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 London
The UK capital of London is a city that combines the old and the new. It is as equally famous for the latest fashion and innovation as it is for its impressive heritage. London's attractions range from the Royal Palace to the DIY atmosphere of its markets. It is also a picturesque city of parks and of course, the majestic Thames River. The city extends for miles beyond its ancient core and each neighborhood has its own charming atmosphere for visitors to explore. London also wears its status as a world city proudly and the influence of different cultures is plain to see in the food and fashion of the capital.
Things to do and places to visit in London
With so many attractions in London, anyone can find something to delight them. Art lovers will enjoy the world-renowned museums and galleries, most of which are free. Sports fans are spoilt for choice by the city's array of football clubs. Theatre and music fans have a vast list of venues to visit, whilst shopaholics have Harrods, Oxford Street, Camden and much more to look forward to after arranging flights to London.
Some unmissable London attractions include:
- Seeing priceless masterpieces in the Tate Britain or the National Gallery.
- Watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
- Visiting Trafalgar Square's famous monument.
- Marveling at the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.
- Getting a bird's eye view of the city from the London Eye.
- Tasting one of Brick Lane's famous curries.
- Browsing the exclusive shops of Knightsbridge.
- Visiting a market – Spitalfields for antiques, Camden for clothes or Borough Market for street food.
- Admiring design from around the world in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Looking for clues at the home of fiction's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
- Strolling through one of the lovely parks, including Hyde Park, St James' Park or Kew Gardens.
- Eating Britain's most famous dish, fish and chips.
- Watching the street performers in Covent Garden.
- Enjoying the views at a South Bank cafe.