RISK ASSESSMENT FORM
(Focus on the things over which you have control)
Establishment: Hudnall Park Outdoor Centre
ACTIVITY: Orienteering
/Group Leader: Outdoor Connexions Staff
Approved by: Nicola Mitchell / Position: Head of Centre / Date: 29/01/2016Significant Hazards and Associated Risks
Those hazards which may result in serious harm or affect several people /Those who might be harmed
Persons at risk from the significant hazards identified / Control Measures(CM’s):Controls, including relevant sources of guidance
(e.g. Generic Risk Assessment, CSF Offsite Visits Manual, Guidance from Provider, etc.). Specific CM’s not included in the generic RA (e.g. briefings, actions by leaders / participants, qualifications / experience of supervisors) / Additional CM’s required?
If existing CM’s cannot be met or circumstances have changed / Residual Risk Rating
(H / M / L)
Hazards caused by group or individual behaviour / ALL GROUPS / · Adherence to Lesson Plans
· Appropriate group size to age of participants.
· Monitoring and management of group to
ensure safety is not compromised
· Instruction on safe means of moving around
Course
Briefing about not letting branches flick back on other participants / L
Hazards of road and track crossings / ALL GROUPS / · Participants to be made aware of roads,
tracks to cross and of how to move safely
along the road
· Participants to be made aware of risk from
road traffic
· Courses for years 1 to 3 to be set within boundaries that exclude roads. / L
Children getting lost and wandering in to hazardous area / ALL GROUPS / · Briefing on activity boundaries
· Ensure supervision at all times
· Ensure there is a procedure for recalling groups either by setting a known return time or using a recall signal.
· For courses that extent beyond the confines of the immediate Centre buildings, adult supervisors to have a mobile phone and appropriate contact numbers ie tutor, first aider / L
Trips and falls / ALL GROUPS / · Participants made aware of increased risk
when running on uneven tracks
· See risk assessment for teaching outdoors
· Regular checks of activity area
Hazards of equipment / GROUPS USING ORIENTEERING PUNCHES / · Participants shown how to use punches
safely and made aware of serrated edge
Extreme weather and environmental hazards / ALL GROUPS / · See risk assessment for teaching in the
outdoors / L
REVIEWS:
DATE OF REVIEW:
01/01/2017 / REVIEWED BY:
Nicola Mitchell / COMMENTS:
Form OV4 page 1 of 3 November 2006
Risk assessment Issue 3
CSF4255 (Offsite Visits Manual, Part E)
Form OV4 page 1 of 3 November 2006
Risk assessment Issue 3
CSF4255 (Offsite Visits Manual, Part E)