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What is the first step in CAP's five-step risk management process?

Identify hazards.

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  1. Assess risk
  2. Identify hazards ✔
  3. Implement controls

Why: You cannot manage a danger you have not spotted. The five steps go: identify hazards, assess risk, risk controls, implement controls and supervise and evaluate.

Huh, didn't know that: CAP's safety education says hazards are things that can hurt you or cause damage.

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Answer: Identify hazards. You cannot manage a danger you have not spotted. The five steps go: identify hazards, assess risk, risk controls, implement controls and supervise and evaluate.

  1. CAP Safety Education: Basic Risk Management www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/001__Basic_Risk_Management__SMS_201_EE1F195D6779F.pdf
    Identify Hazards
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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