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 Istanbul
Few places compare to the vibrant, cosmopolitan city of Istanbul, whose enormous size straddles both Europe and Asia, forming a bridge between western and eastern cultures. Resting upon the natural harbor of the Golden Horn, the skyline of the once-Constantinople is pierced with minarets and ancient monuments that embody centuries of history. While it is brimming with historical landmarks and colorful markets, modern Istanbul is also well represented through its contemporary art scene, European-style café culture, world-class dining venues.
Things to do and places to visit in Istanbul
Istanbul is teeming with attractions and landmarks from historic sights and unique cuisine to lively markets and unmistakable culture. It is a thriving city, with a myriad of things to do that skillfully manage to blend every aspect of both the contemporary and the historical world.
On a city break in Istanbul be sure to:
- Visit a hammam, a traditional Turkish bath, whose origins date back to Roman times.
- Marvel at the Hagia Sophia, Süleymaniye Mosque and Blue Mosque, Istanbul's most spectacular monuments that dominate the skyline.
- Explore the Topkapi Palace Museum, one of Istanbul's most visited museums, home to over 80,000 artifacts.
- Walk through the Basilica Cistern, an underground marvel built in the 4th century.
- Be dazzled by the Grand Bazaar, one of the world's oldest and largest covered markets.
- Go shopping for exotic products and Turkish delights in the Spice Bazaar.
- Cross the bridge connecting Europe and Asia against the backdrop of the Bosphorus, or take a Bosphorus cruise.
- Taste the diversity and flavor of Turkish cuisine.
- Admire panoramas of the city from the Galata Tower.
- Walk through Taksim Square, the city's dynamic square that never sleeps.