OHS202 - Risk Management

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Subject Title
Risk Management

Subject Description
Students are introduced to the techniques and basic concepts of hazard management, recognition, evaluation, and control of health and safety hazards in the workplace. Risk management is an essential component of a properly functioning occupational health and safety program. Risk management principles, concepts and models. Explore critical considerations, including risk perception and tolerance as well as risk management strategies. Risk management principles, models and theories, risk management foundations; organizational risk management; risk assessment; conducting a risk survey; analyzing risk and setting priorities for action; incorporating risk management in organizational systems, policies and processes; and evaluating the success of risk mitigation strategies. Following this course, learners will be able to assess an organizations risk management program to determine if it is meeting organizational objectives and recommend strategies and techniques to plan, organize, and control activities in a way that minimizes risk and the effects of risk on the organization.

Credit Status
1 CREDIT

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1. Analyze risk management principles
  1. Analyze Risk Management principles and models
  2. Differentiate between risk and hazard
  1. Explain risk assessments
  1. Explain inventory, risk matrix and prioritization assessments
  2. Explain guiding principles for decision making
  3. Explore personal perception and tolerance of risk
  1. Differentiate between risk control processes, risk control methods, and risk control systems
  1. Analyze the different methods of controlling risks
  2. Distinguish between risk control systems
  1. Analyze residual risk management and apply the ALARA principle
  1. Analyze Risk Control and Risk Management Process (weight of evidence ALARA & precautionary principle)
  2. Differentiate between likelihood, consequence and risk
  3. Analyze residual risk management systems monitoring and reassessments
  4. Recommend strategies to plan, organize, and control activities to minimize risk on an organization
  1. Compare management systems - emergency preparedness and response planning methods
  1. Discuss Occupational Health and Safety management systems and their effects on Risk Management
  2. Analyze risk management programs in organizations
  3. Compare management systems - OHSAS 180001, CSA Z1000, ISO Series, etc.
  1. Evaluate and apply risk management principles to case studies
  1. Evaluate and apply risk management principles to case studies

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