Description
Our one-day Risk Assessment course has been designed for managers, supervisors, team leads, owner managers and
anyone else required to undertake risk assessment in the workplace. During the course learners will be provided with a framework for carrying out risk assessments that can be used to reduce the risk of Health and Safety, financial,
operational and IT issues for the organisation.
By the end of the course learners will have the skills and confidence needed to undertake risk assessments and prepare a risk management plan to foresee risks, estimate impacts, and define responses to issues.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course each learner will be able to:
• Provide a framework and process for the management of risk
• Appreciate the need for the management and review of risk
• Understand a variety of techniques to identify, assess, manage and monitor risks
• Recognise the importance of planning and implementing an identified risk management plan
• Appreciate the barriers and benefits of good risk management
Below you will find a proposed course outline detailing all the topics covered on the training programme.
TOPIC 1: AWARENESS OF RISK MANAGEMENT
• Definition of what constitutes a risk
• The need for risk management and its benefits to the business
• The risk management process
• Importance of the effective identification, assessment and management of risks
• How risk management fits with your every day management
TOPIC 2: IDENTIFYING ALL REALISTIC RISKS
• Methods of capturing all types of relevant risks
• Identifying the causes of risks
• Describing each risk in a way that enables the effective analysis of the risk
TOPIC 3: ASSESSMENT OF IDENTIFIED RISKS
• Understand why there is a need to analyse risk either qualitatively or quantitatively
• How analysis of each risk converts the statement of the risk into decision making information
• Consistent approach to the assessment of each risk and the use of a risk assessment matrix
TOPIC 4: RESPONSE PLANNING FOR RISKS
• Areas of risk management response plans for identified risks, in order to have an effect on the probability or
their impact.
• Selection of an appropriate risk response strategy dependent on the importance of the risk and the cost
benefit of the response
TOPIC 5: DOCUMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF RISKS
• The purpose of recording these details for each risk and the documents used during risk management
• The details for each risk that need to be included in a risk register
• Recording of action taken to mitigate and manage the risk
• How a risk register is used in the monitoring and control of each risk
• Communicating the results of monitoring the risks with key staff and stakeholders
Please book online
For more information email admin@shannonchamber.ie or call 061 475 854
Please quote Purchase Order number if required on invoice. Cheques should be made payable to Shannon Chamber Skillnet.
Training Cancellation Policy: Registrants who cancel over 7 days in advance of scheduled training date shall incur no cancellation fee. Registrants who cancel within 7 days of scheduled training date shall incur a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the cost. Registrants who give less than 24 hours notice or fail to attend training will be charged 100% of the full fee.
Shannon Chamber Skillnet is co-funded by Skillnet Ireland and member companies. Skillnet Ireland is funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills.
For further information please visit www.skillnetireland.ie
