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Risk Assessment Essentials
A practical method for assessing and recording workplace risk. Covers the five-step approach, using a risk matrix without pretending it is precise, selecting controls by the hierarchy, and writing an assessment the crew can actually use.
Taught by Icompetent Solutions
- Modules
- 6
- Lessons
- 25
- Duration
- 3h 36m
- Level
- Beginner
- Quizzes
- 6 graded
- Enrolled
- 35
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Course content
6 modules · 25 lessons · 3h 36m
An introduction to core risk concepts, regulatory expectations, and the role of the risk assessor in the workplace.
- Hazard and Risk DefinedPreview7 min
- The Legal Standard of Suitable and Sufficient8 min
- The Role of the Risk Assessor7 min
- Worker Consultation and Engagement8 min
- Introduction to Risk Assessment Quiz10 questions · pass 70%
Topics covered
Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Risk Matrix
Hierarchy of Controls
Residual Risk
Suitable and Sufficient
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