SOLAS Safe Pass

Renewal

Self-directed Learning Pack

(V.0 – Jan. 2023)
 Risk Assessment
What is risk assessment?

Risk assessment is the process of evaluating the risks

to workers safety and health from workplace hazards

It is a systematic examination of all aspects of work,

It considers:-

• What could cause injury or harm

• Could the hazards be eliminated
• What preventive or protective measures ,
are or should be in place to control the risk
 ‘Definitions’
A Hazard:-

Anything that has the Potential to cause

Harm
Risk:-

Likelihood/Probability
of a specified undesired
event occurring
e.g., A nail protruding from a piece of timber
 Risk Assessment
Key Questions:-
• Can I get to my workplace safely
• Can I work there safely
• What is the level of risk
• Who is exposed to risk
• What can I do to make it safer

Note: Look at your workplace and

ask yourself,
What can cause harm?
 Risk Assessment
Examples:-
How can I be hurt?
(What are the hazards?)

Can I access work safely?

Look at the consequences?

Make it safe!
 Risk Assessment
Examples of Hand Injuries:-
How can I be hurt?
(What are the hazards?)

Look at the consequences?

Protection

Preventing injury
 Risk Assessment
Steps to risk assessment
• Identify the hazard and those at risk

• Assess the risks

• Decide on preventive action

(eliminate or control the risk)

• Take action

• Monitor and review

 Risk Assessment
Identify the hazard:
Where can people come to harm?
• A Fall
• Falling objects

Assess the risk : What is the level of risk?

e.g., Low, Medium or High

How can you make it safer?

(control measures)
Use ladder bays, provide safety nets,
provide a safety harness
 Risk Assessment Sample Question
Q 2.01
Which of the following steps are completed during a risk assessment?

A. Look at the site and see what needs tidying or fixing

B. Get approval for the risk assessment from a colleague

C. Identify the hazards, assess the risks and implement control measures

D. Ensure there is access to proper personal protective equipment and the correct
tools
Check your answers against those provided in Section 12.0 of the booklet.
 Risk Assessment Sample Question
Q 2.13
What is a health and safety risk?

A. Something that can hurt someone

B. Something that can cause harm to someone

C. The likelihood/chance of something going wrong

D. The likelihood/chance of a hazard causing harm to someone

Check your answers against those provided in Section 12.0 of the booklet.
 Test Your Knowledge!
➢ Review the sample questions
given in Section 2.0 (pages 18-
26) of your ‘Official Questions
and Answers Booklet’.

➢ Check your answers against

those provided in Section 12.0 of
the booklet.

➢ Once you have completed this

process for all 11 modules, you
may be ready for the formal
assessment at a Test Centre.