The purpose of the Level 3 Award in Risk Assessment – Principles and Practice is to provide the learner with the skills, knowledge and understanding of risk assessment and the importance of Health and Safety including risk assessment processes in the workplace. Learners will understand the relationships between hazard and risk as part of an accident and ill health strategy and apply the hierarchy of controls to control risk to an acceptable level.
How long will it take?
To complete this qualification, learners should expect to undertake 20 hours of learning.
Learning Outcome
These include
- The importance of health and safety in the workplace,
- The principles of risk assessment,
- The relationship between hazard and
- Applying the hierarchy of control to control risk.
Certificate validity
The Level 3 Award in Risk Assessment is valid for a period of three years.
Assessment method
This qualification is assessed by Multi Choice Questions (MCQ) and Practical assessment. To Awarded this qualification the Learner must achieve a percentage pass in the MCQ & assessment.