Introduction
Effective safety culture is widely accepted as being an essential component of the successful development and implementation of an organization’s safety management system. Preventing major accidents is about ensuring that everyone, regardless of position, follows safety procedures and safe practices - by always intervening when unsafe behaviors or conditions are observed. A safety culture improvement process approach that actively engages everyone through personal responsibility is seen as the way forward.
In this seminar you will learn:
- The impact of effective safety culture on achieving good safety management
- How to establish a safety culture improvement processes and identify behavioral change improvement opportunities
- The importance of actively caring
- How to assess the safety culture of the organization
- About Taylor, Herzberg, Vroom, Geller & Maslow
Course Objectives of Developing an Effective Safety Culture
Participants attending the program will:
- Have a clear understanding of human factors and their application to their organization’s current safety cultural status
- Be familiar with elements of safety management systems and their purpose
- Appreciate the consequences of behavioral acts and omissions as prime causes of accidents and emergency situations
- Be able to develop a step-by-step safety cultural improvement program within their own organization
- Develop an appreciation of carrying out an HSE cultural positional assessment
- Develop skills for identifying, evaluating and reconciling solutions for influencing behavioral change improvement measures
Course Methodology of Developing an Effective Safety Culture
Participants will learn by active participation during the program through the use of exercises, case studies, and open discussion forums. Videos shown will encourage further discussions and delegates are encouraged to bring forth experiences and problems from their own organizations. The program will be run using PowerPoint slides, copies of which will be distributed both in hard and soft copies.
Organizational Impact of Developing an Effective Safety Culture
- Professional development of staff
- Improved communications
- Improved safety behavior
- Reduction in incidents
- Practical steps for changing culture
- Leaders better equipped to face adversity of incidents head-on
Personal Impact of Developing an Effective Safety Culture
- Understand the integrated approach of Safety Culture
- Be able to assess the safety culture of the organization
- Practical methods to improve safety behavior
- Appreciate the needs, drives, and motivation of staff
- Develop an SMS based on safety culture principles
- The power of reinforcement and recognition
Course Outlines of Developing an Effective Safety Culture
DAY 1
Introduction to Safety Culture
- Safety culture and safety climate
- Improving safety performance
- Behavior and Culture
- Organization factors
- Job factors
- Personal factors
- Historical review
- Case study
DAY 2
Safety Management Systems
- Safety management systems framework and safety culture factors
- Essential safety management system components
- Developing an effective safety management system
- Mechanical Model of SMS
- Socio-Technical Model of SMS
- More safety culture factors
- Risk and risk perceptions
- Human error
- Stress
- Case Study “Mersin Refinery”
DAY 3
HSE Model for Safety Culture
- Identifying problem areas
- Dependant, Independent, and Interdependent Cultures
- Planning for change
- HSE cultural change model
- How to intervene
- Key Performance indicators
- Success factors and barriers
- Attitude Questionnaires
DAY 4
Behavioural Safety
- Safety culture and behavioral safety
- Taylor, Herzberg, Vroom, Geller, Maslow
- Natural penalties and consequences
- ABC analysis
- Antecedents
- Behavior
- Consequences
- What drives behavior
- Natural penalties and consequences
DAY 5
Assessing the Safety Culture
- Establishing the current status of a safety culture
- Results of questionnaires
- Case studies from different organizations
- A step-change in safety
- Managing people and their attitude to safety
- Developing questionnaires
- Personal action plans
- Course review
About Cairo
Cairo is a mesmerizing assortment of iconic monuments, bustling markets, and ancient sites encircled by a vast and sprawling metropolis. At its core lies a maze-like medieval quarter. A world away from the modern side of the city, it boasts a seductive blend of intricate mosques, jostling crowds, madrasas, and traditional hammams. No visit could be complete without visiting the awe-inspiring Giza Pyramids that preside over the city's horizon. Whether you come to delve into the city's ancient past, dive into colorful souqs, sip mint tea and contemplate thousands of years of history or explore the city's cosmopolitan side, you'll be left with memories to last a lifetime.
Things to do and places to visit in Cairo
The multi-layered capital of Egypt offers its visitors lively markets, authentic restaurants, and a multitude of ancient sights and archeological findings. Gaze in wonder at the Pyramids, take an awe-inspiring look at Tutankhamen's burial mask, shop for handmade souvenirs in the bazaars or hop on a sunset cruise down the Nile and embrace the sensory overload that is Cairo.
Take a vacation in Cairo and you can:
- Visit the Great Sphinx of Giza, one of Ancient Egypt's great mysteries.
- Explore the ramparts of the Salah El-Din Citadel.
- Join locals drinking coffee at Fishawi Café, one of Cairo's first cafes and most important meeting spots.
- Marvel at the seemingly endless historical artifacts on display at the Egyptian Museum.
- Learn about the Ummayad, Ottoman, and Ayyubbid dynasties and more at the Museum of Islamic Art.
- Haggle for souvenirs and gifts at the Khan el-Khalili souk.
- See one of the world's oldest universities at the Al-Azhar Mosque, one of the city's original mosques.
- Take a tour of the showstopping Giza pyramids.
- Savor local cuisine such as mezze in the old city.
- Wander through the labyrinth-like streets of Coptic Cairo, the city's ancient quarter, and spot Roman relics.