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Risk Management Practitioner

A full day on running risk management properly: assessing the risk, choosing the controls and proving they work.

SeriesRisk Management
AudienceWhoever is responsible for WHS in your business
DurationOne day
CodeRM-03
Version1.0 · 1.7 MB ZIP

About this package

This is the technical package: the risk management process, broad-brush and task-level risk assessment, the risk matrix and its limits, the hierarchy of control, risk registers, risk owners and control owners, consultation, management of change and review. It is written for the person who will build and run the business's risk management, whether that is a WHS adviser, an operations manager or the owner.

Participants work through complete risk assessments using a full case pack and the same templates they will use afterwards. The emphasis is on assessments that reflect the work as it is actually done, on controls that remove or reduce the hazard rather than relying on people to be careful, and on evidence that those controls are in place and effective.

Learning outcomes

After the session, participants will be able to:

Explain the WHS or OHS risk management duties that apply in their jurisdiction, including where Victoria differs
Apply a structured risk management process: establish the context, identify, analyse, evaluate, treat, monitor and review
Run a broad-brush risk assessment for a site or business unit, and decide which risks need detailed assessment
Conduct a detailed task or process risk assessment that reflects the work as done
Use a risk matrix consistently, and recognise where it misleads
Select controls using the hierarchy of control, and test whether each is reasonably practicable
Rate residual risk honestly, giving no credit to controls that are not verified
Build and maintain a risk register with a named risk owner and control owner for each entry
Consult workers and Health and Safety Representatives at each step, as the law requires
Apply management of change so that new risks are assessed before the change, not after it
Set review triggers, and use incidents, inspections and audits to keep the register current

Training outline

MODULE 1

Foundations

Risk management duties by jurisdiction, including Victoria
The risk management process, and how it lines up with ISO 31000
Context: what the business does and where it can go wrong
Understanding the work: four sources

MODULE 2

Identify and assess

Broad-brush risk assessment
Task and process risk assessment
Likelihood, consequence and the risk matrix
Residual risk and the unverified control rule

MODULE 3

Control

The hierarchy of control, applied properly
Reasonably practicable: the factors, and the cost question
Writing controls someone can check
Risk owners and control owners

MODULE 4

Register, change and review

A risk register people actually use
Management of change
Inspections, audits and learning from incidents
Review triggers and reporting upwards

What is in the package

Training

Editable 50-slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes, plus PDF
Facilitator manual with running sheet, slide notes, activity guidance and case model answers
Session plan
Participant workbook
Quick reference handout

Case, examples and assessment

Case pack: a regional manufacturing and distribution business, worked through five activities
Worked examples: a broad-brush assessment, a task risk assessment and a management of change
Twenty-question knowledge check
Practical assessment with marking criteria
Answer guide

Workplace tools

Risk register workbook (Excel) with risk owner and control owner fields
Broad-brush risk assessment worksheet
Task risk assessment template
Risk matrix and consequence table, editable to your framework
Management of change worksheet
Control verification checklist

Administration

Completion certificate template
Training records (Excel)
Training evaluation form

Start here

Read Me First guide
Product overview
Permitted use terms
Version information

Practical activities

Understand the business: a context statement and process map for the case business, with sources and stated gaps
Broad-brush assessment: the case site's activities assessed and ranked, deciding which need detailed assessment
Assess the task: a detailed risk assessment of forklift and pedestrian interaction at the dispatch dock, rated before and after controls
Control and register: twelve existing controls tested against the hierarchy and the reasonably practicable factors, then entered in the register with owners
Manage the change: a new automated packing line taken through the management of change worksheet before it is commissioned

Delivery requirements

A facilitator who is familiar with your organisation's WHS or OHS arrangements and has read the facilitator guide in full
A screen or projector for the presentation, or a video meeting platform for online delivery
Printed or digital participant workbooks, one per participant
A facilitator with practical WHS or risk management experience; the facilitator manual assumes it
A full day, or two half days

File formats

PowerPoint (.pptx), editable
Word (.docx), editable
Excel (.xlsx) for registers and records
PDF copies of every guide and workbook
Delivered as a single ZIP download

Questions about this package

Does completing this make someone a qualified practitioner?

No. It builds practical capability and includes an assessment, but it is not a qualification or a licence, and it is not nationally recognised training.

Will this work with our existing risk matrix?

Yes. The templates and the risk matrix are editable, and the facilitator manual explains how to align them with your organisation's risk framework rather than replace it.

Can we edit the documents?

Yes. Presentations, guides, workbooks and templates are supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.

Can we use the packages outside Australia?

Yes. The method applies in any workplace and follows the same principles as ISO 31000 (risk management) and ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety management systems). The legal content refers to Australian work health and safety (WHS and OHS) laws, so a business elsewhere should replace those slides with its own country's requirements. The materials are editable for exactly that.

Do participants get a certificate?

Yes. The package includes an editable completion certificate template, plus an attendance register or training records spreadsheet, so you can keep proof of who completed the training for your WHS records. It is a certificate of completion issued by your business, not a nationally recognised qualification.

Can we deliver it face to face and online?

Yes. The packages are designed for face-to-face sessions and work over a video meeting platform. The facilitator guide notes where an activity needs adjusting for online delivery.

Can we run it more than once?

Yes, as many times as you like, for your own organisation's workers.

What is your refund policy?

Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a package that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.

Do we get future updates?

You keep the version you bought for as long as you use it, and corrections to that version are made available to you. A new edition, for example following a significant change in the law, may be sold separately.

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