A supervisor-level risk assessment course where learners run assessments on realistic tasks — rating likelihood and severity, choosing controls up the hierarchy, and documenting their reasoning — across 12 interactions and 5 competencies that produce decisions able to withstand scrutiny.
The program and oversight lens on risk assessment for supervisors and leads who own it across an operation. Where the Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Fundamentals course teaches the methodology, the Field-Level Risk Assessment (FLRA) course teaches the daily point-of-work check, and the JSA / JHA Development course teaches the written task analysis, this closer teaches…
Give supervisors and leads the skill to own risk assessment at the program level: build and maintain a risk register / matrix across the operation, prioritize which risks to control first and resource them, verify that hazard ID / FLRA / JSA are happening and…
At a glance
Format: Online, self-paced and interactive
Length: about 55 minutes, 6 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
Supervisors and competent persons responsible for identifying hazards and assessing risk before work begins on their crews.
Supervisors and lead hands accountable for risk assessment across an operation, crew, or site
Superintendents and area leads who allocate resources to controls
Safety coordinators and committee members who build and maintain the risk register
Anyone who verifies that hazard ID / FLRA / JSA are happening and being used on the floor
What you will learn
Build and maintain a risk register and risk matrix across the operation you supervise
Prioritize risks by likelihood and severity and allocate control effort and resources to the highest first
Verify that hazard ID, FLRA, and JSA are actually happening and being used — and coach the tick-box worker
Set review cycles and recognize the triggers (new task/equipment, incident, near-miss, change) that force a re-assessment
Explain the supervisor's legal duty and treat the risk-assessment system as due-diligence evidence
Course outline
From One Task to the Whole Operation — the Supervisor's Lens — How the supervisor’s risk-assessment role differs from a worker’s — the worker assesses the task in front of them, while the supervisor…
Building the Risk Register — Building the risk register — gathering hazards from every source (inspections, incidents, near-misses, worker reports, FLRA cards, JSAs…
Prioritizing — What to Control First — Prioritizing which risks to control first — using the risk matrix (likelihood x severity) rather than gut feel about frequency, so a…
Making Sure the Assessments Are Real — Verify and Coach — Making sure hazard ID / FLRA / JSA are real and used — verifying by observing the actual work rather than treating a signed card or filed…
Review Cycles and Triggers — Review cycles and triggers — a risk assessment is never "done" but reviewed on a set cycle and whenever a trigger fires (a new or changed…
The Supervisor's Legal Duty and Due Diligence — The supervisor’s legal duty and due-diligence linkage — under the MB WSH Act a supervisor must, so far as is reasonably practicable, take…
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
CSA Z1000 / CSA-ISO 45001
Certificate and renewal
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for three years.
Common questions
How long does Risk Assessment for Supervisors take?
About 55 minutes online, over 6 modules, at your own pace. It ends with a final test that needs 80% to pass.
How long is the Risk Assessment for Supervisors certificate valid?
Three years from the day you pass. Program-level risk assessment is a supervisor / lead skill best refreshed every 3 years, and sooner after an incident that revealed a gap in the risk-assessment system, when the assessment method, matrix, or register changes, or when a person takes on supervisory responsibility for risk assessment for the first time.
Which laws and standards does Risk Assessment for Supervisors 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 2 more listed on this page.
Who should take Risk Assessment for Supervisors?
Supervisors and competent persons responsible for identifying hazards and assessing risk before work begins on their crews.
Is this course part of a training program?
Yes. It is included in Supervisor Safety Essentials.