BSBOHS403B+Unit+Overview

This unit specifies the outcomes required to identify hazards and assess OHS risks in the workplace. This unit addresses the knowledge, processes and techniques necessary to identify hazards and assess risks using developed processes and tools. The Unit also introduces basic incident analysis as an important skill underlying incident investigation, which is addressed in greater complexity in unit BSBOHS508A //Participate in Investigation of Incidents//. This unit introduces the concept of risk assessment but it also should be noted that more advanced units divide risk assessment into risk analysis and risk evaluation. This unit is a companion to the unit //Contribute to the Implementation of Strategies to Control OHS Ri//sk (BSBOHS404B). These two units will usually be co-presented and assessed together. 

Topics
The learning material for this unit consists of five topics. They are;
 * 1) Investigate incidents for prevention
 * 2) Access existing sources of information and data to identify hazards
 * 3) Conduct hazard identification
 * 4) Assess risk
 * 5) Participate in implementation processes