Activity 7: Risk management plan

Your task.

In this activity you will act as an educator. You are required to develop a risk management plan for an excursion for a group of children. You are required to follow the service policies and procedures (refer to appendix) and adhere to the legislative requirements. You are required to perform the following tasks: Organise an excursion for a group of children Once you have chosen where you want the excursion to be complete the risk assessment for the selected activity and include the following: oRecognise staffing requirements and allocate resources oEvaluate location, facilities and activities and identify potential hazards. Make sure insurance, volunteer credentials and transport requirements are as per service policies and procedures and legislative requirements.

Will there be any water-based activities/risks?

The proposed activities at the excursion

How would you minimise and manage risk by planning communication and collaboration between educators and volunteers during excursion?

Date Risk Assessment completed:

Staff member completing the Risk Assessment

Approved by the Nominated Supervisor:

Qualified Educator to evaluate the excursion and supervisory practices after the excursion

for excursion template say local libary excursion and fill the blanket about visit to libary risk mannagment plans and random contact number and names

Template: Excursion risk management plan
	Excursion details
Date(s) of excursion		Excursion destination	Benchmark answer:
Departure and arrivaltimes
Proposed activities		Water hazards?YesNo
Method of transport,including proposedroute
Name of excursionco-ordinator

	Contact number ofexcursion co ordinator	(BH)	(M)
Number of childrenattending excursion		Number of educators/parents/volunteers
Educator to child ratio, including whether this excursion warrants ahigher ratio? Please provide details.	Benchmark:
Excursion checklist
o First aid kit	o List of adults participating in the excursion
o List of children attending the excursion	o Contact information for each adult
o Contact information for each child	o Mobile phone / other means of communicating with theservice & emergency services
o Medical information for each child	o Other items, please list
Date(s) of excursion		Excursion destination
Departure and arrival times
Proposed activities		Water hazards?YesNo If yes, detail in risk assessment below.
Method of transport, including proposed route
Name of excursion co ordinator
Contact number of excursionco-ordinator	(BH)	(M)

Number of children attendingexcursion		Number of educators/parents/volunteers
Educator to child ratio, including whether this excursion warrants a higherratio? Please provide details.
Excursion checklist
o First aid kit	o List of adults participating in the excursion
o List of children attending the excursion	o Contact information for each adult
o Contact information for each child	o Mobile phone / other means of communicating with theservice & emergency services
o Medical information for each child	o Other items, please list