Unit 3: The Risk Assessment Process in Practice

1. 3.1 Risk assessment level 1

The ISM Code requires that the safety management objectives of the Company should, amongst other things, assess the risks associated with all identified hazards in respect of its ships, personnel and the environment, and establish appropriate safeguards.

These risk assessments, sometimes known as generic risk assessments, should therefore be carried out at a high level in the Company with appropriately knowledgeable and experienced personnel, and the results used to ensure that appropriate safeguards and control measures are contained within the Company’s safety management system in the form of policies, procedures and work instructions.