Risk Managements What’s, Where’s, Why’s, How’s, and Who’s
Tyler Swartz
12/03/2012
When you make a risk management plan, it should serve three important entities: the employee, the client, and the company. The plan should include the identification of all known risks, an evaluation of those risks, and you should implement an action plan to attack and manage identified risks. When attempting to manage the risks you have decided worthy, managers/guides have four options on how to mitigate those risks: reduction, retention, transfer or avoidance. If you are a more proactive/ aggressive manager/guide, the process at which to mitigate risk involves inclusiveness and a stellar attitude that says/shows “prevention is the key”. This plan of attack identifies all of the employee’s specific responsibilities, establishes a sense of security, and grounds a set of safety rules, regulations and procedures. More importantly when constructing and implementing risk management objectives, you most definitely need to identify an onsite risk manager. While developing the stages of the risk management plan, the onsite risk manager can learn the essential elements of the risk management plan. Once you go through with the implementation, and after the plan is completed, the onsite risk manager should take a Leadership role in putting together a “risk management review committee”, as well as seeing that suggestions are produced for improving the way the plan(s) are implemented.
More and more often these days, volunteers are playing a higher card in assisting employees and employers as too providing direct services to the public. For this reason, is exactly why you need a specific criterion to determine their relationship, obligations, duties, training, and their limitations within the employer’s vision. It is very vital that this criteria or contract (preferred) is emphasized and followed to par. Because, a lot more risk stems from the fact that he/she is a volunteer, not a trained professional. Thus, they should not wreak the benefits of a professional, or serve certain responsibilities such as the professional might/does.
The conduction of these programs, events, and other activities widely exposes the employer to a variety of risks, such that could result in financial loss for individuals and employers involved in an accident or situation while performing activities within the criteria. A risk management plan reduces the threat of financial obligation that could possibly arise from an accident in the program being preformed. If you can effectively enforce risk management practices, it will greatly maximize the minimization of accidents and reduce the obligated liability the employer has to participants, volunteers, and employees. Possible risks can arrange from potential hazards involving employer facilities and recreational sites, activities that knock on risk’s door, contracts (not conducting any), and the malfunction of equipment. These sections address the issues and bring to light all possible coordinative problems associated with personnel well being, program delivery, and the quality of management and its employees.
These are the risk management tools and procedures available to assist you in conducting daily operations and activities in a safe manner. Enjoy.
