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How to Complete a Risk Assessment (Step by Step)

Name: How to Complete a Risk Assessment (Step by Step)
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Most risk assessments are copied, not done. This one walks a real task from blank template to signed off assessment so your supervisors can do the next one properly and it survives an auditor.

About 60 minutes100% online, self-pacedSix months of access

What You Will Learn

Decide when a task needs a documented risk assessment, and when an existing safe system of work already covers it
Scope a task and gather the information a sound assessment depends on: a walk-through, the workers who do the job, SDS, manuals and incident history
Break a task into steps, identify the hazards at each step, and rate risk with a likelihood-consequence matrix without gaming the scores
Select and combine controls using the hierarchy, assign owners and dates, and make an honest call on residual risk
Finish the job properly: brief the crew on the assessment, file it where it can be found, and review it when the triggers fire

Course Content

Final Assessment: 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available

Who This Course Is For

Supervisors, team leaders, small-business owners and experienced workers who are handed the template and expected to fill it in properly, in any industry.

Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.

Sources and Legal References

Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.

Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness and skills-builder course only. It does not confer a formal WHS qualification (such as a nationally recognised WHS unit of competency) and it is not a substitute for the written Safe Work Method Statement your jurisdiction's WHS regulations require before high-risk construction work, or for your workplace's own procedures. Where your workplace requires a competent or authorised person to lead risk assessments, that authorisation comes from your employer and its verification of your competency, not from this course.