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The risk management process
The risk management process involves a series of 4 main steps:
1. Identify the possible risks associated with your facility
2. Evaluate these risks and decide which are most important to treat
3. Put strategies in place to treat these risks (that is, get rid of, or reduce, the risk)
4. Monitor and review the situation to make sure things are working.

The risk management process

Step 1:
Identify risks

Communication Step 2: Step 4:
Evaluate risks Monitor and review

Step 3:
Treat risks

Duty of care
All staff and volunteers in your facility must exercise reasonable care to ensure that
people in their care are not injured. If they do not show this duty of care, they can
be found to be negligent.

Establishing negligence
• Do I owe a duty of care to the participant? If so, is the risk of any injury
reasonably foreseeable?
• What is the standard of care that must be achieved? Standard of care may vary
depending on the:
– type of activity
– age of the participant
– ability of the participant
– coach’s/instructor’s/administrator’s level of training and experience.

Remember
It pays to play safe!

What steps can I take to avoid the foreseeable risk of harm or injury?

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