Assignment
Your trainer may ask you to complete this assignment as one of the assessment requirements for this unit. For more information about the assessment process and advice on what to do if you need help with your reading and writing, click on the link below.
Assessment requirements
Assignment for Section 2: Managing risks
Your task is to carry out a risk assessment in your workplace. You may either use the Risk assessment form linked below, or alternatively use a form from your own workplace as long as it allows you to complete the activity to a similar level of detail.
The focus of your risk assessment may be:
- a particular machine that you work with or are planning to work with
- a work process that you regularly undertake.
For each of the hazards you identify:
- describe the tasks where they occur
- rate the risk of injury or illness from 1 to 6, using the Risk Assessment Table shown earlier in Assessing risks.
- suggest practical control measures that would minimise the risks, in keeping with the risk rating you have given the hazard. Use the 'Hierarchy of controls' shown on the Controlling risks page.
Risks to be assessed:
- Pinch points and crush injuries
- Cuts, punctures or strikes
- Hydraulic or pneumatic leaks
- Electrical hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- Operator controls and isolation problems
- Slips and falls
- Personal protective equipment
- Lighting
- Fatigue management
- Traffic control
Doc (277 KB) Risk assessment form
Click on the link above to go to the Word version of the form. You should fill in your answers on-screen and then either:
- print out a hard copy to send to your trainer by post
- save the file electronically to submit to your trainer as an email attachment.
Go to Just for fun