Developing an Effective Safety Culture

Objectives

At the end of this training seminar, you will:

  • 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 behavioural 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 organisation
  • Develop skills for identifying, evaluating and implementing cost effective solutions for influencing behavioural change

Who Should Attend?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • All line managers and supervisors
  • Production and process engineers
  • Maintenance personnel
  • HSE personnel
  • Human resources professionals
  • Any other personnel who are involved in planning and implementing the organisation’s HSE management system

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

Behavioural Safety  

  • Safety culture and behavioural safety
  • Human factors
  • Negative and positive dimensions
  • Taylor, Herzberg, McGregor and Maslow
  • ABC analysis (antecedents, behaviour and consequences)
  • What drives behaviour
  • Natural penalties and consequences

Assessing the Safety Culture  

  • Establishing the current status of a safety culture
  • Information inputs and questionnaires
  • Case studies from different organisations
  • Managing people and their attitude to safety
  • Developing questionnaires
  • Personal action plans

Training Methodology:
This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total
tuition hours:-
• 30% Lectures, Concepts, Role Play
• 30% Workshops & Work Presentations, Techniques
• 20% Based on Case Studies & Practical Exercises
• 20% Videos, Software & General Discussions

Certificates

A Certificate of Completion will be issued to those who attend & successfully complete the programme.

Schedule

  08:30 – 10:15 First Session

 10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:15 Second Session

 12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break

12:30 – 14:00 Third Session

 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch

 Fees

 The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is: