All staff must produce risk assessments for each field course that they lead and these should be updated on site as required. They should be dated with the current Academic Year s date and have the name of the staff member concerned. These will be reviewed by the Fieldwork Officer and DSO and kept in the Teaching Office.
Staff are to be advised to keep copies.
These assessments should be used in the field to instruct students on identifying and dealing with hazards and preparing risk assessments. As detailed below students will be expected to modify staff risk assessments and include these in their field notebooks and submit along with field reports for marking. Students will eventually be expected to prepare their fieldwork risk assessments. Every field course must have a member of staff who is a trained first aider. These to be related to safety on led field courses.