Practical risk-assessment tools that do the work for you
Guided, self-contained tools that turn UK health and safety duties into a clear answer and a printable record — built on HSE guidance, ready to download and use offline. No subscriptions, no logins, no spreadsheets.
What are digital risk-assessment tools?
Each tool is a single, self-contained file that runs in any web browser — on a PC, Mac, tablet or phone. You answer a few plain questions about your workplace, and the tool applies the relevant HSE framework to give you a defensible recommendation plus a dated, printable record you can file as evidence. Once downloaded, they work completely offline. Buy once, keep for good, re-run whenever something changes.
The tools
Six tools covering common workplace duties — first aid provision, display screen equipment, slips and trips, working at height, and hot and cold working.
First Aid
First Aid Needs Assessment Tool
Works out how many first aiders your workplace needs and whether they should hold EFAW or FAW — the question the regulations never answer with a number.
- Applies the HSE risk-and-headcount framework
- Flags shift, lone-worker and continuity gaps
- Covers paediatric and early-years duties
- Printable record with review date
Display Screen Equipment
DSE Workstation Assessment Tool
Assess any display screen workstation — office, home or hybrid — against the HSE checklist, flag what needs fixing, and produce the record.
- All six HSE workstation checklist areas
- Per-workstation and organisation modes
- Covers home and hybrid setups
- Flags the ‘5+ employees’ recording duty
Slips, Trips & Falls
Slips, Trips & Falls Risk Assessment Tool
Walk an area, flag the hazards against the HSE slip-and-trip framework, and get a recorded action plan — for the UK’s most common workplace injury.
- Eight HSE hazard categories per area
- Contamination, housekeeping, floors, stairs and more
- A specific control action for every hazard
- Printable record with review date
Working at Height
Working at Height Risk Assessment Tool
Plan any work-at-height task through the Regulation 6 hierarchy — avoid, prevent, minimise — and catch the failures the HSE prosecutes most often.
- Walks the Work at Height Regulations 2005 hierarchy in order
- Flags PPE-first, no rescue plan and fragile surfaces
- Branches by access type and roof/public exposure
- Printable action plan with review date
Thermal Comfort
Workplace Heat Risk Assessment Tool
Assess the risk of working in heat using the HSE six-factor thermal framework, with controls and a printable record — for summer, heatwaves and hot processes.
- Air temperature, radiant heat, humidity, work rate and more
- Hydration and vulnerable-worker checks
- Action checklist with sign-off
- Printable record with review date
Thermal Comfort
Workplace Cold Risk Assessment Tool
The winter counterpart — assess cold-working risk including wind chill, wet conditions and the 16°C/13°C benchmarks, with cold-specific controls.
- Wind chill, wet-cold and exposure factors
- HAVS and ice/slip hazard prompts
- Action checklist with sign-off
- Printable record with review date
Why a guided tool, not a blank template?
A free template hands you an empty form and assumes you already know the answers. That’s where the hours go — and where hazards get missed. Here’s the difference.
The blank-template way
With the tool
Exactly which parts it takes off your plate
A risk assessment has five steps. These tools don’t replace your judgement of your own workplace — they remove everything around it that makes the job slow. Here’s who does what.
Spot the hazards
The tool prompts every category the framework covers; you confirm what’s present on your site.
Decide who could be harmed
You bring the knowledge of your people, visitors and site; the tool asks the right questions.
Evaluate the risk
The hardest step, done for you — it applies the framework’s logic and gives a risk level with the reasoning shown.
Record your findings
A dated, printable assessment is generated automatically — the document an inspector or insurer asks to see.
Review it later
Re-run it next year or after a change in minutes, instead of starting over.
What you’re really buying
- It does the thinking. A blank checklist leaves you to interpret the regulations. These tools apply the framework to your answers and tell you what the result means.
- You get a record, not just a form. Every tool produces a dated, printable assessment you can file as evidence the assessment was carried out — exactly what an inspector or insurer asks to see.
- Built on HSE guidance. The logic follows the relevant HSE frameworks and regulations — these are independent tools built on published guidance, not official HSE products and not a substitute for professional judgement.
- Buy once, use offline. Self-contained files with no subscription, no account and no internet needed after download. Re-run them for every site, desk or season.
Frequently asked questions
Are these tools a substitute for a professional risk assessment?
No. They are assessment aids that structure and record your own assessment using the relevant HSE framework. They give you a defensible starting point and a printable record, but the final judgement rests with you as the employer, and a competent person should review the findings for complex or higher-risk situations.
Are they approved or endorsed by the HSE?
No. The tools are built on Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance and the relevant UK regulations, but they are independent products and are not endorsed by or affiliated with the HSE or any other body.
How are the tools delivered, and do I need to install anything?
Each tool is an instant digital download — a single HTML file that opens in any modern web browser on a PC, Mac, tablet or phone. There is nothing to install, no account to create and no subscription. Once downloaded, the tools work completely offline.
Can I use one tool for more than one site or workstation?
Yes. The tools are yours to keep and re-run as many times as you need — for each site, desk, shift or season — and to review whenever your staffing, activities or workstations change.
Where do I buy them?
All six tools are sold through envicourse.com, Envico’s training marketplace, which opens in a new tab when you select a tool above. As well as these tools, envicourse.com offers thousands of UK health, safety and professional training courses. Both envico-online.com and envicourse.com are operated by Envico Limited.
Envico is an independent provider of health and safety training courses, templates and tools. These digital tools are assessment aids built on published HSE guidance; they do not constitute legal advice and are not a substitute for a suitable and sufficient risk assessment or professional judgement. Product purchases are completed on envicourse.com, operated by Envico Limited.