Hazard Recognition and Risk Assessment (Free Online Course With Certificate)
Alison Free Online Learning
Key Information
Campus location
Online
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
1 - 3 hour
Pace
Full time, Part time
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Introduction
This free online health and safety course will teach you how to recognize hazards and write appropriate risk assessments, and how use other related health and safety tools. You will walk away from the course looking at your workplace with a different perspective. Hazard recognition and risk assessment are essential skills in any workplace. In this course, you'll learn everything you need to know about essential health and safety procedures.
This Free Online Course Includes:
- 1.5-3 Hours of Learning
- CPD Accreditation
- Final Assessment
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Curriculum
Hazard recognition and risk assessment are core competencies in safety and they require a tremendous amount of thought, specific knowledge regarding the type of work and its processes, and the ability to foresee what might happen next.
This course is an introduction to the tools needed to successfully complete a risk assessment. You will study different examples of risk assessments, processes, and examples in order to learn from the information-gathering process. You will also learn about writing a risk assessment and how to include others in the process. The course also covers how to determine a risk level for the hazard and probability combination, how to create a hazard log, and what the hierarchy of controls involves. Other topics covered in the course include Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Safety Checklists and Job Hazard Alerts.
This course will be of great interest to learners who are part of the safety management system at their company, whether it is their full-time work or part of their responsibilities. Everyone is responsible for safety so everyone can benefit from this short course. Start this free online course now and gain valuable new skills in the areas of hazard recognition and risk assessment.
Module 1
Introduction to Hazard Recognition and Risk Assessment
In this Module, hazard and risk will be defined, and you will learn why it is important to assess work hazards and arrive at their risk level.
Module 2
Introduction to Risk Assessments
In this Module, you will be introduced to different methods of assessing risks in the workplace.
Module 3
Other Hazard Recognition and Risk Assessment Tools
This Module will describe the types of information that can be included in a safety checklist.
Module 4
Smartphones and the Internet of Things (IoT) in Safety
This Module looks at the future use of smartphones and safety apps, and how they can help staff better identify hazards and risk assessments. It also looks at the future of safety in general with the introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Module 5
Course assessment
Program Outcome
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
- Describe how to identify hazards in the workplace.
- Define how to assign a probability to the hazard.
- Examine how to determine a risk level for the hazard and probability combination.
- Review the different types of Risk Assessment.
- Prepare a Risk Assessment and create a hazard log.
- Describe the hierarchy of controls.
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