Risk management

Risk management is integral to occupational health and safety legislation, which imposes an obligation on employers to follow a risk management process in consultation with employees.

Steps of risk management

The steps are:

• Step 1. Identify the hazards
• Step 2. Assess risk presented by hazards
• Step 3. Controlling the risk
• Step 4. Monitoring controls to make sure they are working

Steps 1 to 3, identifying, assessing and controlling risks must be done in consultation with staff.

The UTS http://www.orr.uts.edu.au (UTS-internal access only) is a tool that helps you document and review risk assessments.

Alternatively, this General Risk Assessment template (MS Word 97-2003 format; 76 Kb) and safe work method statement pro-forma (MS Word 97-2003 format; 52 Kb) can be used.

UTS staff requiring access to the online risk register should contact David Lloyd-Jones.

Need more information?

If you want more information refer to the risk management resources.