Risk Assessment Overview
Risk assessments can be accessed by clicking on the name of the risk assessment, risk assessments have three phases; Setup – Where the overall risk assessments details are created, Evaluation – Where risks are captured and calculated, and a Decision – Where risk assessment are sign-off or stopped
Set-Up Phase
Within the setup phase details the following details are captured
Number – The risk assessment, where it sits on the Risk Register
Name – The title of the risk assessment
Version no – What version of the risk assessment this is (starting value is 0)
Description – An area to describe the risk assessment (if required)
Organisation – What organisation this risk assessment belongs to
Department – Which department the risk assessment relates to
Assessment Methodology – What method is being used to score this risk assessment
Assessment Reoccurrence – If the assessment is repeated or a one-off
Status – The status of this risk assessment
Created by – Who created the risk assessment
Review Details – When this risk assessment was last carried out, when it is next due
Reviewer – Who is reviewing / conducting this risk assessment
Confidentiality – Is it confidential or visible to all
Sign-off By – Who is singing the risk assessment off (only those with Risk Manager access rights will be available for selection in this box)
Evaluation Phase
Hazard Summary – The area where the hazards and consequences (in this example) are collated together, each hazard can have a number of consequences associated to it
Related SMS Case – An area where this risk assessment can be linked to a safety case
Related Findings – An area where this risk assessment can be linked to an audit finding or findings
Current Assessment Score – An overall evaluation assessment score, decided when all hazards and consequences have been captured and scored via the risk matrix. This relates to the overall perceived risk to the organisation in relation to this risk assessment
Actions – Any actions relating to the evaluation phase of the risk assessment
Decision Phase
Decision – The overall decision to accept or reject / stop this risk assessment
Top Risk – The ability to flag this as a top risk to the organisation (configurable)
Actions – Any actions in relation to this risk assessment
Outstanding Actions – Any outstanding actions relating to this risk assessment and their status
Submission – Submission of this risk assessment to be signed-off
Sign-off – The sign-off for this risk assessment