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• What law applies
• Understanding hazards and risks
• What is risk management
• The five steps
  • Preparing for the five steps
  • Step 1 - Look for the hazards
  • Step 2 - Decide who might be harmed and how
  • Step 3 - Decide on control measures
  • Step 4 - Put controls in place
  • Step 5 - Review the controls

Risk Management Code of Practice 2007

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• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
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Preparing for the five steps

Before approaching the five steps it is important to consider the context in which the risk management process takes place.

Defining the context involves identifying:

• work processes, practices, activities and tasks that will be analysed in the risk management process and the steps involved;
• how risks may interact with one another - one activitity may effect to risks in another
• the people involved in carrying out those work processes and in what capacity;
• whether the people involved are sufficiently competent/skilled/experienced; and
• what items of plant or materials are used.

Achieving this requires extensive consultation, including all the people doing the task, employers, safety officers and experts. It could also extend to suppliers or manufacturers of plant or materials used in your workplace.

Last updated 22 July 2008

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