A risk assessment, concentrates on lead hazards. This is usually what most people are interested in: is my house safe? A risk assessor takes dust and soil samples and sends them to an accredited laboratory. If lead hazards are found, the risk assessment report includes a prioritized plan, based on your budget, that tells you how to remove or manage the hazards.

You'll use the information gathered from your risk assessment to make decisions on how to manage risks in the workplace. Doing this in an informed, rational and structured manner will ensure that any action taken to reduce risks is appropriate. So the purpose of risk assessment is to produce an action plan to put in place controls to reduce workplace risks to as low a level as possible.

A risk assessment should involve the identification of significant hazards present in a working environment or arising out of commercial activities and work activities.

A risk assessment should be carried out whenever there is significant change in your business. For example when your workforce changes or you get lots of new equipment or premises. Certain activities also require a risk assessment. These include manual handling operations, use of hazardous substances, operations producing noise, working with asbestos and lead, operations that need personal protective equipment.

Yes, in the sense that a Risk Assessment could be considered a specific form of Behaviour Assessment. Behaviour Assessments are usually undertaken when trying to understand challenging behaviour. Evaluation of potential risks for the individual, staff and public would be a part of the considerations.