Hazard identification & Risk assessment (hira)

Duration

1days (8H30-15H30)

Certification:

Certificate valid for 2 years

Price:

T.B.C

Course Objective

The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and its regulations emphasize the significance of hazard identification and risk assessment in maintaining workplace safety. Key points include:

  • OHS Act (8): Employers must create a risk-free workplace by eliminating or mitigating hazards.
  • OHS Act (10): Manufacturers must ensure their products are safe and without risk.
  • OHS Act (12): Employers are required to identify hazards and evaluate associated risks to employees' health.
  • OHS Act (18): Health and safety representatives must identify potential workplace hazards and major incidents.
  • Major Hazard Installation Regulations (5): Employers must conduct and submit risk assessments to relevant authorities.
  • Construction Regulations (5): Clients are required to prepare baseline risk assessments for construction projects.
  • Construction Regulations (9): Contractors must have competent personnel perform risk assessments before and during construction work.
  • Construction Regulations (10): Fall protection plans must include risk assessments addressing procedures and methods for identified risks.

The goal of risk assessments is not excessive documentation but effective measurement and control of workplace risks. Training in hazard identification and risk assessment for health and safety representatives and management is recommended.

Course Outcomes

        • Legal requirements pertaining to risk assessments –The Occupational Health & Safety Act laws which pertain to risk assessments, the difference between baseline, continuous, issue-based risk assessments and also look into the process of continuous risk assessments
        • The importance of conducting risk assessments – The need to and when to conduct a continuous risk assessment
        • Risk assessment documentation – Various documentation used in risk assessments e.g., checklists, planned task observation forms, standard operating procedures, etc
        • Common hazards and risks encountered during a continuous risk assessment – The common risks and hazards encountered in the workplace
        • Recording of findings – It is important to know how to record findings of your risk assessment so that it can be clearly communicated to the health and safety committee and the employer
        • Remedial- and follow-up actions – Once hazards and risks have been identified and ranked, the employer then needs to act appropriately and implement control measures and methods to improve the safety of the working environment by reducing, mitigating, or eliminating the hazards



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