Course Description

Health and safety technology and procedures are very important aspects of health and safety management. However, on their own, these will not provide a continuous improvement in health and safety and environmental performance. Health and safety enforcement agencies advise that failure of these systems account for only small percentages of accidents. The cause of most workplace accidents and incidents is directly related to human failure. Three thousand people are killed each day worldwide. Over 90% of these deaths are caused by unsafe behaviors of people in management and in the workforce. In this program you will look in-depth at the factors that impact on human failure:

• Organizational aspects that influence human failure. 
• Task factors that will increase or decrease human failure. 
• Individual factors that will impact on human failure. 
• How to develop a positive Safety Culture.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participant will be able to:

• Understand what behavior is? 
• Know why people are prepared to take unnecessary risk.
• Be able to observe and assess behavior at work.
• Understand ‘latent’ and ‘active’ failure.
• Know how to change at risk behavior (latent and active). 
• Know how to introduce these tools into their organization. 
• How improve risk perception within the organization.
• Know the seven main categories of human failure.
• Know what a safety culture is and how can it be measured and improved.
• Know how to conduct a Safety Culture survey and develop action plans & create continuous improvement.

Who Can Benefit

• Line managers at all levels and disciplines in the organization 
• HSE Advisors 
• No previous experience in health and safety or behavioral safety is necessary. 
• Adequate guidance is given during this program through individual and group activity.