Physics Health & Safety: Induction Part 2 - Risk Assessment Briefing

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This risk assessment briefing follows the basic departmental induction and is mandatory for all new staff, students or visitors who will be doing one or more of the following:

• running experiments
• providing technical support
• carrying out workshop or maintenance work
• managing other people's work
• running events

You may only attend this session if you have done Part 1 (see "prerequisites" below).

• Staff, students and visitors working at Physics who will be doing practical work or managing events or other people
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

You will also need to BOOK AND ATTEND the Physics Induction Part 1 - this will take place immediately before this session

Number of sessions: 1

By the end of this session participants should be able to:

• Identify significant hazards in a basic risk assessment
• Evaluate risk levels
• Choose suitable measures to control the significant risks
• Find University guidance and forms for risk assessment
• Explain significant findings of a risk assessment to others

To provide information on the elements of risk assessment and how to do a basic assessment for work, events or work areas.

Presentation and short case studies

There will be a short quiz at the end of the session (please bring a pen).

This session follows approximately 10 minutes after the Departmental Induction Part 1: HS & HR induction briefing.

Exemption from this session will be granted if participants can provide clear (written) evidence of having:

• attended a similar session at the University of Cambridge or elsewhere,

OR

• extensive experience of risk assessment in practice

One session of one hour

Twice a month

• Physics Health & Safety: Induction Part 1 Briefing