Risk assessment as part of a risk management process “Risk assessment has a central role to play in the inspection and making safe process.” ICCM Management of Memorials 2019 Before we get to the ‘how’ let’s quickly provide some context. Risk management as a process can be broken down in a number of ways, but borrowing a little from organizational risk management, we might consider a typical process as: Identify, Assess, Prioritize, Treat, Monitor and Report. Now, let’s look at that in respect of the steps needed to manage risk as defined by the HSE: Identify Hazards, Assess the risks, Control the risks, Record your findings, Review the controls. Drilling a little further down into that guidance on risk assessment in practice, that will involve recording all information relating to: Who might be harmed and how; what you're doing to control the risks; what further action you need to take to control them; who needs to carry out the action; when the action is needed by;