Course Outline

Module 1: Principles of Risk Assessment

• Key definitions: likelihood, severity, risk level.

• Qualitative, semi-quantitative, and quantitative risk assessment methods.

• Selecting and customizing a risk matrix for your organization.

• Exercise: Using a risk matrix to evaluate and rank a list of hazards.

Module 2: The Job Safety Analysis (JSA) Process

• Selecting jobs for analysis: based on incident history, potential severity, etc.

• Breaking a job down into basic steps.

• Involving workers in the JSA process.

• Workshop: Breaking down a common task (e.g., changing a tire) into sequential steps.

Module 3: Identifying Hazards and Evaluating Risks within a JSA

• Techniques for identifying hazards associated with each job step.

• Evaluating the risk for each identified hazard.

• Exercise: Conducting a full JSA for a simple maintenance task.

Module 4: Developing Control Measures and Safe Work Procedures

• Using the hierarchy of controls to develop effective risk controls for each JSA step.

• Writing clear, concise, and actionable safe work procedures.

• Workshop: Developing controls and a safe work procedure from a completed JSA.

Module 5: Implementing and Reviewing JSAs

• Training workers on new safe work procedures.

• Monitoring compliance and reviewing JSAs after incidents or changes.

• Final Project: Participants will conduct a complete JSA for a task from their own workplace and present their findings.