Identifying and Managing Building Safety Risks (E-learning)

Assessing and Controlling Building Safety Risks, Online

Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 requires Accountable Persons to assess the risks of fire spread and structural failure in occupied higher-risk buildings, review those assessments and take all reasonable steps to prevent the risks materialising or reduce the severity of an incident.

This online course shows how to identify and assess those risks, how they differ from related hazards governed by other legislation, how to choose proportionate controls and how to keep the assessment current as the building changes.

Who Is the Building Safety Risks Course For?

The course is for those responsible for risk in occupied higher-risk residential buildings in England, including:

• Accountable Persons
• Principal Accountable Persons
• Higher-risk residential building managers
• Building safety managers
• Property managers with building safety responsibilities
• Risk assessment and building safety compliance coordinators

It is relevant to housing associations, registered providers, local authority housing, residential property management and build-to-rent, and to freeholders, managing agents, high-rise asset managers and student accommodation providers where the regime applies.

Why Is Building Safety Risks Training Important?

Defects that have not been found and assessments that are out of date leave Accountable Persons without a reliable basis for controlling fire and structural risks. Fire safety duties under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 remain separate from Part 4 responsibilities.

Other hazards in a building are covered by their own legislation, and the course shows when they need specialist assessment, including the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (for legionella) and the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998.

What's Included in the Building Safety Risks Course?

• Concise, focused e-learning with full audio voiceover
• Certificate on completion
• Simple login and access on any device, including the iOS and Android app
• Up-to-date content on the Building Safety Act 2022

Delivery Method

Online / E-learning

Course Duration

35+ minutes

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

• Distinguish fire spread and structural failure from related hazards governed by separate legal duties
• Identify hazards, assess likelihood and severity, and decide who may be harmed
• Recognise fire spread hazards and structural warning signs
• Recognise when asbestos, electrical, gas, legionella and lift hazards need specialist assessment
• Choose proportionate controls, and interim arrangements while permanent works are planned
• Recognise the need for competent verification and commissioning of safety controls
• Record findings, remedial work and reviews in building safety information
• Reassess risks after defects, incidents or changes in the use of the building

Course Content

This online Building Safety Risks course is made up of the following modules:

• Risk Assessment Duties – a five-step approach to identifying hazards, assessing risk, choosing controls and recording findings, and why commissioning an assessment does not remove the AP's duties
• Fire Hazards – weaknesses in compartmentation, escape routes and fire protection systems, residents' evacuation needs and when external walls need specialist appraisal under PAS 9980
• Structural Hazards – warning signs, changes that need specialist review, building records, deterioration and materials such as reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
• Asbestos – coordinating surveys, management plans and contractor information before work starts
• Electrical Hazards – using Electrical Installation Condition Reports to respond to communal electrical defects, and the role of BS 7671
• Gas Safety Hazards – checks on communal installations and landlord-provided appliances, and keeping records of Gas Safe engineers' work
• Legionella – water system risks, competent assessment, and controls and monitoring based on the HSE Approved Code of Practice L8
• Lift Safety Hazards – routine servicing compared with thorough examination, serious defects, firefighting lift availability and records
• Applying Controls – the hierarchy of control, interim arrangements, verification and commissioning
• Continuous Risk Management – reviewing risks after changes or incidents, using resident reports and inspection trends, and linking records to the golden thread and the safety case

Assessment

Learners complete a final assessment before their certificate is issued. The end of course test is:

• 100% online
• Multiple choice
• Passed with a score of 80% or more

Certification

An IIRSM-approved digital certificate is available to download and print as soon as the course is completed, and is valid for three years.

The certificate shows the learner's name, company name, course name, date of completion, expiry date and the name of the approval body.

Why Choose Building Safety Risks Training with Human Focus?

• Study any time, in short sessions that fit around work
• Less costly and disruptive than classroom training
• Discounts on volume purchases
• Excellent trainee support
• Covers fire and structural risk alongside the specialist hazards found in residential blocks
• Helps keep risk assessments, remedial work and reviews properly recorded

Course subtitles are available in over 20 languages, including French, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish.

This course provides awareness of specific duties under the Building Safety Act 2022. Completing it is not a formal assessment of competence to carry out statutory dutyholder responsibilities.

Related Content

• Health and Safety courses
• Fire Safety courses
• Construction & Engineering courses
• Fire Risk Assessment courses
• Asbestos courses

For short courses a completion certificate is available at the end of the course. You can screenshot this or print it out to confirm completion of the training.

For accredited courses a certificate will be sent directly to you from the appropriate awarding body.

All you need to complete our e-learning courses is a computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection.

E-learning is flexible, efficient, and cost-effective, meaning you can progress through the modules at your own pace, at your own time to fit the training in around your work and personal life.

Short online courses also help employers to demonstrate that they have fulfilled their legal duties to ensure their personnel have been adequately trained.

Once the courses have been completed, a confirmation of results can be saved or printed as evidence. This can then be kept on record as evidence of suitable training.

• Learning management system that delivers training on laptop, PC or mobile app
• Automatically track all learning via online competency matrix
• Combine all records in one place – upload offline certificates
• Share training records via QR code training passport

You will instantly receive a confirmation email with your order details and your course login details will follow within one business working day.

Please note that course bookings can not be processed outside of normal working hours, over weekends or on bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.

Step 1

Click the 'Buy' or 'Add to cart' button and you will be taken to our payment/booking page where you can choose to pay online now using a debit/credit card or you can pay later by invoice.

Step 2

Once you have paid for your course(s), you will receive an email from our team advising how to begin your training.

Step 3

You will be provided with a username and password which will enable you to access the e-learning portal. Login to start your course, once you have completed and passed the course, you will be able to download and print your certificate straight away.

Human Focus is a global leader in skilled behaviour change in the workplace.

We assist clients in achieving world-class business performance by helping to build skills and change habits that keep workers safer, healthier and more productive.

We were founded in 1992 and have grown over our 30 years of service to form close working partnerships with leading health and safety organisations, insurance companies and trade associations.

Our e-learning system supports subtitles in multiple languages for all courses. After starting any training module, learners can choose their preferred language for the course. Subtitles in any other language can also be added upon request.

Envico is working in association with Human Focus offering e-learning and is not accredited by or associated with any examination bodies, awarding bodies, institutions or organisations in any way whatsoever.