| Title | Risk Assessment Essentials |
| Category | Health and Safety |
| Overview | Risk Assessment Essentials is designed to introduce staff members to creating useful risk assessments and their importance. This includes identifying what a risk is and how they can be mitigated to keep people safe. Participants use the risk assessment template along with a scenario to practise, and are provided a completed version at the end of the session in addition to resources that are available to help in the future.
This is a mandatory course for all Directors and Heads of Department, and for Line Managers and Principal Investigators in high risk / complex risk areas, and recommended for anyone who completes or approves risk assessments.
At the end of the course, you will be assessed with a short multiple choice test. If you will require support for the test, please email safety@essex.ac.uk.
Please note that all courses are in person at Colchester campus unless stated otherwise.
If you have booked and are unable to attend, please cancel your place or email safety@essex.ac.uk before the training date. |
| Learning outcomes | - Understand the terms used in a risk assessment
- Be able to use the University’s risk assessment form and risk matrix to estimate and evaluate risks
- Know the key steps to risk assessment and your risk assessment responsibilities
- Understand the hierarchy of controls and use risk controls to reduce the likelihood and/or consequence of a hazard
Know how and when to record and review risk assessments
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| Presenter | Benjamin Davis |
| Location | CTC.1.03 |
| Campus | Colchester |
| Date and time | 14:00 to 16:00 Tuesday 1 December 2026 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 10 |
| Presenter | Benjamin Davis |
| Location | 6.333 |
| Campus | Colchester campus |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 12:00 Thursday 4 February 2027 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 23 |
| Presenter | Benjamin Davis |
| Location | CTC.1.03 |
| Campus | Colchester |
| Date and time | 14:00 to 16:00 Wednesday 24 March 2027 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 24 |
| Presenter | Benjamin Davis |
| Location | CTC.3.03 |
| Campus | Causeway Teaching Centre |
| Date and time | 14:00 to 16:00 Tuesday 18 May 2027 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 24 |
| Presenter | Benjamin Davis |
| Location | CTC.1.03 |
| Campus | Colchester |
| Date and time | 14:00 to 16:00 Thursday 24 June 2027 |
| Duration | 02:00 |
| Available places | 24 |
| University of Essex employee | Use the link provided above to book your place via HR Organiser. |
| Partner institution | Please discuss with your point of contact at your Partner Institution in the first instance. |
| Student Union contractors; PhD students | Please contact the Organisational Development team. |