Pest Control Risk Assessment Template

Name: Pest Control Risk Assessment Template
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Pre-filled Risk Assessments for Pest Control Businesses: Effortless Health and Safety Compliance

Pest controller setting an external rodent bait box in a client's garden.

Our ready-to-use Pest Control Risk Assessment Template helps you create a professional, legally compliant health and safety document for your pest control business or pest management service. It is designed for businesses carrying out domestic and commercial pest control across a wide range of environments, including homes, offices, retail premises, food premises, warehouses, schools, care settings, and outdoor sites.

This editable template is pre-filled with detailed, industry-specific content, making it quick and straightforward to adapt for your own pest control operations. Whether you are a self-employed pest controller, manage a small team of pest control operatives, or run a larger pest control company, this risk assessment covers the most significant hazards associated with day-to-day pest management work.

Includes typical hazards such as the use and storage of pesticides, rodenticides, and biocides, biological hazards from pests and waste, setting and monitoring traps and bait stations, lone working, working at height, confined spaces, driving between sites, slips and trips, manual handling, aggressive animals, plus fire risks linked to chemicals, vehicles, and business premises. The assessment also considers work carried out in food premises and sensitive environments, environmental contamination risks, client interaction, and challenging site conditions — helping to protect operatives, clients, occupants, and members of the public.

Because no two pest control businesses are the same, the template includes space to record site-specific hazards relevant to individual jobs or locations. A fully blank version is also provided for those who prefer to complete their pest control risk assessment entirely from scratch.

Ideal for pest control businesses, pest management services, pest control operatives, exterminators, and companies providing domestic and commercial pest control, this downloadable template offers a practical and reliable way to manage health and safety, demonstrate compliance, and maintain a professional and trusted reputation with clients.

This Editable Pest Control Risk Assessment Template Includes:

Business details
Assessor details
Hazards
Controls
Responsibilities
Custom hazards page
Sign-off section

Why Pest Management Businesses Should Choose This Risk Assessment:

Ease of Use: Our risk assessment template for pest control services is designed to be straightforward and user-friendly. It comes pre-filled with relevant content to make conducting your risk assessments easy.
Cost-Effective: With health and safety consultants typically charging upwards of £400 per day, implementing health and safety measures can often be a burden. Take control using our templates and save your business time and money.
Industry-Specific Hazards and Risks: Each of our risk assessment documents includes a comprehensive list of hazards and risks that are commonly encountered in the specific industry or profession.
Control Measures: Alongside each identified hazard, there are suggested control measures or actions that can be taken to reduce or eliminate the risk. These measures are based on industry best practices and legal requirements.
Legal Compliance: The pest control risk assessment template is designed to comply with health and safety laws and regulations, helping businesses meet their legal obligations to provide a safe working environment.
Customisable Content: While the downloadable template comes pre-filled with content relevant to pest control professionals, it is also easily customisable, allowing businesses to add or modify information to suit their specific operational needs and circumstances.
Additional Hazards Pages: This risk assessment for pest management services has extra pages for documenting any additional hazards not covered in the pre-filled sections. This ensures that the document can cover all possible risks, tailored to the specific environments and operations of the business.
Sign-off Section: A section for signatures from responsible persons, such as the business owner, manager or assessor, indicating that the risk assessment has been completed.

Fill-in on a computer, or by hand.

How to fill in this risk assessment template for pest management services:

This downloadable risk assessment for pest control specialists is fully editable on a computer. You can open it, fill it in, save and you're done. It can also be printed out and filled in by hand. If you're unsure how to do either of these don't worry, simple instructions are included.

Health and safety documents you will receive:

1 x Pre-filled Pest Control Risk Assessment (A4 size, Editable PDF)
1 x Blank Pest Control Risk Assessment (A4 size, Editable PDF)
1 x User instructions

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Risk Assessment FAQs

How do I complete a risk assessment for my business?

Completing a risk assessment is simple with our pre-filled templates. Just download the relevant template, review the pre-filled content, and edit it to reflect the specific hazards, people at risk, and control measures in your workplace. Our templates guide you step-by-step, helping you create a compliant risk assessment with ease — even if you’re not a health and safety expert.

What is a risk assessment?

A risk assessment is a systematic process for identifying and evaluating potential risks that could negatively impact individuals, assets, the environment, or organisations. The purpose of risk assessment is to determine the magnitude of potential hazards and decide on appropriate ways to eliminate or control the risk.

Here’s how it typically works:

Identify Hazards: Determine what could potentially cause harm. This includes looking at all aspects of the work environment, processes, and any external factors that could contribute to risk.
Analyse Risks: Assess the likelihood and consequences of these hazards. This involves considering the severity of the harm that could occur and the probability of it occurring.
Evaluate Risks: Decide whether the existing precautions are adequate or if more should be done. The aim is to minimise risks as much as reasonably practicable.
Record Findings: Document the hazards, their associated risks, and the measures that are in place to mitigate them. This record is crucial for communication and ongoing management of risks.
Review and Update: Regularly revisit the risk assessment to ensure it remains relevant and up-to-date, especially when changes in working practices or new hazards arise.

Risk assessments are essential for maintaining safety and compliance in various sectors, including construction, manufacturing, healthcare, and education, among others. They help prevent accidents and injuries, thereby ensuring a safer workplace and environment.

When should a risk assessment should be conducted?

A risk assessment should be conducted whenever there are potential risks associated with a work activity, process, or environment that might affect the safety and health of individuals or the integrity of assets and operations. It is particularly crucial when introducing new processes, equipment, or chemicals; changing work practices or layouts; responding to accidents or near-misses; and regularly as part of an ongoing safety management program. Additionally, it is legally required in many areas for businesses to perform risk assessments to ensure workplace safety and compliance with health and safety regulations.

What should be included in a health and safety risk assessment?

A good risk assessment identifies workplace hazards, evaluates who might be harmed, outlines the level of risk, and details the control measures in place. Our templates include these essential sections and come with examples, so you’ll know exactly what to write and where.

Are your risk assessment templates suitable for small businesses?

Yes, our risk assessment templates are ideal for small businesses — especially those looking for industry-specific guidance. Each template is pre-filled with relevant content tailored to your sector, helping you meet legal requirements without starting from scratch. You can easily customise the document to reflect your business’s unique activities, premises, and processes, ensuring the risk assessment is both accurate and compliant.

What does my business need for Health and Safety?

Unsure about your business's health and safety requirements? Check out this page for essential information on meeting health and safety standards effectively.

How can I download this document?

Once you have completed your purchase you will be sent a link via email to download your files. This is usually within an hour.

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How can I edit the document?

By hand:

Simply open the document through your web browser, or other print software, and navigate to print. The document can be printed in black & white if needed. Grab a pen...

On a computer:

We recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader, the free, user friendly app from Adobe.

Don't worry, you won't need to learn any new software skills. In this simple app you can open your document, make edits, save changes and print.

Use this link to download your free copy from Adobe.com. Alternatively, navigate to Adobe.com and search for Acrobat Reader.

On a mobile device:

Although our documents can be downloaded to and edited on mobile devices, for the best user experience and full functionality we recommend using a computer, laptop or similar.

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