Hazards Identification and Risk Management

The Hazard Identification and Risk Management course from the American Institute of Safety Professionals extends beyond the HIRA (Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment) course by covering the complete risk management lifecycle: not just identifying hazards and assessing risk, but managing risk through treatment, monitoring, review, and continuous improvement. While HIRA teaches assessment methodology, this course teaches risk management as an ongoing business process integrated with organisational decision-making.

The curriculum covers systematic hazard identification (multiple techniques applied across operations), risk assessment methodology (likelihood × consequence, risk matrices, semi-quantitative methods), risk treatment (the hierarchy of controls applied with cost-benefit awareness), risk registers (living documents tracking hazards, assessments, controls, owners, review dates), control effectiveness verification, residual risk assessment and acceptance, the ALARP principle, risk monitoring and review, risk communication and reporting, integration with management systems (ISO 45001, ISO 31000 awareness), and the risk management governance that sustains the process. All training is delivered 100% online through the American Institute of Safety Professionals LMS. Upon completion, graduates receive a certificate, wallet card, and transcript, employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.

Upon completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Apply the complete risk management lifecycle: identify → assess → treat → monitor → review → improve, and the cyclical process that ensures risks are managed continuously rather than assessed once and forgotten.
• Manage risk registers: maintaining the living document that tracks every identified hazard, its assessed risk level, selected controls, responsible person, implementation status, residual risk, and scheduled review dates.
• Verify control effectiveness: confirming that implemented controls actually reduce risk as intended, through inspection, observation, monitoring, and testing.
• Assess and manage residual risk: evaluating the risk remaining after controls are implemented, determining whether residual risk is acceptable using the ALARP principle, and documenting acceptance decisions.
• Communicate risk: presenting risk information to different audiences (workers, supervisors, management, executives) in formats appropriate to each, and the risk communication that drives informed decision-making.
• Integrate risk management with management systems: aligning risk management with ISO 45001 (clause 6.1), ISO 31000 principles, and the organisational management system.

Core Curriculum Topics

• Risk Management Lifecycle: identify, assess, treat, monitor, review, improve
• Hazard Identification Techniques: inspections, JHA, process review, incident review, consultation
• Risk Assessment: matrices, likelihood/consequence, semi-quantitative, risk ranking
• Risk Treatment: hierarchy of controls, cost-benefit, implementation planning
• Risk Registers: creation, maintenance, ownership, review scheduling, living documents
• Control Effectiveness: verification, inspection, observation, monitoring, testing
• Residual Risk: post-control assessment, ALARP, acceptance decisions, documentation
• Risk Monitoring: ongoing surveillance, leading indicators, trigger events
• Risk Communication: audience-appropriate reporting, dashboards, escalation
• ISO 31000 Awareness: risk management principles, framework, process
• ISO 45001 Integration: clause 6.1, hazard identification, risk assessment, opportunities
• Risk Governance: policy, accountability, resources, management review

• No prior training required
• No academic degree required
• All instruction in English

Upon completion, graduates receive an American Institute of Safety Professionals certificate, wallet card, and transcript. Employer-verifiable at amiosp.com/student-verifications.

• Safety managers managing organisational risk programmes
• Operations managers who own risks in their areas
• Risk managers and insurance coordinators
• Safety officers conducting risk assessments
• Quality and compliance professionals
• Anyone involved in ISO 45001 or ISO 31000 implementation

• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA — assessment methodology)
• Hazard Identification and Risk Management — YOU ARE HERE (complete lifecycle)
• Safety Management Systems (SMS — risk management within management systems)
• International Diploma in Industrial Safety Management