My journey into completing risk assessments began just under 30 years ago. I was training to be a primary school teacher and one of the things we had to learn to do was write risk assessments.

In my previous two posts I have explained what a risk assessment in and why some assessments need to be written down.

In my previous post, I’ve already established that risk assessments are part of our everyday lives. Today’s thoughts are on why we sometimes need written assessments instead of a purely mental ones. The answer is quite straightforward – it is due to the level of risk posed by a situation/action and also how many other people are involved.

At its very basic level, a risk assessment is something that we all do multiple times a day.