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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare for risk management
   • Access, interpret and apply risk management documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Inspect and analyse work area conditions regularly and systematically to identify potential hazards
   • Access, interpret and apply existing proceduresto control identified hazards
   • Identify hazards not controlled by existing procedures
   • Recognise the type and scope of unresolved hazards and their likely impact
2. Assess and identify unacceptable risk
   • Consider and determine the likelihood of an event
   • Evaluate and determine the consequence of the event
   • Consider and determine the risk level (likelihood and consequence combined)
   • Identify or source thecriteria for determining the acceptability/unacceptability of the risk
   • Evaluate the risk and identify ‘unacceptable risk’ status
3. Review risk management documentation
   • Monitor and review working instructions
   • Seek authority and approval to amend in writing the working instructions
   • Seek authority and approval to action amendments to the working instructions
4. Identify and recommend controls
   • Identify the range of controls which may eliminate or minimise the risk
   • Conduct a detailed analysis of feasible options including the identification of resource requirements
   • Select the most appropriate control for dealing with the situation
5. Contribute to the implementation of controls
   • Write up the risk management plans selected control in detail, including resourcerequirements
   • Gain authorisation for selected control
   • Document and review controls for the job
   • Apply procedures to control recognised hazards
   • Communicate information on the control and its implementation