Online Course : Risk Assessment in Schools

In schools sensible health and safety starts at the top but relies on every member of the team making sure that risk is managed responsibly and proportionately. Our Online Risk Assessment courses are about creating a safe learning environment, giving staff & pupils an appreciation of risk and how to deal with it. This means doing what is reasonably practicable  to reduce significant risks by putting in place control measures to manage the real risks. It is not about the elimination of all risk.

Introduction to Risk Assessment

Risk assessment is a systematic method of looking at work activities, and considering the things that could cause significant harm to people, property or the environment. The most important purpose of risk assessments is to help prevent accidents and ensure the safety of employees and anyone affected by workplace activities.

At the end of this course, candidates will have a greater risk awareness and an understanding of what a risk assessment is and how to complete one. To achieve this the course will define important terms, provide some basic background information to explain how important risk assessments are and discuss some of the legislation that applies. It will then go on to provide practical advice on how to identify hazards and analyse risk before finishing off by explaining the responsibilities of both employers and employees with regards to risk assessment.

Module Number	Module Name	Pass % Required
1	Risk Awareness : the Basics	70
2	Legislation, Regulation and Civil Law	70
3	Strategy – Options and Elements	70
4	Identifying Hazards	70
5	Who Might Be Harmed and Evaluating the Risks	70
6	Evaluating Risk — The Practicalities	70
8	Recording and Reviewing	70
9	Management and Responsibilities	70

Duration: 90 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions).

IIRSM & CPD Approved

This Risk Assessment online training course has been approved by the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and certified by The Continuing Professional Development Certification Service (CPD).

Want to take this further? You may also be interested in our 1 day Risk Assessment INSET course for Schools ( Covid Compliant)

Find out more here

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Online Manual Handling Awareness

Manual handling, or to be accurate, incorrect manual handling, is one of the most common causes of injury at work. To try and combat manual handling problems, the Manual Handling Operations Regulations were introduced. The Regulations lay out duties for both employees and employers. They give a general requirement that employees must be trained to manually handle correctly including the use of any equipment their employer provides to handle loads safely.

This course outlines exactly what constitutes manual handling and covers the regulations and legislation that apply to manual handling tasks. It then goes on to cover safe handling techniques and how to develop good habits in relation to manual handling. It finishes off by introducing some practical solutions and the use of mechanical aids.

Please note that this is an awareness course only, if your duties include manual handling you will also need further practical training, you can get in touch with us to arrange this.

Training your employees with our online system will go a long way to giving them greater awareness of the dangers that poor manual handling poses, as well as covering safe handling techniques, practical solutions to manual handling issues and the use of mechanical aids.

Online Course Modules

1. What is Manual Handling?
2. Manual Handling Regulations
3. Safe Handling
4. Learning Safe Handling Habits
5. Practical Manual Handling Solutions
6. Use Of Mechanical Aids

Duration: 75 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions).

IIRSM & CPD Approved

This Manual Handling online training course has been approved by the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and certified by The Continuing Professional Development Certification Service (CPD).