Health & Safety Templates & Tools
An afternoon's paperwork, done in minutes
Guided digital tools that take a UK health and safety assessment off your hands — they walk you through the HSE framework, work out the risk level, match the controls, and hand you a dated record to file. Some run free in your browser right now. The rest are paid downloads you own outright. Built for real workplaces either way.
Free tools plus paid downloads
Nothing to install
Works on any device
Your answers never leave your browser
Free tools — no signup
Start here — free tools, running in your browser
These answer the questions that usually come before an assessment — what training your people need, how many first aiders, whether an exposure level is over the limit, which asbestos to deal with first, and whether a construction project has to be notified to HSE. No account, no email address, nothing to install, and nothing you enter leaves your device.
The free tools are complete, not trials — nothing is held back or watermarked, and there is no limit on how often you use them.
Why a guided tool, not a blank template
A blank template hands you an empty form and assumes you already know the answers. That's where the hours go — and where hazards get missed. This applies equally to the free tools and the paid downloads.
The blank-template way
—Start at an empty form, working out what to even consider
—Easy to miss a hazard you didn't think to look for
—Judge how serious each risk is from scratch
—Work out which controls apply, then write it all up
—Best part of an afternoon, per assessment
With a guided tool
✓Answer plain questions about your site — the structure is built in
✓Every hazard the HSE framework covers is checked, so nothing slips through
✓The risk level is worked out for you, with the reasoning shown
✓Each issue is matched to a recognised control automatically
✓A dated, printable record in minutes
Exactly which parts it takes off your plate
A risk assessment has five steps. These tools don't replace your judgement of your own workplace — they remove everything around it that makes the job slow. Here's who does what.
1
Spot the hazards
The tool prompts every category the framework covers; you confirm what's present on your site.
You + tool
2
Decide who could be harmed
You bring the knowledge of your people, visitors and site; the tool asks the right questions.
You + tool
You bring the site knowledge
The tool does the legwork
What every tool gives you
Not a shortcut around your duty — the legwork around it. This is true of the free tools and the paid downloads alike.
01
No blank page
The framework is built in, so you're never guessing what to consider.
02
Nothing missed
Every hazard category is checked, so the assessment is complete, not just the obvious risks.
03
A record to file
A dated, printable assessment — exactly the evidence an inspector or insurer wants.
04
Yours to reuse
Every site, area and season. No per-person fee, no booking, no expiry.
The free tools and the downloads do different jobs
The paid downloads aren't a premium version of the free ones — they cover different ground. The free tools answer the scoping questions that come first; the paid downloads are the hazard-specific risk assessments themselves. Most people end up using both.
The free tools — working out what you need
Questions you ask before any assessment starts. Run them here, as often as you like.
- Which training applies to these roles, and when does it expire
- How many first aiders, and at what level
- Is this vibration exposure over the limit
- Which asbestos material do we deal with first
- Does this project have to be notified to HSE
The paid downloads — the assessments themselves
Hazard-specific risk assessments, each producing a dated record to file. Most cover topics the free tools don't. One-off payment, no subscription, priced below.
- COSHH, working at height, slips trips and falls
- DSE workstations, workplace heat, workplace cold
- Yours to keep, so they work offline and on site
- Useful across several sites, or for clients
One tool appears in both. The First Aid Needs Assessment is free to run here and also sold as a paid download. Same assessment, same record — the download is for people who want to own the file, use it offline and keep it with their own records. If you're assessing one workplace once a year, the free version is all you need.
What these are. These are working aids, not a replacement for your legal duty to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment — the judgement of your own workplace stays with you. They're built on published HSE guidance (and aren't endorsed by the HSE). What they remove is the blank page, the "how serious is this," and the write-up — turning a daunting task into a finished, filed document in minutes.
The paid downloads are listed below, with prices. After accredited training instead? Head to All Courses.
