Course: Manage Projects and Ensure a Safe Workplace

Week 14: OH & S Risk Identification and Management

Risk management is a practical way of ensuring a safe workplace. In OHS terms, risk management is the process of recognizing situations which have the potential to cause harm to people or property, and doing something to prevent the hazardous situation occurring or the person being harmed.

The risk management process consists of well-defined steps, which can be likened to the problem-solving process, that when taken in sequence lead to informed decisions about how best to avoid or control the impact of these risks. Just like the problem-solving process, risk management involves:

Step 1: Identifying the problem, which is known as hazard identification.

Step 2: Determining how serious a problem it is, known as risk assessment.
Step 3: Deciding what needs to be done to solve the problem, risk elimination or control.

View this slide show, then review this lesson's resources and then complete the portfolio activity.

Lesson Resources:

Portfolio Project - OHS Presentation - Virtual Office Case Study - 40% Assessment