Developing an Effective Safety Culture
Course Details
Objectives
• Develop a clear understanding of human factors and their importance in developing an effective safety culture
• Appreciate the elements of safety management systems and their purpose
• Understand the consequences of behavioral acts and omissions as prime causes of accidents and adverse events
• Understand how to develop a step-by-step safety cultural improvement programme within your own organization
• Develop skills for identifying, evaluating and implementing cost effective solutions for influencing behavioral change
Outline
Safety Culture and Leadership :-
• Safety culture and safety climate
• The influence factor
• Leadership and culture
• Improving safety performance
• Historical review
Safety Management Systems :-
• Safety management systems and safety culture factors
• Essential safety management system components
• Developing an effective safety management system
• Sustaining an effective safety management system
• Reasons for safety management system failure
• The true benefits of an effective safety management system
HSE Model for Safety Culture :-
• Identifying problem areas
• Dependent, independent and interdependent cultures
• Planning for change
• HSE cultural change model
• How and when to intervene
• Key performance indicators
• Success factors and barriers
• Attitude questionnaires
Behavioral Safety :-
• Safety culture and behavioral safety
• Human factors
• Negative and positive dimensions
• Taylor, Herzberg, McGregor and Maslow
• ABC analysis (antecedents, behavior and consequences)
• What drives behavior
• Natural penalties and consequences
Assessing the Safety Culture :-
• Establishing the current status of a safety culture
• Information inputs and questionnaires
• Case studies from different organizations
• Managing people and their attitude to safety
• Developing questionnaires
• Personal action plans
Who Should Attend ?
Professional Development of Staff
Improved Communications
Improved Safety Behaviour
Reduction in Incidents
Receiving Practical Steps for Changing Culture
Leaders better equipped to face adversity of incidents head on
