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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare for risk control
   • Access, interpret and apply risk management documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Inspect work area conditions to identify potential hazards
   • Apply risk management procedures to deal with recognised hazards
   • Recognise the type and scope of unresolved hazards and their likely impact
2. Assess and identify unacceptable risk
   • Assess and determine consequence of an event
   • Consider and determine likelihood of the event
   • Identify criteria for the acceptability/unacceptability of the risk
   • Assess risk against criteria to identify if it warrants ‘unacceptable risk’ status and action
   • Effectively communicate and clarify the decision to others
3. Identify, assess and implement risk treatments
   • Identify and consider all possible risk treatment options
   • Identify options by preliminary analysis and consideration of options
   • Analyse options, including resource requirements
   • Select most appropriate and effective course of action
   • Plan and prepare the course of action in detail and acquire/obtain required resources and approval
   • Implement the approved risk treatment
   • Review risk management processes
4. Complete records and reports
   • Effectively communicate accurate information to others on the course of action and implementation
   • Complete written records and reports for hazards and actions from personal risk assessment