Risk Assessment Training Course

Our online Risk Assessment in the Workplace training is CPD approved and designed for anyone who undertakes risk assessments as well as those who are responsible for the safety of others. By completing the online training learners will understand different types of hazards, how to evaluate risks, how to implement control measures and much more.

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An Introduction to Risk Assessment
An Introduction to Risk Assessment
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Course Overview

Format

  • Intermediate
  • 2 Study Hours
  • Online Study
  • Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

  • 2 CPD Hours
  • CPD Certified

Course description

Our Risk Assessment in the workplace course teaches workers in a supervisory position how to carry out a risk assessment properly.

Risk assessments are vital in the workplace for safeguarding the health and wellbeing of staff. Already, Health and Safety Executive statistics show that 609,000 workplace injuries were reported between 2016 and 2017 alone.

All managers or supervisors are responsible for health and safety in their offices, and risk assessments play a key part in this. Workplace health and safety assessments should be conducted in mind of the working environment itself, as well as in view of specific activities to ensure safety is a focus at all times.

Without risk assessments, this figure could be much higher, costing businesses even more in terms of finances and productivity, and putting more workers at risk. However, it is clear that more risk assessments are needed to help lower this figure in the future - and that's where Virtual College's Risk Assessment in the Workplace e-learning course comes in.

Our Risk Assessment course teaches workers in a supervisory position how to carry out a risk assessment properly, covering the following areas:

  • Hazard identification
  • Risk evaluation
  • Identification and implementation of control measures
  • Communication
  • Monitoring and review of risk assessments

This risk management training course was previously known as An Introduction to Risk Assessment.

Who is this risk assessment training course for?

Risk Assessment in the Workplace is designed for anyone who is responsible for undertaking risk assessments at their organisation, across a wide range of industries.

How is the course structured?

Risk Assessment in the Workplace comprises a number of learning activities featuring a variety of graphics and animations.

Learners will be given questions to answer throughout the risk management training course, with the correct responses only visible once they've had a go for themselves, encouraging them to have a go and learn new information.

One of the many benefits of e-learning is that it is self-paced, meaning learners can spend as long as they need to studying a particular part of the course. It also means supervisors can fit in their digital training around their other work commitments, as the Virtual College Learning Management System will automatically log their progress each time they have to step away from the course.

Course lesson plan

The lesson plan for Risk Assessment in the Workplace is as follows:

  • Introduction and background
  • The risk assessment process
  • Hazards and risks - the seven steps

Risk Assessment Training Course accreditation

The content of this risk assessment training course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Certification

On completion of this risk assessment course, learners can download and print a Virtual College certificate for their records.

Risk Assessment Training Course duration

Risk Assessment in the Workplace takes approximately two hours to complete, but this depends entirely on how quickly each learner absorbs the study material.

Entry requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this risk assessment course.

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You will learn

  • Hazard identification
  • Risk evaluation
  • Identification and implementation of control measures
  • Communication
  • Monitoring and review of risk assessments

Who is it for?

Roles including:

  • Anyone who is responsible for undertaking risk assessments at their organisation, across a wide range of industries.
  • This includes managers and supervisors within businesses who are responsible for the safety of employees within the building, or will be instructing employees to carry out tasks which have an element of risk such as manual handling which need to be assessed.

Risk Assessment FAQs

  • How long is risk assessment training valid for?

    This certificate does not have an expiry date. However, based on industry best practice guidelines, the recommended renewal period for this training is 1 year. We will print this recommended renewal date on your certificate.

    You can learn more about the legal requirements of risk assessments in our helpful blog article here.

  • What qualifications do I gain from this risk management course?

    The content of our online Risk Assessment in the Workplace training has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines. Learners will be able to download a digital certificate on completion of each course. This can be printed, and we suggest you keep it for your records.

    You can learn more about the legal requirements of risk assessments in our helpful blog article here.

  • What qualifications do I need to write risk assessments?

    The HSE currently state that specific training or qualifications are not essential to carry out a risk assessment. However, they do state that as an employer you must appoint someone who is competent, with the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to manage health and safety in your organisation.

    See our resources page here, where you will find helpful blog articles and guides to risk assessments in many different areas of expertise.

How the online courses work

  • Find a course

    To begin searching for your online training you can click on the course category section on our website and browse through all of our training categories.

    Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.

  • Buy the course

    When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.

    Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.

    If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.

  • Take the course

    This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.

    The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.

  • Your Certificate

    Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner's name, the title of the course and the date of completion.

    If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.