Appendix 2 - Risk Assessment Scales and Descriptors

Appendix 2 - Risk Assessment Scales and Descriptors

These tables are designed to provide the client with an understanding of the parameters and criteria used to assess threats and the risks they pose to a venue. In order to be user-friendly and provide a legacy framework for future risk assessment processes, a basic format and descriptive process are used. This process is primarily quantitative in nature as opposed to a more complex combined qualitative and quantitative assessment, carried out by risk management professionals.

The risk assessment and the descriptors used to complete it are moveable parameters based on the threats and risks that exist or those that can be reasonably expected. Should circumstances change that impact the nature of any threat or risk to the proposed venue or exhibition, then a complete review of the risk assessment should be undertaken. This is necessary to ensure that the risk mitigation measures remain appropriate, balanced, and relevant.

Achieved by multiplying the Likelihood score with the Consequence one to generate a quantitative score that can be assigned to the below ‘Action Timeline’.