Risk Assessment Awareness

Why Risk Assessment Awareness is Essential for Hospitality

Running a pub or hospitality venue involves multiple day-to-day activities such as deliveries, moving stock, handling food & drink, events, cleaning, dealing with crowds, and more. Each of these introduces hazards: slips, trips, manual handling, fire risks, crowd control, and more. Without proper assessment, these risks can lead to injury, damage or disruption. Our Risk Assessment Awareness course is tailored to the realities of pubs and hospitality, helping your team proactively spot potential dangers before they escalate.

Legal Requirement and Regulatory Framework

In the UK, every employer has a legal duty to manage health and safety, and that begins with risk assessment. Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, every employer must make a “suitable and sufficient” assessment of risks to employees and others affected by their work. See Legislation.gov.uk

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reinforces that risk assessments must be appropriate to the workplace, record significant findings (for five or more employees), and be reviewed if conditions change. HSE

By offering a Risk Assessment Awareness course, your venue demonstrates commitment to legal compliance, duty of care, and embedding a safer culture.

What the Course Covers

• Understanding what is meant by “hazards” and “risks” in a hospitality context

• The legal obligations of employers and staff under UK health & safety law

• The five Steps to Risk Assessment (identify hazards, decide who might be harmed, evaluate & record, act, review)

• How to assess risk in real settings: kitchens, bars, storage areas, guest areas, outdoor spaces

• Control measures: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative changes, PPE

• Involvement of staff in consultation and reporting

• Recording and documenting significant findings

• Monitoring, review and revisiting assessments when conditions change

• Examples and case studies specific to pubs, restaurants, event nights, variable staffing

Benefits of Risk Assessment Awareness for Your Venue

• Helps prevent accidents, injuries or property damage

• Builds staff confidence in safety procedures

• Helps avoid enforcement actions or penalties

• Supports smoother operations by pre-empting disruptions

• Improves readiness for inspections or audits

Who Should Attend & Delivery Methods

This training is ideal for:

• Bar staff, kitchen staff, floor teams

• Managers, supervisors, venue owners

• Event coordinators or floor operations leads

• Cleaning and maintenance teams

To see the full range of CPD Certified training courses available from That HR Girl, please click here: Comprehensive Pub Health & Safety Courses for All Levels