Developing an Effective Safety Culture

Program description & objectives

This highly-interactive training seminar will give participants the skills and confidence aimed at developing and sustaining effective safety culture both within the public and private sectors. The seminar will provide delegates with a unique blend of proven management techniques and practical implementation strategies required to achieving a sustainable culture crucial to promoting a cleaner environment while maximising business performance. Effective safety cultures are essential ingredients to the safety management system of any group of people. If not developed and nurtured, the absence of safety can be highly debilitating and destructive. This seminar will, therefore, provide delegates with the necessary tools required to create unique and effective safety procedures and processes both within the public and private sectors. This training will highlight: - The impact of effective safety cultures on achieving good safety management - How to establish a safety culture and identify behavioral change improvement opportunities - How to assess the safety culture of an organization and the use of the HSE cultural change model - The importance of human factors and the work of Taylor, Herzberg, McGregor, and Maslow - The business benefits of sustaining an effective safety culture

Venues, Dates & Cost

VenuesDublinLondonDubaiEdmonton (CAN)Lagos/Abuja
DatesTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
Cost$3,500 per participant (USD)(=N=)

For Whom

  • Safety professionals and staff members in the public and private sectors

Snapshot of course content

  • 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 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