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Identify the hazards, decide who might be harmed and how, evaluate the risks and decide on precautions, record the findings, review and update: each step with a practical example.
The five step method is the standard way to carry out a risk assessment in Ireland and the UK. It is simple enough for a small shop and structured enough for a chemical plant, and it produces exactly what Section 19 of the 2005 Act requires: a written record of the hazards, the risks and the controls. Here is each step with a worked example from a small warehouse.
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Ireland Safety Training is operated by a legally registered company, and this risk assessment course carries independent approval from leading professional bodies. Employers in Ireland, from Dublin and Cork to Galway, accept our certification without question, as do businesses across Ireland, the UK and Europe.
Your risk assessment certificate is four simple steps away, wherever you are in Ireland: Dublin, Cork, Galway or anywhere across every county in Ireland. The whole risk assessment course runs online around your own schedule.
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Answer 15 questions and get at least 12 right to pass. Every retake is free, so there is no pressure at all.
The second you pass, your risk assessment certificate is generated. Download, print or file it with your Safety Statement, ready for any HSA inspection.
Finish the risk assessment training at Ireland Safety Training and an officially recognised risk assessment certificate lands in your account instantly, accepted by employers in Ireland and right across Ireland, the UK and Europe.
749,500+ learners across Ireland and the UK have certified with Ireland Safety Training, including managers and safety officers through this risk assessment training.
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Certifying your managers and supervisors is painless with Ireland Safety Training. Instant access, unlimited retakes and no time limits on every seat, plus a free Employer Dashboard to assign the risk assessment course, watch progress live and hold every certificate in one place, exactly what an HSA inspector wants to see. Businesses in Ireland certify entire teams in a single afternoon, with every certificate collected in one place.
The risk assessment training is fully accredited and compliant with Irish legislation. Businesses in Ireland, from construction and pharma to healthcare, hospitality, logistics and agriculture, rely on it every single week.
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Identify the hazards; decide who might be harmed and how; evaluate the risks and decide on precautions; record your findings and implement them; review and update the assessment.
The order in which controls should be considered: eliminate the hazard, substitute it with something less hazardous, engineer a control, use administrative controls such as procedures and training, and finally personal protective equipment.
At least once a year and whenever there is a significant change in the workplace, after an accident or near miss, or when there is reason to believe it is no longer valid.
Earning your risk assessment certificate in Ireland could not be simpler. Register, work through the risk assessment course online at your own pace, pass the assessment and download your accredited certificate instantly, wherever you are across every county in Ireland.
Set up your free account in seconds, add the accredited Risk Assessment course to your cart and pay securely. Access begins immediately.
Video lessons, real workplace examples and interactive content, available around the clock on phone, tablet or computer with no deadlines attached.
Answer 15 questions and get 12 right to pass. Retakes cost nothing and support is always close by.
Your accredited risk assessment certificate appears the moment you pass, recognised by employers across Ireland, the UK and Europe, and valid for 3 years.
Discover why workers and businesses in Ireland, from Dublin, Cork, Galway and beyond, choose Ireland Safety Training for risk assessment training.
The risk assessment course at Ireland Safety Training fits Ireland working life perfectly. From Dublin's construction cranes and Cork's pharma plants to Galway's medtech campuses, Limerick's manufacturing belt and the farms, hotels, warehouses and hospitals in every county between, Irish workplaces run on certified, compliant staff. Instead of losing a day to a classroom, learners in Ireland complete the full accredited training online, in about 1-2 hours, from home or straight from the workplace.
Local employers know exactly what they are looking at when your certificate arrives: CPD Certified, RoSPA approved, HSA aligned training from a provider used by businesses across every county in Ireland. The unique verification code on every certificate makes checks instant, whether you work in Dublin, Cork or Galway.
For businesses, the free Employer Dashboard turns a team rollout into one afternoon of work: bulk registration, live progress and every risk assessment certificate in one clean screen, with automatic volume discounts applied at checkout.
This risk assessment course was designed around real working schedules: site hours, shift patterns and no spare afternoons. Every lesson streams on any device, every pause saves your place, and nothing needs installing. Clear visuals, a dedicated video lesson and interactive questions turn hazard identification, risk evaluation and the hierarchy of control into knowledge you can actually use on the floor.
The syllabus tracks exactly what the HSA expects from a competent person: the five steps of risk assessment, likelihood and severity, control measures, the Safety Statement and living review routines. Examples come from real Irish workplaces, from construction sites and kitchens to offices and wards.
Whether you are stepping into a management role or certifying a whole team of supervisors, the risk assessment training flows without friction from registration to certificate.
A classroom risk assessment course means lost work days, travel and cover costs, often across several managers at once. The online risk assessment course removes all of it. Staff certify from home or the office, starting the moment you enrol them.
Managers see each completion in real time and can show an inspector the complete training record in seconds. Stack the automatic volume discounts on top and this becomes the most economical accredited risk assessment training available in Ireland.
Pricing is honest: one figure covers the full course, unlimited retakes and the instant risk assessment certificate. No add ons, ever.
Working schedules leave no room for fixed course dates. The self paced risk assessment course lets you move at whatever speed suits, pausing on any device and resuming exactly where you left off, before a shift, after work or on the commute home.
A clear progress tracker shows how much of the risk assessment training remains and how close the certificate is. Some learners finish in one focused sitting; others spread it across a few breaks. Both work perfectly.
Assign it to your team and they will slot it around the rota without disrupting work, one of the main reasons Irish businesses return to Ireland Safety Training year after year.
There is no waiting around. Pass the assessment and the digital risk assessment certificate is generated on the spot, aligned with Irish legislation and recognised across Ireland, the UK and Europe.
It lives permanently in your account for re-download during HSA inspections, job applications, tenders and insurance renewals, and its unique verification code lets any inspector confirm it instantly.
For career progression, a risk assessment certificate is the proof of safety competence that opens supervisory and management roles across every Irish industry.
Every module comes from licensed, Chartered (CMIOSH) consultants who know exactly what Irish inspectors check on inspection day.
That experience shows: hazard identification that stands up to scrutiny, risk ratings done right, control measures that work in a busy workplace and Safety Statement records that take minutes rather than hours. Real Irish workplace examples make each lesson practical rather than academic.
Content is re-reviewed against current Irish legislation and HSA guidance, so the risk assessment course never drifts out of date.
The platform never closes, which matters when your working week barely does either. Start the risk assessment training after work, continue before a shift and finish on a day off, whatever rhythm your week allows.
Progress syncs across every device automatically, so switching from phone to laptop mid module is seamless. Shift workers and site managers get exactly the same premium experience.
Teams can also reopen the hierarchy of control or the five steps module before a project starts or an inspection lands, turning the risk assessment course into a living safety reference rather than a one time event.
Ireland Safety Training has certified more than 749,500 learners across Ireland, the UK and Europe, with a 98% pass rate and a 4.9 star average from verified Google reviews we cannot edit or hide.
From Dublin to Cork, Galway to Limerick and Waterford to Belfast, our risk assessment training keeps Irish workplaces compliant and people safe.
Businesses come back because it simply works: clean records, instant certificates and a support team that answers.
Every business. Section 19 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 requires every employer to identify hazards and carry out written risk assessments, and Section 20 requires a Safety Statement built on those assessments. The person doing the work must be competent: sufficient training, skills, experience and knowledge.
In practice, the people taking this course with us are business owners, managers, supervisors, safety officers and the employees they nominate as competent persons.
If you set the standards, supervise the team or own the Safety Statement, this training is for you, and our Irish support team can help roll it out across every location.
Identify the hazards, decide who might be harmed and how, evaluate the risks and decide on precautions, record the findings, review and update: each step with a practical example.
Walk around the workplace and look at what could reasonably cause harm. Ask employees; they know the near misses. Check manufacturers' instructions and safety data sheets, accident and ill health records, and the HSA guidance for your sector. Warehouse example: forklift movements, racking, manual handling of stock, mezzanine edge, charging area for batteries, uneven yard surface.
For each hazard, identify the groups of people at risk and what could happen to them: operators, other staff, cleaners, contractors, drivers, visitors, and people with particular needs such as new and young workers, pregnant employees and people with disabilities. Example: pedestrians struck by forklifts in shared aisles; pickers straining backs lifting from floor level; anyone below the mezzanine hit by falling stock.
Judge how likely each harm is and how severe it would be, then compare what you already do against good practice. Apply the hierarchy: can you remove the hazard, substitute something safer, engineer a control, organise the work differently, and finally provide PPE? Example: segregate pedestrians with barriers and marked walkways, fit racking with load notices and protect it from impact, store heavy items at waist height, add edge protection and a loading gate to the mezzanine, train all forklift operators and pedestrians.
Write down the significant hazards, who is affected, the existing controls, the additional actions, who is responsible and by when. Keep it simple and specific to your workplace. Put the findings into the safety statement and tell the people affected. An action plan with dates turns the assessment into change.
Review at a set interval, at least annually, and whenever something significant changes: new equipment, new processes, new staff, an accident, a near miss, a change in the law. Ask whether the controls are working and whether new hazards have appeared. A dated review record shows the assessment is alive.
Find the hazards, name who could be harmed and how.
Judge likelihood and severity, apply the hierarchy of controls.
Record, implement with owners and dates, review and update.
The accredited Risk Assessment Course takes learners through all five steps on real scenarios, with a CPD certified certificate on completion.
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