Risk Management for Managers and Supervisors UK eLearning Course

Course Overview

This course has been developed to provide you with an understanding of what risk is, how risk is managed in the workplace and your role as a leader in reducing health and safety risks in the workplace.

Learning Outcomes

The course will give Managers and Supervisors an awareness of what risk is and what their role is in minimising it. They will prepare all employees to fulfil their responsibilities in identifying, assessing, controlling and reviewing risks in their work environment.

This course provides an understanding of:

• Why it's important that health and safety risks are managed in the workplace
• Identifying hazards
• Assessing risk
• Applying, monitoring, and reviewing risk controls, and
• Your role in facilitating and leading risk management activities in the work environment.

Target Audience

This course is designed for managers and supervisors who contribute to maintaining effective operations, delivering quality outcomes, and supporting responsible decision-making. It builds understanding of how individual actions influence organisational resilience and performance.

Suitable for colleagues across retail operations, supply chain, support functions, management pathways, and business teams, the course encourages learners to recognise potential issues early and respond appropriately.

It is particularly effective for supporting governance expectations, operational consistency, and a proactive approach to managing workplace challenges.

This course contains the foundational information applicable to everyone across your business.

All workers have a duty of care to protect their own work health and safety – and the health and safety of others. Being able to identify hazards, assess their potential risk and control the risks associated with them is a crucial part of fulfilling this duty of care.