Cockatoo Island Tours Risk Assessment
Cockatoo Island Tours Risk Assessment
CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS
LIKELIHOOD SCORE
RISK REFERENCE
TREATMENT
RISK OWNER
REQUIRED
(refer table)
(refer table)
(refer table)
FOR THIS
RISK DESCRIPTION (Statement) COMMENT ON RISK (What could happen) LIST EXISTING CONTROLS RISK
(YES/NO) IF
YES, GO TO
TREATMENT
SCHEDULE
Problems associated with accessing Cockatoo Injury or harm during transport to and from Cockatoo Schools or community organisation must have adequate (2) 3 3
Island via Sydney ferries Island via Ferry Service. Disruptions to ferry services ratio of adults for supervision when children are present - Satisfactor
resulting in cancellations,delays. supervisors are in control of their charges whilst on ferry y
Manager
1 and disembarkeing. according to school or community Medium Marketing & NO
groups safety plans. Rangers patrol docking and passenger School Supervisor
arrivals and departures
General safety of children, and staff on Guided tour injuries occur due to industrial nature of site such as Guides will brief tour groups initially on emergency (2) 3 3
of Cockatoo Island including outdoor space and trips, slips, falls, cuts due to uneven gound, old procedures, hazards that will be found on the site, pre Satisfactor Manager
2 y Medium NO
building structures. machinery and area to be covered contract ask for participants to have sun protection, sturdy Marketing
closed shoes
Child getting lost while on tour injury or panic in group Schools to roll call at the beginning and supervisors (1) Good 2 3
regularly check their charges at each stop Manager
3 Low
Marketing
NO
Lack of amenities for people with disabilities or frail people not being able to access areas or unable to take wheelchair available from Ranger, buggy may be available (1) Good 3 2
and aged patrons full tour Manager
4 Low
Marketing
NO
Problems with seagulls diving at patrons during injury, panic tours diverted from nesting areas at this time, tour (1) Good 4 2
nesting season causing panic and possible injury participants warned of danger before tour begins, no food
5 to be offered to seagulls on site Medium
Manager
NO
Marketing
Children or people with allergies such as asthsma, serious illness, evacuation from island, Schools ans community groups to let tour guides know (1) Good 1 3
ant or bee, food. prior to tour, Tour Guides reiterate it is the responsbility of
the participant or carere to carry epipens, asthma or other Supervisor school
6 medication and to administer those as guides have no Low group & Manager NO
Marketing
training
Possibility of participant falling in harbour drowning, becoming wet, psychological damage, Tour Guides ask participants to keep to paths, and notify (1) Good 1 3
supervisors about dangers of going close to water's edge Supervisor school
contamination from harbour water
7 Low group & Manager NO
Marketing
Vehicles on island and possibility of collision, injury, panic Vehicle procedures to be adhered to on the island and (1) Good 3 3R
checked by Rangers, participants warned to keep to the left Supervisor school
8 when walking on roads, Supervisors told of cotrols before Medium group & Manager NO
tour commences Marketing
Use of scissors and other craft materials causing cuts Supervisor to notify tour guide of problems that participants (1) Good 1 2
may have with scissors, Tour Guides closely monitor use of Supervisor school
injury
9 scissors Low group & Manager NO
Marketing
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Tours Risk Register
CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS
LIKELIHOOD SCORE
RISK REFERENCE
TREATMENT
RISK OWNER
REQUIRED
(refer table)
(refer table)
(refer table)
FOR THIS
RISK DESCRIPTION (Statement) COMMENT ON RISK (What could happen) LIST EXISTING CONTROLS RISK
(YES/NO) IF
YES, GO TO
TREATMENT
SCHEDULE
safety of children under 18 child predator, prohibitive sexual acts All Guides and tachers have current working with Children (1) Good 1 4
Checks and children are not alone with any one person Supervisor school
10 during tour Medium group & Manager NO
Marketing
severe weather whilst on tour injury, panic, evacuation Tour guides to check weather before commencing tour, (2) 1 4
participants asked to bring wet weather gear. Evacuation Satisfactor Supervisor school
11 plans known to all before tour commences y Medium group & Manager NO
Marketing
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CONTROL EFEFCTIVENESS
(3) Poor While the design may be largely correct in that they
treat most of the root causes of the risk, they are
not currently effective OR Some of the controls do
not seem correctly designed in that they do not
treat root causes, thouse that are correctly
designed are operating effectively. 41 to 65%
(4) Very Poor Significant control gaps, either controls do not treat
root causes or they do not operate at all effectively.
21 to 40%
0 to 20%
LIKELIHOOD TABLE
FINANCIAL
PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTUAL (Additional costs PROPERTY & POSITIVE
SCORE DESCRIPTION PUBLIC LIABILITY REPUTATION PEOPLE
INDEMNITY &LEGAL and/or loss of INFRASTRUCTURE CONSEQUENCE
income)
5
Disaster with Loss of more than
Multiple fatalities or Extensive fines and
Extensive litigation, extensive loss and 30% of staff or
extensive long litigation with Extensive public Extensive financial Significantly
possible class long term critical skills, causing
terms injuries. possible class outcry; potential loss ($1M+); loss of enhanced
CATASTROPHIC action; worst case consequences; shut down of
Total destruction of action; threat to national media program or reputation, huge
loss to the threat to viability of services & non
buildings affecting viability of program attention business operation financial gain
organisation. services or achievement of
multiple sites or service
operation. business objectives
4 Critical loss or
Multiple severe Major complaint Major breach with
Major financial loss event requiring Loss of key staff,
injuries or a single with litigation and fines and litigation; Serious public
($500,000-$1M); replacement of Enhanced skills, knowledge
fatality. Destruction long term long term media outcry,
MAJOR severe impact on property or reputation, mojor resulting in reduction
of properties or significance: very significance and broad media
program or infrastructure; long financial gain of services affecting
damage at two high loss to the major financial attention
business operation term impact on the business outcomes
sites Trustl impact
Trust
3 Serious breach
Significant financial
Significant injury Significant involving statutory Significant loss with Loss of corporate
loss ($50,000-
involving medical complaint involving authority or Significant public temporary Some knowledge or
$500,000);
treatment or a statutory authority investigation; criticism with or disruption of enhancement to required skill sets
MODERATE considerable
hospitalisation. or investigation or prosecution without media services: medium reputation, high not available
impact on program
Significiant property prosecution. possible with attention term impact on the financial gain affecting some
or business
damage Significant loss significant financial Trust operations
operations
impact.
2
Contained non- Minor financial loss
Contained Minor loss; minimal
Some medical compliance or ($10,000 - Individual loss of
complaint or action Heightened local downtime: short
treatment required, breach with short $50,000); minimal Small benefit, low people in positions
MINOR with short term community concern term impact; mostly
minimal loss to the term significance impact on program financial gain where it is difficult to
significance. Some or criticism repairable through
Trust and minor financial or business replace skills
loss to the Trust normal operations.
impact operation
1
Negligible financial Isolated or minimal short term vacancies
Isolated internal or Isolated non- Isolated, internal or
First aid only, minor loss ($10,000); no loss, short term or skills
minimal adverse compliance or minimal adverse Small benefit, low
INSIGNIFICANT loss of or damage impact on program impact, development delay
attention or breach; negligible attention or financial gain
to property or business repairablethrough meeting business
complaint financial impact complaint
operation normal operations outcomes
Risk Probability Matrix
Consequence Label
Likelihood
1. Insignificant 2. Minor 3. Moderate 4. Major 5. Catastrophic
Label
Determine the Risk Level for each identified risk and enter it in the Interim Risk Register. HB AS4360
Risk Treatment & Corrective Action Table
PERSON RESPONSIBLE
FOR IMPLEMENTATION
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RISK REF: From
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