Posted By Philip McAleenan Roger, Set you team down to carry out an assessment of a sufficiently complex operation in whichever plant the course is being conducted. This has the advantage of; · being relevant, · appropriate to the workplace knowledge and skills of the team, · capable of being compared to the actual assessment and controls already in place, · gives or renews knowledge of the companies work processes, and, · with competent oversight, may have applicability after the course has been completed thereby demonstrating practical application in a real situation. Regards, Philip

Posted By Stephen D. Clarke The most useful sessions for me have always been where the trainees are asked about their specific tasks/equipment and RAs are written for those tasks. As trainer I simply assist them in writing their own risk assessments. Several reasons for this I think: It always interests them, also its why they are there in the first place, typically they will not realise just how much knowledge they already have in their specific areas and as the trainer I'm just leading them through the process. It can be quite scary but worthwhile, it helps if before the training session some information on each trainee's job/role is provided as that allows the trainer to prepare.