Summary
In short
- A change risk review is an assessment used in KnowSafe that assesses the risk created by a proposed change before it goes ahead. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.8.1.3 and forms part of the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme.
- Raised alongside every management of change record. Carried out by the change owner with affected areas.
- The template holds 43 fields across 5 sections.
- Scoring is change risk band, where high is bad.
- ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links MOC.
What it is
What it is
What is a change risk review?
A change risk review is an assessment used in KnowSafe that assesses the risk created by a proposed change before it goes ahead. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.8.1.3 and forms part of the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme.
When is a change risk review completed?
A change risk review is completed when the task, area or population being assessed is new or has materially changed. Raised alongside every management of change record.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This assessment is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this assessment covers has occurred, or is about to
- A new record is needed; each one gets its own ID in the form RSK-2026-000
- You are running the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links moc
Not for
- Job Safety Analysis, which breaks a job into steps, finds the hazards in each and sets the controls.
- Pre-Task Risk Assessment, which a short check done by the crew right before work starts, covering what has changed today.
- Task Risk Assessment, which a fuller assessment of a task, its hazards and its controls, using the shared risk method.
- Anything outside KnowSafe, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ISO 45001Occupational health and safety management systems
The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the change risk review template based on?+
It is built against ISO 45001 cl.8.1.3. ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library. ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
What sections does the change risk review contain?+
There are 5 sections: header, what the change introduces, what the change removes, wider effects, outcome. Together they hold 43 fields, 26 of which are required.
How often is a change risk review raised?+
A new record is raised when the task, area or population being assessed is new or has materially changed. Each one is given an ID in the form RSK-2026-000, so it can be traced and referenced from other records.
Which programme does the change risk review belong to?+
It is part of Critical Control and Fatal Risk. Named fatal risks with owned critical controls and a verification schedule that is actually run.
How is a change risk review scored?+
Scoring is change risk band. High is bad. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the change risk review template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the change risk review library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowSafe — safety and compliance. Incidents, hazards, permits, inspections and the critical controls behind them.
Meet KnowSafe→Sources
Sources
- ISO 45001 — Occupational health and safety management systems
- ISO — International Organization for Standardization