Plumpton: Professional Skills Flashcards
What’s the first step when filling out a risk assessment sheet?
Visit the site and identify the hazards.
What’s the second step when filling out a risk assessment sheet?
Identify who can be harmed and how.
What’s the third step when filling out a risk assessment sheet?
Identify what precautions are already in place.
What’s the fourth step when filling out a risk assessment sheet?
Rate the level of risk in terms of likelihood and severity (high, medium, or low?)
What’s the fifth step when filling out a risk assessment sheet?
Considering the precautions that are already in place to control a hazard, what further action is needed?
What’s the sixth step when filling out a risk assessment sheet?
Identify who is going to implement new precautions to control a hazard and when they’re going to do them.
What’s the seventh and final step when filling out a risk assessment sheet?
What’s the “residual” risk rating now that new precautions have been put in place? (Low, medium, or high?)
When do you have to do a risk assessment (by law)?
When you employ five or more people.
If you’re going to be lazy when doing a risk assessment, what’s the one thing you should do (at the very least)?
An emergency action plan - the most important thing by far.
What comes first, a risk assessment or an emergency action plan?
An emergency action plan (always the most important thing).
What are the two types of risk assessment?
- Generic risk assessments
- On-site risk assessments
What is a generic risk assessment?
These are pre-made risk assessments that cover a certain activity.
What is an on-site risk assessment? Why can’t they always be done?
- A higher quality risk assessment (compared to a generic risk assessment).
- They’re specific to a certain place/situation/task/tool(s).
- They can’t always be done as they’re very time consuming.
