prices
We aim to help you make your training budget go further, and we offer a range of cost-effective training options, for example: