V Skill HF-D10.4-002 cross-sector 9 skills
Carrying out workplace risk assessment
Maps hazards at a workplace, estimates likelihood and effect and names measures that bring the risk down to an acceptable level.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Knowledge test (client-specific), Work sample test
- Competency (50-framework)
- Judgment
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- rising
The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Walks through the workplace with a checklist and notes down which hazards are visible there. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Carries out a risk assessment for a process independently, weighs likelihood against effect and proposes prioritised measures. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Determines the risk assessment methodology for the organisation, audits its execution and accounts for residual risks to management and regulator. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Carrying out a last minute risk analysis LMRA | Checks risks, measures and escape routes just before starting a task and only starts when it is safe. | rising |
| V | Drawing up a task risk analysis Task risk analysis · JSA | Splits a task into steps, names the hazard and measure per step and has the analysis approved. | rising |
| V | Assessing risk at a specific workplace Workplace risk assessment | Maps the hazards for a specific workplace and tests whether the existing measures are adequate. | rising |
| V | Rating risk by likelihood and effect Risk matrix | Rates a risk with a likelihood and effect matrix and thereby determines the urgency of the measure. | rising |
| K | Applying the hierarchy of controls Hierarchy of controls | Chooses measures in the order of elimination, collective measure, individual measure and protective equipment last. | rising |
| V | Assessing exposure to hazardous substances Exposure assessment | Determines from the safety data sheet and the task which exposure occurs and which control is needed. | rising |
| V | Drafting a control measure plan Control measure plan | Converts risks into a plan with measure, owner, deadline and how the effect will be verified. | rising |
| V | Assessing machine safety Machine safety assessment | Tests guarding, emergency stop, two hand control and marking of a machine against the applicable safety requirements. | rising |
| V | Carrying out a workplace inspection Workplace inspection | Inspects a workplace with a checklist on order, tools, guarding and equipment and reports the findings. | stable |