Risk Management

“If you fail to manage the risk then you run the risk of failure.”

Benefits

The failure to identify potential risks and mitigate against them, causes business to waste time, effort and money.  In practice most risks can be managed in such a way that we not only maintain profitability but also stay within the law.

Aim

To help supervisors and managers to manage workplace risk, meet their legal requirements & maintain operational efficiency.

Objectives

By the end of the training you will be able to…

• Describe the managers legal responsibility for managing risk
• Describe the European Legislation relating to risk
• Carry out and document a risk assessment

Content

• The nature of risk and its impact on business
• How criminal and civil law affects Health and Safety risk
• The Power of Inspectors, (including improvement & prohibition notices)
• Overview of The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
  • History of the act, aims and objectives of legislation
  • Responsibilities of employers, and how this affects day to day running of the business
  • Responsibilities of employees
• European Legislation – overview of the ‘Six Pack’
• Risk Assessment – the reasons for carrying them out
• Performing and documenting a work-based Risk Assessment
• Practical exercises in Risk Assessment
• Opportunities for implementing change back in the workplace

Duration

1 day