Risk Assessments
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, 1992 require employers to assess the risk to the health and safety of their employees (and anyone else who may be affected by their activities) and make arrangements for putting into practice any necessary preventative and protective measures. Risk assessments of work activities within the Department will be carried out by the staff responsible for their areas and the completed forms to be emailed to the Department Safety Officer (Mark Johnson)
Additional Training
All Staff who complete or sign off Risk Assessments are required complete this General Risk Assessment Techniques training.
All completed Risk Assessments must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the activity is to commence.
All completed Risk Assessments are stored on the shared drive space at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vQEM6wIsZjeWnwxep2ZZtrPaYdmfIW_C?usp=share_link
Examples and blank forms stored here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jhTuqo1ICL0gxZNOUEYQuhPzWJ6fFgLs?usp=share_link
Risk assessments of work activities within the Department must be carried out and signed by the person directing the work or in control of the area.
One completed the Risk Assessment must be sent to all staff and students who will be participating in the activity for them to read.
All Risk Assessments must be reviewed and countersigned when a significant change is made to the process/activity or within the specified timeframe.
Formal review deadlines are;
General Risk Assessment – 24 months
Fieldtrip Risk Assessment – 12 months
External Speaker Risk Assessments
For external speakers please follow this flow chart:
In Person External Speaker Risk Assessment template - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1683DchFqWo5mMS3Qxy-JtSHie1bUqbhf/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117958921029441053360&rtpof=true&sd=true
Online External Speaker Risk Assessment Template - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u5-vGDXBsLN2gavVrJQwLMsEtnu6D_CR/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117958921029441053360&rtpof=true&sd=true