Risk Assessment (Half-Day Course)

Understand, Identify & Manage Risks to Create Safer Workplaces

This half-day Risk Assessment training is designed to give participants a clear, practical understanding of risk assessment processes and why they are essential to maintaining a safe, compliant working environment. Whether you work in healthcare, social care, hospitality, facilities, or general office roles, this course will equip you with the skills to recognise hazards, evaluate risk, and put control measures in place.

By the end of the session, participants will have the confidence to carry out basic risk assessments and contribute to a proactive health and safety culture, in line with current UK legislation and best practices.

What You Will Learn

✔ Overview of Risk Assessments – What is a risk assessment? Learn the purpose, benefits, and legal relevance of assessing risks in the workplace.

✔ Why Risk Assessment is Essential – Understand how risk assessments help prevent accidents, injuries, ill-health, and legal breaches, and how they support overall organisational safety.

✔ Identifying Risks & Hazards – Learn to differentiate between a hazard (something with the potential to cause harm) and a risk (the likelihood of harm occurring).

✔ Tracking and Recording Dangers – Discover how to spot hazards, assess who might be affected, and log findings accurately, ensuring transparency and accountability.

✔ The Five Steps of Risk Assessment – Follow the HSE’s five-step model:

1. Identify the hazards
2. Decide who might be harmed and how
3. Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
4. Record your findings and implement them
5. Review and update the assessment regularly

✔ Regulations & Guidelines – Understand the key legal frameworks, including the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and your responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Who Should Attend?

✅ Ideal for supervisors, team leaders, safety reps, and anyone involved in maintaining or supporting health and safety compliance in the workplace.

Why Choose This Course?

✅ Helps ensure legal compliance and safer working conditions
✅ Empowers staff to identify and control hazards
✅ Builds a proactive, prevention-focused safety culture

📅 Course Availability: Available as in-house training or open group sessions at selected venues.