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The module is based on the face to face training course provided by Healthy Working Lives Advisors. It’s designed for owners, directors, managers or supervisors or anyone that have health and safety responsibilities over a group of people. One of their responsibilities is to risk assess their activities, the module explains the basic concepts around the risk assessment process and give you access to materials and further resources to help you complete a risk assessment.

This course is available to start any time.

Cost
Free
Course type
eLearning and face to face
Time to complete
1 hour
Course category
Healthy Working Lives
Location
Location available on request


Target audience: Managers.

This e-Learning course involves reading, answering questions and generally thinking about the hazards and risks present at your workplace.

The learning outcomes are

  • explain the principles, process and benefits of risk assessments within organisations
  • identify a range of workplace hazards that affect employee’s health safety and wellbeing at work.

You need to enrol on our e-Learning platform before you can start the course. Please register and login before you start.

If you are already enrolled on the e-Learning site and have logged in, you can start the course directly.