Meet Legal Obligations
It is legally required for all New Zealand schools to conduct risk assessments prior to activities. RiskAssess provides a convenient and rapid method to meet these obligations in a manner that closely follows the International Organization for Standardization Standard ISO 31000:2018.
Avoid Accidents
Safety data about food, chemicals, equipment and living things are stored in RiskAssess. When you choose a chemical or other item, RiskAssess automatically incorporates up-to-date safety information into the risk assessment. RiskAssess also includes allergy alerts. You assess the inherent risks and enter the appropriate control measures to make the activity safer.
Save Time
RiskAssess provides an electronic template which makes it simple and fast to carry out risk assessments. Risk assessments can be easily shared between staff, copied and customised from year to year, saving time and sharing knowledge.
The Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum has been implemented with some variations in each State and Territory. The curriculum requires that science be taught to students from their earliest years. Students are encouraged to take an increasingly active role in considering safety and assessing risk in investigations as they progress from Year 1 to Year 6. Read more about the requirements of the Australian Curriculum for Science.
Simple to use
RiskAssess has been developed in collaboration with Primary teachers. It provides background information on safety and risks posed by chemicals, equipment, food and living things, so that teachers can be aware of any potential issues. Primary RiskAssess is easy to use and includes built-in help. There is also a training video to help you get started.
Continuing development
We invite primary teachers to send us suggestions for new features and additional items to include in the safety databases. We want to make Primary RiskAssess as useful as possible for primary teachers!
Tried and Tested
Primary RiskAssess has been running for more than a decade, and is used by more than 200 schools.
