Risk Assessment and Prevention (HRCI/PHR - aligned)


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Overview/Description
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including issues in risk assessment and prevention. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating human resource professional's competencies. HRCI is an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and provides testing and certification services. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's employment practices are fair and equitable, and that they comply with required regulations and recommended policies and practices. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of risk assessment and prevention. You will learn about the health, safety and security risks in the workplace, injury and illness prevention and compensation programs, and safety training programs. The course will also help you understand business continuity planning and workplace privacy and investigation. All the topics in this course are based on the Risk Management functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by SHRM. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
Human resources professionals who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's certification examinations

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Risk Assessment

  • recognize the benefits of understanding health, safety, and security risks.
  • recognize examples of environmental health hazards.
  • match general occupational safety and health standards to descriptions.
  • recognize examples of workplace assets affected by security risks.
  • Risk Prevention

  • recognize the benefits of understanding risk prevention programs.
  • identify the elements of injury and illness prevention programs.
  • match injury and illness compensation programs to descriptions.
  • match the activities involved in developing an effective safety training program to tips for carrying out each activity.
  • sequence examples of the steps involved in business continuity planning.
  • identify elements of a comprehensive written workplace privacy policy.
  • identify the elements of an effective workplace privacy investigation.
  • identify the considerations for a workplace search.
  • Course Number:
    HR0277