In the Hazard Analysis, Risk Assessment and Control course, students learn to define hazards and how to identify those hazards through hazard analysis processes. The course, in particular, examines process methods such as Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Job Demands Analysis (JDA). The course also covers ways to distinguish between hazard and risk and methods for controlling risks and hazards.

Additional areas include overviews of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) and the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), and situational understanding of hazardous work scenarios, such as spill response, fall protection, and confined spaces.

Learning Outcomes

• Define hazard, hazard analysis, and risks
• Recognize the requirements of British Columbia's OH&S Regulation and WHMIS to identify and control hazards and risks
• Describe the hazard analysis, Job Safety Analysis, and Field Level Hazard Assessment processes and how they lead to safe work procedures
• Identify who is responsible for risk assessment and control, which risk assessment models are effective, and how risk assessments are performed
• Summarize spill response and fall protection planning requirements

This course is one of 10 courses that make up the Occupational Health & Safety Online Certificate for Practitioners (OH&S). Students have the option to enrol in individual courses without having to complete the OH&S Certificate.