Hazard Identification and Awareness

Course Goal/Description

This awareness course focuses on the importance of hazard identification within the risk assessment process. It identifies the common industry hazards and describes the steps involved, and the factors that should be considered, in the hazard identification process.

Learning Objectives

LO1 Identify the steps involved in risk assessment
LO2 Define key terminology
LO3 Describe hazard identification and its purpose
LO4 Identify the energy sources that can be used to help identify hazards
LO5 Identify common industry hazards
LO6 Recognise the hazards associated with SIMOPs
LO7 Outline the differences between occupational hazards and major accident hazards
LO8 Identify the role of human factors in causing accidents
LO9 Describe the steps involved in hazard identification
LO10 Outline the requirements for risk assessment and the implementation of control measures to reduce the risk to ALARP
LO11 Recognise the importance of dynamic risk assessment and Stop Work Authority