Thousands of risk assessments are submitted to Nimbl every year. We’ve reviewed the data and discovered the top 10 selected risk factors flight and maintenance departments are facing and have provided example mitigations and insights. How do these compare to your top 10 factors and subsequent mitigations?
Wondering how to manage your top 10 risks?
Follow the 3 step process below to make it easier and download the report for sample mitigations.
- Identify
Complete a risk assessment to identify the primary hazards. - Assess Impact
A good risk assessment tool will do this for you automatically. It should have a set risk value for each factor previously determined by your team, automatically tally the risk score, and notify you when you have reached a medium or high-risk level. - Mitigate
Assess any elevated risk values against the department’s SOPs for guidance on implementing mitigations due to higher risk levels. There are four key strategies to mitigate risk:- Avoid
Eliminate the risk. - Transfer
Share or transfer the risk to another party. - Reduce
Implement actions to help reduce the likelihood or impact of the risk. - Accept
Accept the risk as is, but carefully monitor it.
- Avoid
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