Qualification: Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
Unit: Unit 2.3: Use legislation relating to the health and safety of children
Learning outcome: 3 Be able to manage risk within an environment which provides challenge for children
Assessment criteria: 3.3 Describe how health and safety risk assessments are monitored and reviewed
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- When a risk assessment is put into practice, new hazards may be identified that were not originally considered
- Therefore, risk assessments should be though of as ‘working documents’ that change hen new evidence is available
- Risk assessments should have a date when they are proactively reviewed – this could be annually or as frequently as weekly
- In addition, related risk assessments should be reviewed any time there is accident
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