Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify hazards.
- Analyse work area conditions to identify/recognise potential hazards in the workplace.
- Access and analyse relevant safety, environment and quality systems information to eliminate situations covered by existing and adequate procedures.
- Recognise the type and scope of unresolved hazards and their likely impact.
- Assess risk and identify unacceptable risk.
- Evaluate and determine consequence if the event should occur.
- Consider and determine likelihood of the event.
- Identify criteria for the acceptability/unacceptability of the risk from the appropriate party.
- Evaluate risk against criteria to identify if it warrants 'unacceptable risk' status and either action or refer to the appropriate person.
- Identify, analyse and implement risk treatments.
- Identify and consider all possible standard risk treatment options.
- Identify available options by preliminary analysis and testing of possible options.
- Analyse available options, including the identification of resource requirements.
- Select most appropriate site procedure for dealing with the situation.
- Plan and prepare the course of action in detail and acquire/obtain required resources.
- Implement the course of action.
- Complete records and reports.