Risk Assessment Training Course

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

We all want to be safe, yet hundreds of thousands of accidents happen at work every year. That has a big impact on the individuals affected, as well as the productivity of businesses that lose time and money when an accident occurs. Therefore, preventing accidents is essential.

All managers or supervisors are responsible for health and safety in their workplaces, and risk assessments are a key part in this. Workplace health and safety assessments should be conducted to assess the impact of the working environment and the specific activities that are carried out.

This Risk Assessment in the workplace course teaches you how to carry out a risk assessment properly, including understanding the hierarchy of risk control.

Risk assessments are vital in the workplace for safeguarding the health and wellbeing of staff. Already, Health and Safety Executive statistics show that 665,000 workplace injuries were reported between 2023/24 alone.

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?

This course is designed for anyone across a wide range of industries that’s responsible for the safety of their colleagues or are responsible for undertaking risk assessments at their organisation.

The principles covered in this course allow you to understand and undertake a risk assessment no matter what your workplace environment is like, or the types of activities that happen. For example: office managers, shop owners, warehouse managers, teachers, site supervisors...etc. 

How is the course structured?

Risk Assessment in the Workplace comprises a number of learning activities featuring a variety of graphics, videos, knowledge checks and interactive features and challenges.

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.

Risk Assessment Training Course accreditation

The content of this risk assessment training course has been independently assured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and meets Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Certification

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

The end of course test consists of 18 multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve an 80% pass mark, and, if necessary, may attempt the test as many times as is needed.

Risk Assessment Training Course duration

Risk Assessment in the Workplace takes approximately 30 - 45 minutes to complete, but this depends entirely on how quickly each learner absorbs the study material. 

Learners do not have to complete all the training in one session as progress is recorded throughout so it can be completed at your convenience.

Entry requirements

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

Looking for further information?

We have a wide collection of resources which can be viewed entirely for free including: 

• Fire Risk Assessment Template
• Working from Home Risk Assessment
• Slips, Trips and Falls Risk Assessment