Section
HSE
Risk assessment and the hierarchy of control, permits and isolation, working at height and lifting, occupational health, and emergency response.
- Topics
- 4
- Standards covered
- 7
Beginner
No prior knowledge assumed
Risk assessment and the hierarchy of control
The difference between a hazard and a risk, why PPE is last and what that actually means on site, how a job safety analysis differs from a site risk assessment, why a high near-miss reporting rate is a good sign, and what stop work authority costs the first time somebody uses it.
Energy isolation and lock-out — proving dead, not assuming it
Why a closed valve is not an isolation, what a personal lock actually protects, the energies people forget because they are not electrical, and why the return to service kills as often as the isolation does.
Permit to work — how a plant decides a job is safe to start
What a permit actually is and what it is not, why proving an isolation matters more than making one, why confined spaces kill rescuers, and the ways a permit system quietly becomes paperwork.
Intermediate
Builds on the basics