Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine the risk management process options
- Consult with work group, stakeholders and appropriate personnel to support implementation of participative arrangements in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Provide readily accessible information to the work group and stakeholders to support participative arrangements in risk management in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Identify procedures to be used for risk management in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Identify hazards based on work group and personal contributions to the risk management process and agreed work procedure(s)
- Consult with and instruct the work group and stakeholders on risk management procedures in accordance with environmental and occupational health and safety (OHS) training objectives in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Consult with the work group and stakeholders over existing work procedure(s) and environmental requirements
- Observe and review current work procedure(s) for compliance and variance against documented work procedure(s) and environmental requirements
- Record accepted variance in current work procedure(s) to confirm the agreed circumstances and conditions for risk analysis of work procedure(s) in accordance with client, environmental, legislative and company requirements
- Implement processes to identity hazards that create real or potential loss events in accordance with work procedure(s), client, legislative and company requirements
- Assess the level and acceptability of risk associated with a given event
- Assess likelihood of an event happening using risk analysis protocols in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Assess consequence of an event happening using risk analysis protocols in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Evaluate and determine the risk level of the event using risk analysis protocols in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Determine acceptability of risk in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Seek expert advice to further clarify levels of risk, when appropriate, in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Establish the risk priority rating and recommended timeframe for management of the risk based on the assessment and expert advice in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Identify potential actions
- Record risk identified in the risk register in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Apply the hierarchy of control to identify proposed actions for the elimination or reduction of risk in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Document the range of proposed actions for the treatment of hazards and the proposed amendments to work procedure(s) in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Identify resources appropriate to management of the risk in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Decide on action
- Confirm acceptance by company management of the amendments to work procedure(s) in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Nominate members of the work group responsible for implementation, reporting and monitoring of amendments to work procedure(s) in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Allocate resources appropriate to management of risk in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Document approved amendments to work procedure(s) in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Implement action to control hazards, reduce risk and avoid recurrence of events
- Inform the work group and stakeholders of company approved hazard treatments and revised work procedure(s) in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Implement consistently the revised work procedure(s) in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Supervise the work group to ensure compliance with the revised work procedure(s) in accordance with client, legislative and company requirements
- Review implementation of risk controls
- Audit the risk management process and complete regulatory and company documentation