General Risk Assessment
INTRODUCTION:
This course covers the principles of risk assessment and aims to provide practical instruction in how to undertake general health and safety risk assessments for a variety of workplaces.
AIMS:
- Understand the University risk assessment process
- Complete a basic risk assessment
- Identify hazards
- Set out suitable control measures
OBJECTIVES - ON RETURNING TO THE WORK PLACE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Undertake risk assess for your local area
- Review the current risk assessments and make suitable improvements
- Know where to obtain information for the completion of risk assessments
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Staff who access risks, especially Health & Safety Co-coordinators. Course case study material will be tailored to the working environment of delegates, where practical. Other courses, arranged by Health & Safety Services, provide specific risk assessment training for manual handling, Display Screen Equipment, COSHH, Genetic modification work, fieldwork and social events - see separate entries.
PRE-COURSE PREPARATION:
Participants should bring with them an example of a risk assessment they have previously completed or are now intending to undertake, for discussion. Participants must also provide a date for a member of Health & Safety Services to visit them in their workplace approximately 1 week after the course.
COURSE DATES & TIMES
- Wednesday 18th September 2024; 14:00 - 16:00
- Wednesday 15th January 2025; 14:00 - 16:00
- Thursday 24th April 2025; 10:00 - 12:00
*More dates to be published soon
To book onto any of these dates, please visit the course page on
This course is also available as an E-Learning Module and can be accessed via UoRLearn:
And for Ph.D students, this module is available via Blackboard Ultra:
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 12
COURSE TUTORS: Steve Ansell
Health and Safety Services
Contact Health & Safety Services:
- email: safety@reading.ac.uk
- tel: 0118 378 8888 (internal 8888)
- Report an Incident Online