Hazard Identification

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Experience Overview
- 23 minutes run time
- Student completion records
- VR training certificates
- Training results
- Behavioral metrics
- Response times
- Training groups
- Scheduling
- Set refresher training frequency
- Modelled from Unit of Competency: RIIRIS201E
Train your team to spot hazards before they cause harm—and respond with the right controls to keep everyone safe.
This immersive VR training places users in a dynamic job site where risks unfold in real time. Trainees develop critical awareness skills, learn to apply structured safety frameworks, and walk away with the ability to assess, prioritize, and control workplace hazards before they escalate.
Hazards are everywhere—and failure to identify them is one of the leading causes of injury, downtime, and costly incidents.
Participants explore a reactive, high-risk environment where they must:
- Identify and assess hazards using real-time feedback loops.
- Apply the Hierarchy of Controls and Risk Assessment Matrix.
- Experience hazards too dangerous to simulate in the real world.
- Complete a full site safety risk inspection under exam conditions.
This hands-on training builds practical, transferable hazard identification skills—empowering workers to take ownership of safety, not just follow procedure.
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Understand the Fundamentals of Hazard Identification:
- Define what a hazard is and how it can cause short- or long-term harm.
- Learn their duty of care under local safety regulations to keep themselves and others safe.
Apply the 4-Step Risk Management Process:
- Identify Hazards: Spot potential sources of harm in various environments.
- Assess Risks: Use a risk matrix to determine severity, likelihood, and risk rating.
- Control Risks: Implement control measures using the Hierarchy of Control (Elimination, Substitution, Engineering, Administration, PPE
- Review Controls: Regularly assess whether implemented controls are still effective, especially after changes.
Utilise Key Safety Tools and Documentation:
- Risk Assessment Matrix
- Corrective Action Register
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
- Site Safety Plans, Hazard Registers, and Incident Reports
Practise Hazard Spotting Across Environments:
- Identify unsafe conditions including:
- Obstructed fire exits
- Poor ladder use near powerlines
- Incorrect manual handling
- Inadequate PPE usage
- Working at height without harnesses
- Spilled fuels and unsecured objects at height
Make Safety Judgements and Recommend Controls:
- Use the VR tablet to:
- Take photos of hazards
- Answer situational questions
- Select appropriate control measures
A. Tutorial Phase
- Orientation to the VR tablet and user interface.
- Learners begin spotting basic hazards and submitting photo evidence.
B. Discovery Phase
- Knowledge-check questions to test prior understanding of:
- Hazard vs. risk
- Risk control hierarchy
- Risk matrix application
C. Instructional Phase
- Learners are taught:
- The four-step risk management process
- How to use tools like the Risk Matrix
- How to differentiate between severity and likelihood
D. Exam Phase (Three Rounds of Assessment)
- Round 1: Identify hazards only.
- Round 2: Identify hazards and assess risk levels.
- Round 3: Identify hazards, assess risk, and select the most appropriate control.
- Each round progressively challenges the learner’s situational awareness and safety decision-making.
E. Results and Feedback
- Learners view what they got right, wrong, and missed.
- Encouraged to refine future hazard spotting and decision-making accuracy.
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CONTACT USWhat is Custom VR Builds?
It’s a service where Next World creates a fully tailored VR-training solution for your company — a custom course built to meet your industry-specific requirements rather than using a generic off-the-shelf VR module.
How does the custom-build process work?
The process typically follows these phases: you provide training documentation, subject-matter experts get involved, learning outcomes are identified, storyboard is created, virtual assets are modeled, testing and quality assurance, and finally deployment in your environment.
What type of training scenarios can be built?
You can build VR scenarios for hazard awareness, safe-practice with tools and equipment, practicing safety procedures step-by-step, and even testing learner’s knowledge in simulated hazardous situations — as if in real life but safe.
Is custom VR suitable for refresher training as well?
Yes — custom VR builds can be used for refresher/training-update courses to efficiently refresh skills and knowledge without re-arranging real equipment or putting people at risk.
What learning methodology does custom VR follow?
Next World suggests a blended approach: combining face-to-face, practical and immersive training methods, which helps improve retention, practical competence, and reduces incidents.