Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
The PIMS Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment course develops the practical knowledge required to identify workplace hazards, evaluate associated risks and select suitable control measures. Effective haz...
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Program Overview
The PIMS Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment course develops the practical knowledge required to identify workplace hazards, evaluate associated risks and select suitable control measures. Effective hazard identification and risk assessment are essential components of occupational health and safety management and help prevent incidents, injuries and work-related illness.
The programme introduces systematic hazard-recognition techniques, likelihood and consequence assessment, risk prioritisation, the hierarchy of controls, action planning, documentation and ongoing review.
What You'll Learn
- Introduction to Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
- Hazard and risk terminology
- Responsibilities for workplace risk management
- Identification of workplace hazards
- Hazard-recognition and analysis techniques
- Sources of safety information and workplace data
- Conducting structured risk assessments
- Likelihood and consequence evaluation
- Risk rating and prioritisation
- Hierarchy of risk controls
- Elimination and substitution controls
- Engineering and administrative controls
- Personal Protective Equipment as a control measure
- Developing risk-management action plans
- Communication of risk-assessment findings
- Risk-assessment documentation and record keeping
- Monitoring effectiveness of controls
- Review and revision of risk assessments
Empowering professionals with knowledge, practical understanding and stronger workplace skills.
PIMSWho Should Attend?
This PIMS HIRA course is suitable for HSE professionals, Safety Managers, Safety Officers, supervisors, occupational-health practitioners, engineers, technicians, risk-management personnel and employees involved in workplace inspections or risk assessments.
Key Benefits
After completing the Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment course, participants should be better prepared to:
- Understand the importance of hazard identification and risk assessment
- Recognise different categories of workplace hazards
- Conduct structured risk assessments
- Evaluate likelihood and potential consequence
- Prioritise risks according to significance
- Apply the hierarchy of controls
- Develop practical risk-management action plans
- Document and communicate assessment findings
- Monitor the effectiveness of controls
- Review risk assessments when workplace conditions change
- Contribute to a more proactive workplace safety culture
Assessment & Evaluation
After completing the PIMS course material and required module quizzes, learners may proceed to the course examination.
- The examination is open book and must be completed within 2 hours.
- A minimum score of 65% is required to pass.
- Learners who do not pass may retake the examination.
- A maximum of three examination attempts is permitted within a 48-hour period.
- After three unsuccessful attempts, learners must wait 48 hours before another attempt.
- Learners should review the learning material during the waiting period.
- Once the examination has been passed, it cannot be retaken solely to improve the score.
- All required course examinations must be successfully completed to finish the programme.
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