A core interactive foundation in hazard identification and risk assessment: 10 decision scenarios where workers spot hazards, rate likelihood and severity, and pick controls from the hierarchy, closing with 5 validated competencies. It turns risk assessment from a form into a repeatable skill.
The core, transferable safety skill for every worker and supervisor: how to actually SEE hazards, rate the risk, and control it. Where a specific-hazard course teaches one topic, this course teaches the METHOD that works on every task — identify the hazard, rate the risk (likelihood x severity on a simple matrix), and control it using the hierarchy of controls (eliminate, substitute, engineer, administer, PPE — most to least effective).
Give every worker and supervisor the transferable skill to see the hazards they walk past, rate the risk with a simple matrix, and choose the most effective control using the hierarchy — the methodology that underpins the JSA/JHA and the field-level risk…
At a glance
Format: Online, self-paced and interactive
Length: about 50 minutes, 5 modules
Pass mark: 80% on the final test
Certificate: QR-verified, valid for three years
Jurisdiction: Manitoba law and standards
Who this course is for
Frontline workers learning to spot workplace hazards and assess risk before starting a task.
Every worker — the core skill of seeing and controlling hazards on any task
Supervisors and lead hands who assess risk and assign controls
New and returning workers building a hazard-spotting habit
Committee / representative members who identify and prioritize hazards
What you will learn
Define a hazard and recognize the everyday energy sources / hazard categories (gravity, motion, electrical, chemical, biological, thermal, noise, ergonomic, psychosocial)
Use the task / environment / people / equipment lenses to SEE hazards you have stopped noticing — the "walk-past" problem
Rate risk as likelihood x severity and read a simple low / medium / high risk matrix to set priority
Apply the hierarchy of controls (eliminate → substitute → engineer → administer → PPE, most to least effective) and explain why PPE is last
Put identify → rate → control together and connect it to the JSA/JHA and the field-level risk assessment (FLRA)
Course outline
What a Hazard Is — Seeing the Energy Around You — What a hazard is — a source of potential harm — and the everyday energy sources / categories (gravity, motion, electrical, chemical…
How to Actually See Hazards — The Walk-Past Problem — The walk-past problem — familiarity blinds you to hazards you see daily — and the four lenses (task, environment, people, equipment) that…
Rating the Risk — Likelihood × Severity — Rating risk as likelihood × severity, reading a simple low / medium / high risk matrix, and using it to PRIORITIZE which hazards get…
Controlling the Hazard — The Hierarchy of Controls — The hierarchy of controls — elimination → substitution → engineering → administrative → PPE, most to least effective — and why PPE is the…
Putting It Together — From Hazard ID to JSA and FLRA — Putting identify → rate → control together as a repeatable method, and how it becomes the Job Safety/Hazard Analysis (JSA/JHA) for a…
Laws and standards covered
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210)
Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006
CSA Z1002 — Occupational health and safety: Hazard identification and elimination and risk assessment and control
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for three years. Hazard identification and risk assessment is a foundational skill best refreshed every 3 years, and sooner after an incident or near-miss, when a new task or process is…
Common questions
How long does Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Fundamentals take?
About 50 minutes online, over 5 modules, at your own pace. It ends with a final test that needs 80% to pass.
How long is the Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Fundamentals certificate valid?
Three years from the day you pass. Hazard identification and risk assessment is a foundational skill best refreshed every 3 years, and sooner after an incident or near-miss, when a new task or process is introduced, or when a worker moves to new work.
Which laws and standards does Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Fundamentals cover?
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210); Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006; CSA Z1002 — Occupational health and safety: Hazard identification and elimination and risk assessment and control; and 1 more listed on this page.
Who should take Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Fundamentals?
Frontline workers learning to spot workplace hazards and assess risk before starting a task.
Is this course part of a training program?
Yes. It is included in New Worker Safety Orientation, Construction Site Safety Pack.