2. The National Examination Board in
Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH)
offers certification related to health and safety
management, including General Certification
and Risk Assessment. This article covers
everything you need to know to build your
skills.
3. Risk assessment involves conducting a detailed
assessment of health and safety risks in an
organisation, prioritising tasks, recognising
common hazards, assessing risks, and
recommending control policies and actions.
What is Risk Assessment?
4. The NEBOSH Risk Assessment form
requires a risk evaluation of a
workplace to identify hazards and
communicate improvements to the
relevant people. It takes three hours to
complete and has four stages with
qualifying criteria, with a pass or fail
being the overall evaluation.
Filling a NEBOSH Risk
Assessment form
6. The NEBOSH Risk Assessment process
requires candidate to gather background
information, describe the area being
evaluated, and describe the methodology
used to carry out the assessment. The
methodology section should be 200
words and determine success in passing
the assessment.
Description and
methodology
7. hazard and category
who might be harmed and how
what you are already doing
what further controls/actions are required
time scale for actions to be completed
job role of the responsible person
Risk Assessment
The second step is to identify different
hazards from seven different categories. To
meet the flagging criteria, each hazard
must have the following details -
8. Prioritising Action
The next step in the evaluation package
involves prioritising actions and justifying
them. Three priority actions should be
chosen, and justification should include
moral, legal, and financial arguments.
Justification should include general
legislation, legal consequences, financial
impacts, and moral arguments.
9. Review, Communicate
and Check
Establish a review date and communicate
the findings of the assessment to people
within the organisation through meetings,
e-mail, and Tool Box Talks (TBT).
10. Conclusion
The NEBOSH Risk Assessment requires a
holistic understanding of how to assess
risks in the workplace, suggest corrective
actions, and provide a justification for
choices. By following the steps outlined,
you can achieve a passing grade and
improve your prospects in the health and
safety field.