NEBOSH IDP IA6 – Summary

1. Common Risk Management Strategies

• Concepts Within a Health and Safety Management System
  

  • Avoidance or elimination.

  • Reduction.

  • Transfer.

  • Retention with/without knowledge.

  • Circumstances When Each of the Previous Strategies Would be Appropriate

• Factors to be Considered in the Selection of an Optimum Solution Based on Relevant Risk Data
  

  • Present State of Technology

  • Public Expectancy

  • Legal Requirements

  • Economic State of the Company

  • Levels of Insurance Premiums

  • Confidence of the Company in the Benefits of Risk Management and in the Competence of the Risk Manager

  • Human Factors

• Principles and Benefits of Risk Management in a Global Perspective
  

  • Increased likelihood of achieving objectives.

  • Encouragement of proactive management.

  • Improved identification of opportunities and threats.

  • Compliance with relevant regulatory requirements.

  • Improved governance, stakeholder confidence and trust.

  • A reliable basis for decision making and planning.

  • Improved risk control, loss prevention and incident management.

  • Effective allocation and use of resources for risk control.

  • Improved operational effectiveness and efficiency.

  • Enhanced health and safety performance.

  • Link Between Outcomes of Risk Assessments and Development of Risk Controls

1. Factors to Be Taken Into Account When Selecting Risk Controls

• Preventive and Protective Measures

• Determine Technical/Procedural/Behavioural Control Measures

• Factors Affecting Choice of Control Measures

1. Safe Systems of Work and Permit-to-Work Systems

• Safe Systems of Work
  

  • A safe system of work is one where the work is organised to remove hazards and minimise risks. It proceedS logically from identification to elimination of risks. Is needed where hazards cannot be physically eliminated.

• Permit-to-Work Systems

• A permit to work is a formal written document of authority to undertake a specific procedure and is designed to protect personnel working in hazardous areas or activities.
  

  • Permit-to-work systems do not replace safe systems of work; they try to ensure that formal action is taken to eliminate human error.

• Use of Risk Assessment in the Development of Safe Systems of Work and Safe Operating Procedures
  

  • Analyse the task – identifying hazards and assessing risks.

  • Introduce controls and formulate procedures.

  •  Instruct and train people in the operation of the system.

  • Monitor and review.

NEBOSH IDP - IA6

NEBOSH - IDP