Hazards Identification and Risk Assessment

Course Description

• Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive, video, written material)
• Each candidate will undergo a practical Hazard Identification and Risk assessment process at their workplaces.
• Each Candidate must complete the Hazard Identification and Risk assessment sheet with current examples at their workplaces

Course Objective

By the end of this course participants should be able to:

• Understanding of the significance of hazards recognition in preventing accidents and incidents
• Skills in identifying and reporting of hazards
• Assessing the risks associated with different job tasks
• Understanding of the different types of tools available to identify and minimize risk associated with job tasks
• Understanding of the control measures required

Target Audience

Course Outline

The course will cover the following topics:

• Introductions
• Course objectives
• Safety moment
• Definitions
• Hazard Awareness (RCA Investigations)
• Risk assessment steps
• Identifying hazards
• Hazard Identification Tool (Energy source identification model)
• Identifying Energy sources
• Decide who might be harmed and how
• Evaluate the risks and decide on the precautions
• Evaluating the Risk (Likelihood of Occurrence)
• Evaluating the Risk (Severity of Consequences)
• Risk Matrix   5 X 5
• Decide on the precautions (Hierarchy of controls)
• Record your findings
• Review risk assessment
• Practical Assessment practical for the next day