Ten minutes before the job
A technician must replace the memory in twelve office PCs. The office is on the top floor. It has a carpet, dry air and a long walk to the store.
A good technician does not just start. They think first: what could go wrong, how likely is it, and how bad would it be?
That thinking is a risk assessment.
Key words
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Risk | something that could go wrong, with how likely it is and how bad it would be |
| Hazard | a thing that can cause harm |
| Probability | how likely something is to happen |
| Impact | how bad the harm is if it happens |
| Risk score | probability multiplied by impact |
| Priority | what you deal with first, because it matters most |
| Risk assessment | a written check of what could go wrong and what to do about it |
| Control | something you do to lower a risk |
| UK GDPR | the law about how personal data must be handled and kept safe |
| Personal data | facts that name or point to a real person |
The cells students fill in are left blank in this preview.
By the end of this lesson
Note
I can carry out and record a simple risk assessment for static damage when I work on hardware.
Starter
Have a go
Starter
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Step 1: identify the risks
Walk round the job and ask what could go wrong. Look at the room, the equipment and the people.
Also ask about effects on you and on others. A strap lead across a walkway can trip a colleague. A damaged memory card can lose a customer's work.
Write every risk down, even the small ones.
Quick check
Have a go
Quick check
3 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.