Ollie Bray's Talk at the Leading Edge Young Leaders Expediton Training Course.

1. Measuring Risk on Youth Expeditions Ollie Bray

2. background procedure the law risk assessment questions

8. “ Risk is an inherent part of the human spirit. Without it we cannot grow spiritually and discover our true being. To experience the warmth of shared human experiences in challenging situations and environments is to find peace. From: ‘And The Mountains Shall Bring Peace’ ” Risk?

9. The Law Civil (Roman Law) Vs Criminal Law Based on neglect

10. Duty of care Establishing neglect is likely to be based on an act or omission in relation to acontract. In our line of work the contract is usually a Duty of Care.

11. When is there a duty of care? A designated leader of a group owe a duty of care to its members, not only contractually but also by accepting responsibility. For an expedition a duty of care is owed to under 18s (‘in Loco Perentis’)

12. ‘In Loco Perentis’ The duty is: - ‘to take the care that one would expect reasonably prudent parents to take’ Leaders are recognised as having this duty during the provision of expedition activities.

13. care

15. Actively manage and control the group.

16. Assess the risks as an ongoing process – be open about them.

17. Be aware of typical incidents and how to respond.

18. Operate appropriately for your level of training and experience and be prepared for foreseeable situations.

19. Take normal decisions (what would respected peers do now?).

20. Use equipment is accepted ways.

26. Risk Assessment A risk assessment is nothing more than a careful examination of what could cause harm to people during your expedition. The aim is to make sure that no one gets hurt or becomes ill.

27. Some definitions Risk means the chance, great or small, that someone will be harmed by a hazard. Hazard means anything that can cause harm.

28. think about

29. Air travel

30. Cooking

31. Water

32. Route

33. Navigation

34. Risks caused by control measures

35. Manual handling

36. Changing physical factors

37. Thinking Ahead

38. Reliant on the weather

39. Hot

40. Cold

41. Training

42. Civilisation =

43. The accident equation human hazards accident potential physical hazards

45. Crevasses /Avalanche

46. Rock fall

47. Lightning strikes

48. Weather (blizzards)

49. Bears

50. CougarsAll can kill or cause serious injury

52. Failure to plan

53. Lack of skill / training

54. Lack of judgment

55. 3rd party

56. Over-ambitious

57. Poor communication

59. collaborative process

61. In short Acknowledge the Risk Assess the risk Manage the risk (control measures) Review the process

64. Look for opportunities

65. Blog Search

66. Leading Edge

67. Royal Geographical Society

68. Young Explorers Trust

69. Lonely Planet

70. Google Earth

71. olliebray@gmail.com www.olliebray.com @olliebray