Risk Management

Cost Justification Calculator

Free Safety Stuff

Here is an example of the cost justification calculator that everyone is asking for. It is used to determine the relative effectiveness of various risk or hazard controls. Now available in electronic form HERE Technorati Tags: calculator, electronic form, justification, relative effectiveness, risk, Risk Management

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COSO Cube

ISO31000

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act imposes various governance, accounting and reporting standards on US public companies and their subsidiaries. It also applies to Australian and other non-US companies issuing and registering securities in the US.. Sarbanes-Oxley requires that companies use a suitable, recognized control framework for evaluating the effectiveness of internal controls. Most U.S. companies now use [...]

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Risk Management Training

ISO31000

I had a chance the other day to sit in on an Introduction to Risk Management Course being run at a clients premises. The trainer was a consultant from InConsult. It was one of the most interesting courses Ive attended for some time and there was not one bored face or Blackberry in the room. [...]

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National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines

Emergency Procedures

National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines (more info from their website HERE) This DRAFT is one of the simplest, yet all encompassing, guides to the principles of risk management and the risk management tools involved that I have come across. Produced for Emergency Services personnel as part of the the National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines (NERAG) [...]

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Free guide to implementing ISO 31000

Free Safety Stuff

Following the publication of the ISO 31000 Risk Management Principles and Guidelines in 2009 a new document ‘A Structured Approach to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and the Requirements of ISO 31000′ has been produced by The Institute of Risk Management, AIRMIC and Alarm which provide up to date guidance on the implementation of ERM in [...]

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The New Risk Management Standard ISO 31000

ISO31000

Do you need to implement the new international Standard for Risk Management ISO 31000? The new international standard for risk management, ISO 31000 was published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) in November 2009. ISO 31000 replaces and builds on AS/NZS 4360 (the Australian standard first published in 2004) to provide more practical, clear [...]

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Risk Assessment Using ISO31000 and Bow-Tie Diagrams

Risk Assessment Forms

National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines This is one of the simplest yet all encompassing guides to the principles of risk management and the risk management tools involved that I have come across. Produced for Emergency Services personnel to assess disasters and emergencies, the principals and tools are relevant to any situation or workplace hazard. It [...]

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Property Risk Management Training

Building Safety

Noel Arnold are running 3 day Property Risk Management Training Courses in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane over the next 6 months. Click Here for the brochure. Overview This 3 day (or choice of any individual day) program provides practical guidance and understanding of your legal obligations, risk exposure & how to successfully manage key property [...]

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as/nzs iso 31000 free pdf

Australian Standards

Everybody is asking for a free copy of the new risk management standard ISO 31000. We are looking for one as well and as soon as we can get one legally, we’ll post it here. You can down load a free 9 page summary Here: Until then you will  have to buy a copy from [...]

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Risk Management for Events

Events

Checkout this really useful tool from VMIA – Download Event Risk Document For more event risk management and public liability information and checklists visit Public Liability Website Guide to Managing Risk at Public Events – Download Here:  Event Risk Management Checklist – Equestrian Federation of Australia Link to Macquarie University’s Events Manual. Covers marketing, public [...]

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New Risk Management Standard AS/NZS ISO 31000

AS4801

The new international Risk Management Standard ISO 31000:2009 was released by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on 15 November 2009. It has been four years since the ISO established a working party to develop the first international risk management standard using AS/NZS 4360:2004 as its working draft. The joint Australian/New Zealand Standards Committee OB-007, [...]

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ISO 31000 Risk Management Standard

ISO31000

After 5 years of development, the Risk Management Standard, AS/NZS 4360:2004 has been superseded by AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009, Risk management – Principles and guidelines. The standard gives users an understanding of how to develop, implement and maintain effective risk management within their organization. It provides recommendations for the framework, process and implementation of risk management [...]

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New Laws May Affect Safety Consultants

Building Safety

Changes to the QLD BSA Act  may mean that anyone who inspects, reports or recommends anything in relation to the BCA, Fire Life Safety or Fire Protection may now need to hold a BSA license. Our initial inquiries indicate that anyone doing risk assessments, reports or recommendations regardless of technicality must be licensed. This seems [...]

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Classic Risk Management Quote

Events
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Classic Risk Management Quote We love to use this poignant quote whenever anyone says “we’ve never had an accident/fire/injury/claim/problem”: “When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But [...]

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BowTie Diagram Risk Assessment

Risk Management

BowTie Pro™ Version 2.4 Web: www.BowTiePro.com BowTie Pro™ version 2.4 Released BowTie Pro™ is a fast and easy to use tool designed to develop bow-tie diagrams.  The methodology is used by many companies, large and small, to obtain a powerful visual representation of the risk assessment process that is readily understood by the non-specialist. The [...]

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Workplace Health and Safety Checklists

Checklists

It is a legal requirement to have a hazard identification process in your workplace and safety checklists are a great away of partially meeting that obligation particularly if you are just starting out and don’t know what to look for or you want to consistently monitor certain critical items, areas or procedures. But they must [...]

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Contingency Planning – Sobering Thoughts

Risk Management

*          Fifty percent of all companies (reliant on computer services) who experience a disaster and do not recover within 10 business days, never recover financially or file Chapter 11.  Corporate survival depends on how quickly a company can re-establish processing operations. *          Industry research has shown 25% of the Fortune 1000 companies do not have [...]

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COMMON OVERSIGHTS OF CONTINGENCY PLANNING

Risk Management

*          Grafting computer equipment onto existing electrical and mechanical systems of standard building code circuits. *          Auditors conducting an engineering study of environmental conditioning produces required list and then purchasing only brand names in all categories regardless of compatibility. *          Backup battery bank not periodically discharged or emergency generators load tested. *          Building a data [...]

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Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery Planning

Risk Management

Risk management is the process of systematically identifying and implementing  efficient and cost effective approaches for minimising the effect of the risk being realised. No all risks can be completely eliminated or mitigated simply because of financial and practical constraints. Therefore all organizations have to accept some level of residual risks. Whereas risk management tends [...]

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Electronic Risk Score Calculator (nomogram)

Risk Assessment Forms

Click here to download: If you find this tool helpful, please consider mentioning us on Twitter or Facebook or even linking to us from your blog or website. Risk Score Nomograms are based on OHS Risk Assessment AS/NZS 4804:2001 and contained in HB205-2004 OHS Risk Management Handbook. The Ratings used for the Risk Calculation have [...]

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