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    SOLAS Safe Pass

    Renewal

    Self-directed Learning Pack


    (V.0 – Jan. 2023)
    Risk Assessment
    What is risk assessment?

    Risk assessment is the process of evaluating the risks


    to workers safety and health from workplace hazards

    It is a systematic examination of all aspects of work,


    It considers:-

    • What could cause injury or harm


    • Could the hazards be eliminated
    • What preventive or protective measures ,
    are or should be in place to control the risk
    ‘Definitions’
    A Hazard:-

    Anything that has the Potential to cause


    Harm
    Risk:-

    Likelihood/Probability
    of a specified undesired
    event occurring
    e.g., A nail protruding from a piece of timber
    Risk Assessment
    Key Questions:-
    • Can I get to my workplace safely
    • Can I work there safely
    • What is the level of risk
    • Who is exposed to risk
    • What can I do to make it safer

    Note: Look at your workplace and


    ask yourself,
    What can cause harm?
    Risk Assessment
    Examples:-
    How can I be hurt?
    (What are the hazards?)

    Can I access work safely?

    Look at the consequences?

    Make it safe!
    Risk Assessment
    Examples of Hand Injuries:-
    How can I be hurt?
    (What are the hazards?)

    Look at the consequences?

    Protection

    Preventing injury
    Risk Assessment
    Steps to risk assessment
    • Identify the hazard and those at risk

    • Assess the risks

    • Decide on preventive action


    (eliminate or control the risk)

    • Take action

    • Monitor and review


    Risk Assessment
    Identify the hazard:
    Where can people come to harm?
    • A Fall
    • Falling objects

    Assess the risk : What is the level of risk?


    e.g., Low, Medium or High

    How can you make it safer?


    (control measures)
    Use ladder bays, provide safety nets,
    provide a safety harness
    Risk Assessment Sample Question
    Q 2.01
    Which of the following steps are completed during a risk assessment?

    A. Look at the site and see what needs tidying or fixing

    B. Get approval for the risk assessment from a colleague

    C. Identify the hazards, assess the risks and implement control measures

    D. Ensure there is access to proper personal protective equipment and the correct
    tools
    Check your answers against those provided in Section 12.0 of the booklet.
    Risk Assessment Sample Question
    Q 2.13
    What is a health and safety risk?

    A. Something that can hurt someone

    B. Something that can cause harm to someone

    C. The likelihood/chance of something going wrong

    D. The likelihood/chance of a hazard causing harm to someone

    Check your answers against those provided in Section 12.0 of the booklet.
    Test Your Knowledge!
    ➢ Review the sample questions
    given in Section 2.0 (pages 18-
    26) of your ‘Official Questions
    and Answers Booklet’.

    ➢ Check your answers against


    those provided in Section 12.0 of
    the booklet.

    ➢ Once you have completed this


    process for all 11 modules, you
    may be ready for the formal
    assessment at a Test Centre.

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