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Risk Assessment Templates

Manage organizational liability and broad safety risks with our Risk Assessment templates. Ideal for planning, equipment purchase, and non-HRCW activities where a SWMS is not required.

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Risk Assessment Templates

Managing safety risks is a legal requirement for all Australian businesses. A documented Risk Assessment helps you identify hazards and implement controls to keep workers safe.

BlueSafe provides a comprehensive range of Risk Assessment templates for construction, trades, services, manufacturing and more.

These documents support safer workplaces, compliance and professional risk management.

What’s Included in Our Risk Assessment Templates?

Each Risk Assessment template typically includes:

  • task and site details
  • prompts for industry-specific hazards
  • risk rating tools and guidance
  • sections for controls and sign-off
  • fully editable format

They are designed to be practical and easy to use.

When to Use a Risk Assessment (vs. a SWMS)

While a SWMS is mandatory for High Risk Construction Work, a Risk Assessment is the industry standard for everything else. Use these templates for:

  • Business Planning: Assessing risks before buying new vehicles or machinery.
  • General Tasks: Low-risk maintenance, office work, or consulting where a SWMS is overkill.
  • Policy & Systems: evaluating staff training gaps, fatigue management, and emergency procedures.
  • Due Diligence: Creating a paper trail that shows you have assessed risks at an organizational level, not just the site level.

Why Choose BlueSafe Risk Assessments

  • ✔ Industry-specific content
  • ✔ WHS-focused and compliant
  • ✔ Fully editable Word templates
  • ✔ Free branding included
  • ✔ Trusted by Australian businesses

Risk Assessment Overview

Risk Assessment templates are an essential tool for any safety management system.
Browse our templates to find the right options for your industry and tasks.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Risk Assessment template? ▼
A Risk Assessment template provides a structure to document hazards, risks and controls for work activities.
Who uses these Risk Assessment templates? ▼
Business owners, supervisors, safety officers and workers across all industries use them.
Can they be used for any industry? ▼
Yes. We have templates for construction, trades, services, manufacturing and more.
Do they work with SWMS? ▼
Yes. A Risk Assessment covers the 'Big Picture' (Training, Policy, Equipment Selection), while the SWMS covers the 'Daily Method' (How to do the job). You often need a Risk Assessment to plan the work, and a SWMS to perform it.