SSERC recommends that risks be assessed using the HSE\u2019s 5-step approach. They no longer refer to it as the \u2018Five Step\u2019 approach but there are still five steps.<\/p>\n
These 5 steps are:<\/p>\n
A blank form is available here for you to print off and make your own risk assessments which you can download here\u00a0Risk assessment template<\/a>. Another version, designed to encourage users to think about how they will communicate findings, is available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here is an example from the HSE website of a risk assessment for a dry-cleaners using this format. It isn\u2019t a school but there are chemicals and people in close proximity so it is a valid exemplar.\u00a0Dry-Cleaner Risk Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n It is important to not that a risk assessment is not a piece of paper. Nor it is something frozen in time. There will be occasions where you have to adapt what you are doing \u2018on the hoof\u2019 as circumstances change. For further information, see the page on Dynamic Risk Assessment\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you scroll down this page, you will find a series of tabs with numerous risk assessments for all sorts of school activities.\u00a0Before using them, please read the general advice under the first tab Whole School Risk Assessment<\/p>\n Biology \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>You can follow the link here (Biology Health and Safety)<\/a>\u00a0to all the Biology health and safety information and guidance<\/p>\n Chemistry<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 All the experiments detailed on the Chemistry section of the website have their own risk assessments but to save you having to go through all the individual pages, you can find links to all the risk assessments here.\u00a0(Chemistry\u00a0<\/a>Risk Assessment)<\/a>.\u00a0For further information go to the\u00a0Chemistry Health and Safety<\/a>\u00a0pages.<\/p>\n Home Economics<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 There are risk assessments for all sorts of Home Economics activities that might be carried out in schools. They can be downloaded from here:\u00a0Home Economics Risk Assessments<\/a><\/p>\n Physics<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0You can follow the link here (Physics Health and Safety)<\/a>\u00a0to all the Physics health and safety information and guidance<\/p>\n Technology<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 There are many examples of risk assessments for activities in the chemistry workshop and they can be found in the Technology H&S section\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Risk Assessment process SSERC recommends that risks be assessed using the HSE\u2019s 5-step approach. They no longer refer to it as the \u2018Five Step\u2019 approach but there are still five steps. These 5 steps are: Identify the hazards Decide who might be harmed and how Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions Record your … Continue reading SSERC Advisory service- Risk Assessments<\/span> Dynamic risk assessment<\/h3>\n
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Subject Risk Assessments
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