Who is this article for?

Ideagen EHS users performing an audit.

Access to risk assessments is required.

Risk assessment is an important step in the audit process that helps the auditor to identify and prioritize potential risks, and to determine the level of audit work that is necessary to support the audit conclusion.

A risk assessment can be performed as part of a response to a question on a questionnaire.

This article outlines:

1. How to Perform a Risk Assessment
2. Further Reading

Note: The 'Perform Risk Assessment To Determine If Action Item Is Required' field must be set to 'Yes' when setting up the Audit Program in order to perform a Risk Assessment. For more details on this process please visit How to Create an Audit Program.

1. How to Perform a Risk Assessment

1. Click Modules, and then Audit Management.
2. Click Manage Audits.
3. Search for and open the audit you need to update.
4. Expand Audit Setup.
5. Click Questionnaire.
6. Select a Section.
7. Click the response dropdown to select your question response as No.
8. The Risk Assessment section will appear. Complete the required fields and click Save.

2. Further Reading

• How to Export a Questionnaire
• How to Create an Audit Program