Health, Safety and SecurityRisk Assessments, Method Statements and Quality Plans
Risk assessments and method statements are safety critical documents that are routinely written to satisfy a client rather than to control a hazard. This course addresses the difference. Delegates learn to carry out a task based risk assessment that identifies real hazards, to write a method statement a crew can actually follow, and to build an inspection and test plan that assures quality without duplicating effort. Substantial time is spent on the practical failures: generic documents copied between jobs, controls that assume behaviour nobody exhibits, and the point at which a job changes enough that the assessment must be redone.
Course objectives
- Carry out a task based risk assessment that identifies real hazards
- Select controls in the correct order of the hierarchy
- Write a method statement a working crew can follow
- Build an inspection and test plan that assures quality proportionately
- Recognise when a change on site invalidates the assessment
- Brief a crew so the document affects what actually happens
- Review documents critically before they are issued
Who should attend
- Health and safety practitioners and officers
- Site supervisors, foremen and construction managers
- Quality and inspection staff
- Project engineers and contract managers
- Contractor and subcontractor management
Course outline
- 01What a risk assessment is for, and how it becomes paperwork
- 02Task based hazard identification
- 03The hierarchy of control applied properly
- 04Writing a method statement a crew can follow
- 05Inspection and test plans and proportionate quality assurance
- 06Change on site and when to reassess
- 07Briefing and the gap between document and behaviour
- 08Critical review before issue
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 8 October 2026 | Pretoria, South Africa | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 7 to 9 October 2026 | Maseru, Lesotho | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 7 to 9 October 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 4 to 6 November 2026 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 22 to 24 November 2026 | Kigali, Rwanda | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 12 to 14 December 2026 | Maputo, Mozambique | Classroom | R11,995 per delegate | Register Now |