Curriculum Risk Management Training

1. Curriculum Risk Management Training

2. This presentation will… • Outline the legal obligations for curriculum risk management • Explain the risk management process • Show how the risk management process can be applied to school curriculum activities H/O CRM Overview

3. Assessing and managing risk… • Is something we do every day • Is an ‘art’ as much as a science • Requires value judgements based on the circumstances

4. Who is obligated to ensure safety? The WH&S Act defines those with obligations to ensure safety as: • The Employer (i.e. CES) • The Person in Control (e.g. principals, HODs) • Workers and others (teachers, aides, volunteers etc.) Safety is achieved through effective risk management.

5. What is the risk management process? The WH&S Act outlines this process for managing risks in the workplace: • Identify the hazards • Assess the risk • Determine control measures • Implement control measures • Monitor and review

6. Step 1 2 3 4 5

7. What DET procedure explains curriculum risk management? HLS-PR-012 Managing Risks for School Curriculum Activities • Outlines the responsibilities for: • Principals • DPs & Heads of Programs (e.g. HOD, HOSES, HOC) • Teachers • Others • Sets minimum requirements • Provides supporting tools HLS-PR-012 Tab 2

8. What ‘tools’ have been developed? Tools developed in conjunction with HLS-PR-012 to assist with Curriculum Risk Management: • Curriculum Activity Risk Planner • Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment Guidelines • Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment Template • School Curriculum Activity Registerfor ‘high’ risk activities

9. Curriculum Activity Risk Planner The Planner has been designed to assist teachers start the curriculum risk assessment process: Step 1: Identify hazards associated with activities Step 2: Assess the risk level Step 3: Determine the control measures required Use of the planner to record activities is not mandatory. Curriculum Activity Risk Planner: http://education.qld.gov.au/strategic/eppr/health/hlspr012/planner.pdf Tab 3

12. What are the hazards with a simple trip to the airport?

13. Record the activity… If an activity involves hazards, record the activity in the Planner record sheet. This will provide a record of your initial risk assessment.

16. Assessing the inherent level of risk Consider five key questions: • Which students will be involved? • What will the students be doing? • What will the students be using? • Where will the students be? • Who will be leading the activity?

17. How is risk assessed? Risk is assessed by considering the: • Likelihood of an incident occurring(i.e. what is the chance) • Consequence if it did occur (i.e. injury, illness) Also consider our social context.

18. The Risk Matrix:a guide to assist with your risk assessment

20. Step 3: Determine the controls

21. Step 3: Determine the controls

22. What is required for Low risk activities? Little chance of incident or injury Most regular classroom activities undertaken by a majority of teachers will be low risk. • Manage through regular planning processes

23. What is required for Medium risk activities? Some chance of an incident and injury requiring first aid • Document controls in planning processes and/or complete a Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment

24. For High and Extreme risk activities… Assess the risk

25. What is required for High risk activities? Likely chance of a serious incident and injury requiring medical treatment • Complete a Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment • Principal or delegated DP or Head of Department to approve risk assessment • Activity details to be entered into the School Curriculum Activity Register • Obtaining parental permission is recommended

26. What is required for Extreme risk activities? High chance of a serious incident resulting in debilitating injury or death • Consider alternatives to doing the activity • Complete a Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment • Principal to approve risk assessment • Activity details to be entered into the School Curriculum Activity Register • Parental permission must be obtained

27. How do I do a curriculum risk assessment? • If a Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment (CARA) guideline exists for your activity, use that. • If a CARA guideline does not exist, use the Curriculum Activity Risk AssessmentTemplate.

28. Does a Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment (CARA) guideline exist?

32. Curriculum Activity Module (e.g.)

33. Tab 7

39. What are the benefits of using a prepared Curriculum Activity Risk Assessment guideline? • The CARA guidelines are based on current regulations and expert advice. • Each CARA guideline will: • Provide assessed risk levels as a guide • Stipulate the minimum recommendations for the activity • Identify the common hazards • Suggest controls for you to consider • A guideline can be completed electronically, saved, andused as a basis for future risk assessments. The CARA guidelines have been prepared to assist you complete a quality risk assessment.

40. Qualifications • Some new requirements • 12 months phase in period for qualifications(till end of 2011) • Refer to CARA Guidelines for details

41. What if no guideline exists for my activity? • Use the Curriculum Activity Risk AssessmentTemplate • It will take you through the riskassessment process Tab 4

44. What is the Curriculum Register? • Need to record high and extreme risk activities being conducted. • A School Curriculum Activity Registeris to be kept. • Once a CARA is approved, its details are recorded in the register.

45. Step 4: Implement the controls

46. Step 5: Monitor and review

48. What will happen in schools? Establish risk management processes for: • Completing curriculum activity risk assessments • Approving curriculum activity risk assessments • Maintaining a School Curriculum Activity Register

49. In this school… • Those delegated to approve curriculum activity risk assessments for high risk activities: • 1. • 2. • Establish a Curriculum Risk Management directory:This will store: • CRM resources including blank template masters • Approved risk assessments • Risk Register (?)

50. Cairns Catholic Education gratefully acknowledges that these procedures and training materials are essentially the work of Education Queensland.