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Level II award in fire risk assessment 

The Award in Fire Risk Assessment teaches candidates how to carry out a risk assessment in line with the Five Steps to Risk Assessment. This leads to a Level 2 qualification.  

The qualification covers the following topics

  • Reasons for conducting risk assessments.
  • Main legislation relating to risk assessment.
  • Techniques for collecting evidence.
  • Limitations of techniques for collecting evidence.
  • Identifying health and safety hazards.
  • Identifying who might be harmed and how.
  • Calculating an appropriate risk rating.
  • Factors affecting the likelihood of harm.
  • Factors affecting the severity of harm.
  • Identifying and evaluating existing control measures.
  • Proposing additional control measures.
  • Applying the hierarchy of controls.
  • Revising a risk rating.
  • Recording the findings of a risk assessment.
  • Making recommendations based on the findings.
  • Reviewing and revising a risk assessment.