GENERIC Risk assessment and risk management record

							KCC Education and Libraries                                                            Outdoor Education Unit                                  Off -site activities and educational visits




   GENERIC Risk assessment and risk management record                                                                                  RA Ref Number              016

   Activity                  THEME PARKS                                             Location/purpose

   Leader                                     Other staff                                                    Group size                           Ratio
   Identifying the hazards - assessing the risk                                      Risk rating   Control measures - reducing the risk                                    Outcome
   Consider:   Site and its environment, group, leader, activity arrangements and transport


   Getting Lost                                                                           Medium Maps of site issued to all                                                 Low
                                                                                                 Lost persons posts identified on maps and shown to all pupils/young people
                                                                                                 Meeting points identified on map
                                                                                                 Meeting times arranged and agreed

   Falling from height                                                                        Low Pupils instructed to abide by Ride rules and regulations                        Low
                                                                                                  Pupils advised to check own security before ride sets off

   Water features                                                                         Medium Pupils instructed to abide by Ride rules and regulations - no                    Low
                                                                                                 standing on rides
                                                                                                 Pupils instructed to stay outside barriers that keep them seperated
                                                                                                 from water features

   Illness or minor injury                                                                    Low First Aid posts identified on maps                                              Low
                                                                                                  First Aid equipment carried by staff
                                                                                                  Information about medical condition of all participants known by staff

   Major incident or accident                                                                 Low Staff move around Park throughout visit providing distant supervision           Low
                                                                                                  Accident/emergency procedures known by all staff
                                                                                                  Weather forecast checked

   Being approached by strangers                                                          Medium Pupils/Young people instructed to stay in small groups at all times              Low
                                                                                                 and never to go anywhere alone.
                                                                                                 The names of those in sub groups recorded and held by Visit Leader and
                                                                                                 Supervisors
                                                                                                 Pupils/Young people instructed to report any such incidents to school
                                                                                                 or park staff immediately
   Generic/mandatory risk assessment, used and acknowledged




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KCC Education and Libraries                                                 Outdoor Education Unit                                Off -site activities and educational visits




   1. Employer (LEA) - risk assessments/guidance used

   Additional Guidance sheet - Category B Activities - Theme Parks
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   2. Establishment - risk assessment/guidance used
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   Alternative plans (Plan 'B' /Plan 'C')
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   Emergency contacts and procedures


   On going risk assessment                1. Apply the control measures   2. Monitor how effective they are    3 Change, adapt, revise as required



   Review comments




   Completed:               Date

   Signed:                  Visit Leader                                                            Authorising Officer/Role
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