When prioritising risks related to work activity, generally, am analysis of problems and causes will help in identifying gaps and recommended control measures. Control banding and risk control sheets are used to prevent issues or improve the situation.
A control approach document sets the principles of the control approach and common activities or processes that may address inhalation, skin, environment, safety, general maintenance and checklists. The ILO Toolkit provides task control sheets based on the respective control approach.
Task sheets are described for given tasks as provided in the risk assessment module task panel. An example for a Workplace related task has 3 specific tasks given:
- Work conducted in a glove box
- Work conducted in ventilated booth
- Work conducted on workbench or in cupboard
A Task in most cases does not affect the risk assessment conclusion but does provide guidance on control approaches relevant to the activity undertaken.
If there are no tasks related to your work environment activities listed, user defined tasks can be created using the User defined section of the panel.
The following steps illustrate the steps to ‘create a user defined task for a chemical on “Health (ILO)” risk assessment mode.
Steps
1. Select
the Risk Assessment module button 
2. Press
the ILO or UN tab
3. Press
the Folder name. Note that the risk assessment grid 
will show the list of chemical names and the risk assessment parameters
4. Click
the Expand button 
alongside the chemical name
5. Click
the Locked padlock button 
to unlock 
the risk assessment for the chemical
6. Click
the Task button 
to open the task panel
7. Press the User Defined task category’s red switch 
8. Click
Create to add a user defined task name
9. Click
the text field and type the name of the task
10. Click
Ok to save record entry
11. Press
the User Defined task from the list to assign to the chemical being risk assessed
12. The newly added User Defined task displays under the chemical name in the risk assessment grid’s chemical name column.
13. Click
Close icon on the top right corner of the Task Panel
14. Continue and assess the chemical by setting the respective risk assessment parameters to complete. This task name will be rendered in the final risk assessment report.
15. Apply controls to generate the risk rating
16. Click the
Save button
17. Click the
Yes button to complete risk assessment
18. Confirm if you want to copy risk assessment to other mode (UN). In this case, No is selected.
19. Click
the Report button to generate the risk assessment report
20. The User Defined task generated in the final risk assessment report.
