Overview

Employers and the self employed have a legal duty to assess health and safety risks. Anyone carrying out a risk assessment needs to have the necessary knowledge and skills. This qualification ensures that supervisors and managers have the necessary depth of understanding to enable them to carry out risk assessments.

Outline programme

• Legislation
• Principles of risk assessment
• Prioritising risk
• Controls
• Documentation
• Monitoring controls
• Risk assessment in practice

Qualification information

Designed for: Supervisors, or managers responsible for conducting risk assessments

Course duration: 7 hours

Total guided learning hours: 20 hours (estimated time candidates may take to complete both the taught element of the programme( 7 hours), and the assignment)

Assessment method: Assignment and self-evaluation

QCA Accredited: Yes

Level: Level 3


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