Centrally-managed risk assessments
To make safety planning easier, we provide centrally-managed risk assessments (CMRAs) for common activities, developed and approved by the Health, Safety & Wellbeing team. The CMRAs provide a strong foundation to help you plan and deliver safe activities, and can be adapted to your specific situation.
When to use a CMRA
Start with an existing assessment whenever your activity matches or closely resembles a standard task already covered.
Use it as your baseline for identifying common hazards and control measures (e.g. safe food handling for a catered morning tea).
How to adapt a CMRA
Before using a CMRA, review and tailor it to ensure it accurately reflects your specific activity, location and participants.
- Review the activity details and confirm whether anything differs from the standard scenario.
- Add local variations such as unique equipment, environmental conditions, or participant needs.
- Record additional controls if your situation introduces new hazards not covered in the central version.
- Remove irrelevant sections only if they clearly do not apply to your activity.
Your responsibilities when using a CMRA
- Ensure the assessment fits your activity – you remain responsible for confirming it is appropriate.
- Follow all listed control measures unless you have documented and approved alternatives.
- Update the assessment for your session by adding date, location, staff involved, and any adaptations.
- Report gaps or issues so the Health, Safety & Wellbeing team can improve future versions.
CMRAs list
Need help?
If you need any help with these assessments,contact the Health, Safety & Wellbeing team at hsw@monash.edu.