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Risk Assessment Training
The Online Risk Assessment Training Course gives employees and employers a clear, practical understanding of how to carry out workplace risk assessments — covering hazard identification, the HSE's five steps, control measures, recording findings and your legal duties under UK health and safety law.
Accredited by
- Level
- Awareness
- Format
- Online
- Duration
- Around 30 mins
- Modules
- 13 modules
- Assessment
- Multiple-choice exam
- Pass mark
- 80% · free unlimited retakes
- Certificate
- Instant digital certificate
- Accreditation
- RoSPA · CPD
What is the Risk Assessment Training Course?
The Online Risk Assessment Training Course is designed to give employees and employers a clear, practical understanding of how to carry out workplace risk assessments. Risk assessment is a legal requirement under UK health and safety law and is one of the most important tools available for preventing workplace accidents, injuries, and ill health.
Suitable for all UK workplaces — including offices, construction sites, warehouses, retail, hospitality, healthcare, education, and manufacturing — this course covers hazard identification, risk evaluation, control measures, recording findings, and reviewing assessments. It supports compliance with the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, both of which place a legal duty on employers to assess and manage workplace risks.
The course is delivered fully online, allowing learners to complete training at their own pace. Upon successful completion, learners receive a digital Risk Assessment Certificate, accredited by RoSPA and CPD, providing recognised evidence of training. Modules are designed to be clear, practical, and directly applicable to real workplace situations.
There are no formal entry requirements for this course. No prior learning, pre-course reading, or previous health and safety qualifications are required.
What you'll learn
By the end of this risk assessment training you'll understand:
- What a risk assessment is and why every workplace needs one
- The difference between a hazard and a risk
- The HSE's five steps to risk assessment
- How to identify hazards in the workplace
- How to decide who might be harmed and how
- How to evaluate risks and determine appropriate control measures
- The hierarchy of control and how to apply it
- How to record risk assessment findings
- When and how to review and update a risk assessment
- Legal duties under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Employer and employee responsibilities for managing workplace risk
- The role of risk assessment in preventing accidents, injuries, and ill health
Practical, workplace-ready risk assessment training
This course walks you through the HSE's five steps in practice — spotting the hazards, deciding who could be harmed, choosing the right control measures, recording your findings and reviewing them over time — so you can carry out or contribute to a real workplace risk assessment with confidence.
It’s all online and self-paced, with short, easy-to-follow modules you can complete on any device in around 30 minutes.
Course content
Thirteen structured modules take you from the basics of risk assessment through the HSE's five-step method and the hierarchy of control — finishing with a final assessment. You can work through them at your own pace and revisit any topic as often as you need.
1. Introduction to Risk Assessment
This opening module explains what a risk assessment is and the part it plays in keeping people safe at work. You'll learn how the process fits into everyday health and safety management and why a structured, proportionate approach matters. It sets the foundation for the practical steps and legal duties covered later in the course.
2. What is a Hazard and What is a Risk
Understanding the difference between a hazard and a risk is essential to assessing your workplace accurately. This module defines both terms clearly, with everyday examples, and shows how the likelihood and severity of harm combine to determine risk. Getting these basics right helps you focus attention and control measures where they are genuinely needed.
3. Why Risk Assessments Are a Legal Requirement
This module explains why carrying out risk assessments is a legal duty for UK employers, not simply good practice. You'll see how the law expects workplace risks to be identified and managed, and what can happen when they are ignored. It clarifies the responsibilities placed on organisations of every size and sector.
4. The Health and Safety at Work Act and Management Regulations
Here you'll explore the key legislation underpinning workplace safety, including the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. The module breaks down the duties these place on employers and employees in plain English, so you understand exactly where the requirement to assess risks comes from.
5. The Five Steps to Risk Assessment
This module introduces the HSE's well-established five-step method, the framework used throughout the rest of the course. You'll get an overview of each stage and how they connect to form a logical, repeatable process. Learning this structure gives you a reliable way to approach any workplace assessment with confidence.
6. Step 1 – Identifying Workplace Hazards
The first step focuses on spotting the hazards present in your workplace, from slips and trips to manual handling, chemicals and equipment. This module shows practical ways to look for hazards, including walking the workplace, checking records and talking to staff. Thorough identification is the foundation on which a sound risk assessment is built.
7. Step 2 – Deciding Who Might Be Harmed and How
Once hazards are identified, you need to consider who could be affected and in what way. This module helps you think about employees, visitors, contractors and vulnerable groups such as new or young workers. Understanding how harm might occur ensures your control measures protect everyone who could come into contact with a hazard.
8. Step 3 – Evaluating Risks and Applying Control Measures
This module covers how to evaluate the level of risk and decide what action to take to reduce it. You'll learn how to judge whether existing precautions are adequate and how to introduce sensible, proportionate control measures. The aim is to lower risks to a level that is as low as is reasonably practicable.
9. Step 4 – Recording Your Findings
Recording your risk assessment is a vital part of the process and, for many employers, a legal expectation. This module explains what a good record should contain, how to document significant findings and the controls in place. Clear records demonstrate that you have acted responsibly and provide a useful reference for staff and inspectors.
10. Step 5 – Reviewing and Updating Your Risk Assessment
Risk assessments should never be a one-off exercise. This module looks at when and why you should review your assessment, such as after an incident, a change in processes or the introduction of new equipment. Keeping assessments current ensures your controls remain effective and your workplace stays compliant.
11. The Hierarchy of Control
This module introduces the hierarchy of control, the recognised order of priority for reducing workplace risk. You'll learn why eliminating or substituting a hazard is preferable to relying on personal protective equipment, and how to apply each level in practice. Using this hierarchy helps you choose the most effective controls rather than the easiest ones.
12. Employer and Employee Responsibilities
Health and safety is a shared responsibility, and this module sets out the duties on both sides. You'll understand what employers must do to provide a safe workplace and what is expected of employees in cooperating and working safely. Knowing where responsibility lies helps create a positive safety culture across the organisation.
13. Final Assessment
The course concludes with a multiple-choice final assessment that checks your understanding of the topics covered. Passing confirms you can apply the five-step method, recognise hazards and risks, and understand your legal duties. On success, your Risk Assessment Certificate is issued so you can evidence your training.
Assessment & certificate
To earn your Risk Assessment Certificate, you'll complete a multiple-choice final assessment with an 80% pass mark. If you're not successful first time, retakes are included at no extra cost — you can resit as many times as you need until you pass.
As soon as you pass, your instant digital Risk Assessment Certificate is issued immediately, confirming your RoSPA and CPD certification. There's no need to wait for anything in the post — your certificate is available to download straight away, and can be printed or stored electronically as part of your training records. It can be presented to employers, auditors, insurers and enforcement bodies as recognised evidence of training. The certificate has no fixed expiry date, although the HSE recommends refreshing health and safety training periodically to keep knowledge current.
Who is this course for?
This risk assessment course is suitable for anyone who carries out, contributes to, or relies on workplace risk assessments, including:
- Employees in any workplace carrying out or contributing to risk assessments
- Managers, supervisors, and team leaders with health and safety duties
- Office, retail, hospitality, and catering staff
- Construction, warehouse, manufacturing, and logistics workers
- New starters, induction, and annual refresher training
- Employers meeting their legal duty to provide health and safety training
It's relevant across all UK industries and there are no entry requirements — no prior health and safety training is needed.
Building a wider health & safety programme? Pair this with our Manual Handling Training or COSHH Training — mix and match any courses in one order and your bulk discount applies across the whole basket.
For employers & managers
Training your team
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Discounts apply automatically at checkout and scale with your order. Mix and match different courses across your team — the discount applies to your whole basket.
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Buy the licences you need now and assign them to staff whenever it suits — add team members by email and they'll get their own login.
Track progress in real time
A simple manager dashboard shows who has started, who's in progress and who has passed — so you can follow up before an inspection.
Certificates and audit records
Download every team member's certificate from one account and export a training record for inspections or internal audits.
Flexible payment
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UK-based support
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Bulk pricing & team discounts
Bigger orders = bigger discounts
The more licences you buy, the more you save — and discounts apply across your whole order, including mixed courses.
10+licences10% off
50+licences20% off
100+licences30% off
500+licences40% off
Discounts are applied automatically at checkout based on your total quantity.
Why train with us
Genuinely accreditedRoSPA certified and CPD accredited.
Widely recognisedAccepted by employers, auditors, insurers and enforcement authorities across the UK.
Built around the lawDeveloped in line with the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and current HSE guidance.
Learn anywhereFully online and self-paced, on any device.
Risk-freeFree unlimited retakes if you don't pass first time.
Instant certificateDownload your digital certificate the moment you pass.
Frequently asked questions
Risk Assessment course FAQs
Do the course credits expire? +
No — your course credits never expire until they're used. Buy now and assign them to staff whenever you're ready.
What is risk assessment training? +
Risk assessment training teaches employees and managers how to identify hazards in the workplace, evaluate the level of risk, and put suitable control measures in place to prevent harm. It covers the practical steps involved in carrying out a workplace risk assessment and explains the legal framework that makes risk assessment a requirement for all UK employers. This is awareness-level training — it gives learners the knowledge and confidence to carry out or contribute to basic risk assessments, not to become specialist health and safety consultants.
Is risk assessment training a legal requirement? +
Yes. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require every employer to carry out suitable and sufficient risk assessments of workplace activities. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 places a general duty on employers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of their employees. Providing training so that staff understand how to identify hazards and assess risks is a fundamental part of meeting these duties. The HSE expects employers to ensure that anyone involved in risk assessment has received adequate training.
What are the five steps to risk assessment? +
The HSE recommends a straightforward five-step approach: (1) Identify the hazards — look at what in the workplace could cause harm. (2) Decide who might be harmed and how — consider employees, visitors, contractors, and members of the public. (3) Evaluate the risks and decide on control measures — assess how likely harm is, how serious it could be, and what precautions are needed. (4) Record your findings — document the hazards, the risks, and the controls in place. (5) Review and update — risk assessments should be reviewed regularly and updated when circumstances change. This course covers all five steps in detail with practical guidance and examples.
Is this course RoSPA and CPD accredited? +
Yes. This course is fully accredited by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and the CPD Certification Service. The content has been independently reviewed and meets recognised standards for structured professional development. The dual accreditation provides strong, credible evidence of training for employers, auditors, insurers, and enforcement bodies.
Who should complete this course? +
Anyone involved in identifying workplace hazards, assessing risks, or implementing control measures should complete this training. This includes managers, supervisors, team leaders, health and safety representatives, and general employees in any industry. It is relevant across all sectors — from offices and retail to construction, manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, and education. It is ideal for new starters as part of induction and for existing staff as periodic refresher training.
What is the difference between a hazard and a risk? +
A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm — for example, a wet floor, an unguarded machine, a heavy load, or an exposed electrical cable. A risk is the likelihood that someone will actually be harmed by that hazard, combined with the severity of the potential injury. Understanding this distinction is essential to carrying out effective risk assessments, and this course explains it clearly with practical workplace examples.
Can I complete the course online? +
Yes. The course is delivered entirely online. There are no scheduled sessions, classroom attendance, or booking required — you can start immediately after purchase and complete the training at a time and pace that suits you. You can pause at any point and pick up where you left off, making it easy to fit around a busy working day or shift pattern.
How long does the course take? +
The course takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. There are no time restrictions, so you can work through it at your own speed. This makes it a practical option for staff induction, refresher training, or rolling out training across a team without taking people away from their work for extended periods.
Will I receive a certificate? +
Yes. Upon successfully passing the final assessment, you will receive an instant digital Risk Assessment Certificate confirming RoSPA and CPD accreditation. The certificate can be downloaded, printed, or stored electronically as part of your training records. There is no need to wait for anything in the post — your certificate is available immediately after you pass.
Does the Risk Assessment Certificate expire? +
The certificate itself does not carry a fixed expiry date. However, the HSE recommends that health and safety training is refreshed regularly to keep knowledge current, particularly when workplace conditions, equipment, or legislation change. Many employers, clients, and insurers expect to see training completed within the last one to three years. Refreshing this course periodically is a simple, low-cost way to demonstrate ongoing competence and compliance.
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