Health and safety risk assessment, APV

The health and safety risk assessment (APV) is the ‘Swiss army knife’ for the working environment. The risk assessment helps you to map your working environment, analyse what to do and draw up a plan for the measures to be introduced.

A tool for managers and the health and safety group: How to prepare a health and safety risk assessment (APV) at your shop. Read about requirements for the risk assessment, roles and responsibilities, the five phases of the process, suggested methods, etc.

A tool for managers and the health and safety group: The dialogue method is a good way to address psychosocial working conditions in an open talk between employees and management, e.g. at a staff meeting. You can also use the dialogue method for the first phases of a health and safety risk assessment (APV).

A tool for managers and the health and safety group: Questionnaire surveys are ideal for carrying out a health and safety risk assessment (APV) at a workplace with 20 employees or more. Smaller workplaces can use the dialogue method to map working conditions.

There are no fixed requirements for how to prepare a health and safety risk assessment, APV. Here are a number of methods that you can use to map the working environment, discuss the results and find the best course of action.