SFAIRP / ALARP Workshops

In jurisdictions with Robens style legislation, it is necessary for operators to implement a measure to reduce safety risk, unless implementing that measure is not reasonably practicable. This is the essence of the “so far as is reasonably practicable” requirement, and also “as low as reasonably practicable”.

Arriscar has helped operators’ understand their obligations, identify risk reduction measures and demonstrate to government regulators their obligations have been discharged.

Reducing risk to a certain level is not necessarily reducing the risk to “ALARP” or “SFAIRP”. Demonstrating ALARP or SFAIRP requires an assessment of what else could be done, what is known about the risk and means of reducing the risk, if additional or alternative measures are available or suitable, and also a comparison of the cost of additional measures against the risk reduction obtained.  This is what needs to be discussed and documented when deciding if a risk is SFAIRP / ALARP.