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An Introduction to Risk Assessment Process for Ship’s Crew

This Fully Online Course Serves as an Introductory Guide to the Risk Assessment Process Tailored Specifically for Seafarers

Course Introduction

As part of managing the Health and Safety requirements of your business, you must also control the risks within your workplace or on board a vessel. To do this efficiently and effectively, you need to consider what might cause harm to people, crew, guests, cargo etc. and to decide whether you are taking reasonable steps to mitigate the risk and prevent that harm from occurring. This process is known as a ‘Risk Assessment’ and it is something you should become very familiar with. A Risk Assessment is about identifying sensible measures to mitigating and controlling the risks in your workplace or on board the vessel.

Course Features

  • Consistent Quality Method for the Delivery of Training
  • eLearning leads to Better Retention of Information
  • Fully Online Training Course – No Travel Requirement
  • Cost & Time-Efficient Means of Delivery of Training
  • Course Certificate Available on Successful Completion
  • Flexible Learning at Your Own Pace and Convenience
  • Ability to Re-Visit Earlier Subjects on Courses
  • Consistent Quality Method for the Delivery of Training
  • eLearning leads to Better Retention of Information

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About the Course

This online course will provide you with a look at Risk Assessments and the areas and subjects to be considered. The course helps you to understand each of the key steps of a risk assessment, including how to identify risks, manage hazards and determine the likelihood of harm, so that you are confident in carrying out a risk assessment on your own vessel.

Target Audience

To provide those of the ship’s crew and staff who possess security-related duties with a detailed understanding and introduction to risk assessments.

Course Learning Outcomes

  • The learner will understand the principles of risk assessments
  • The learner will understand what should be assessed
  • The learner will know the elements of a risk assessment
  • The learner will understand what a risk assessment pro-forma is
  • The learner will know how to classify work activities
  • The learner will understand how to identify hazards and estimate risk
  • The learner will learn when to assess
  • The learner will appreciate the need for thoroughness in a risk assessment

Online Assessments

There are three short assessments in this course to test the learner’s retention of information.

Course Duration

The course lasts for approximately 90 minutes depending on the learner’s abilities and reading speed. However, you can enter and exit this course as often as you require.

Mode of Delivery

This course is delivered using interactive Learning Management System (LMS). Students follow easy on-screen instructions to progress through the course. The program contains text, still photographs, and animations. The course is delivered 100% online.

  • Who has to Carry out the Assessment?
  • How Thorough should the Assessment be?
  • Introduction to Risk Assessments
  • When to Assess?
  • Key Terms
  • Elements of Risk Assessment
  • Risk Assessment Pro-Forma
  • Principles of Risk Assessment
  • Risk Assessment in Practice
  • What Should be Assessed?
  • Guidance on Main Elements of Risk Assessment
  • Classify Work Activities
  • Who has to Carry out the Assessment?
  • Identify Hazards
  • Identify Risk Controls
  • How Thorough should the Assessment be?
  • When to Assess?
  • Estimate Risk
  • Elements of Risk Assessment
  • Determine the Tolerability of the Risks
  • Prepare Risk Control Action Plan
  • Risk Assessment Pro-Forma
  • Guidance on Main Elements of Risk Assessment
  • Review Adequacy of action Plan
  • Classify Work Activities
  • Ensuring Risk Assessment and Controls
  • Identify Hazards
  • Identify Risk Controls
  • Estimate Risk
  • Determine the Tolerability of the Risks
  • Prepare Risk Control Action Plan
  • Review Adequacy of action Plan
  • Ensuring Risk Assessment and Controls

VIRSEC Certificate of Course Completion

On successful completion of this online course, the learner will be able to download a VIRSEC Certificate of Course Completion in PDF Format. This certificate can be also found under the Certificates tab on the Learner Portal. Once printed off, the Learner should sign the certificate in the space provided.

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