Behaviour Based Safety Workshop

Behaviour Based Safety Workshop The workshop is designed to promote interaction between both the presenter and delegates and involves several syndicate exercises.

Aims of the Workshop The aims of this course are to provide delegates with the knowledge and skills required to positively change the behaviour of workers to prevent occupational injuries and illness.

Objectives At the end of this course, delegates will have a good understanding of the term ‘behaviour based safety’, its meaning, be familiar with the different programs which focuses entirely on changing the behaviour of workers in health and safety and: • Understand accident causation theories • Be able to outline the principles of measuring health and safety performance • Understand the key factors that led to several international disasters • Be able to outline the methods and systems available to conduct risk assessment • Understand human failure; its causes and consequences • Understand the effects on behaviour at work of experience, excellence, education

and training • Understand organisation and management factors contributing to human failures • Understand factors that may promote a positive health and safety culture

Who should attend The workshop is aimed at those with responsibilities for, or duties in relation to, prevention of human errors in the workplace.

Content What is Behaviour Based Safety? Effects on Behaviour at Work of -Definition of behaviour based safety. -Wide range of programs which focus on changing the behaviour of workers. -Overview of safety performance between 1974 and 2005.

-Experience -Intelligence -Education and training

Accident Causation Human Sensory Receptors -Single cause “Domino” theories: Henrich -Birds and Loftus -Management systems -Task based Risk Assessment -5 steps to risk assessment

-Sensory defects and basic screening techniques -Perceptual set (“Mindset”) -Perceptual distortion -Errors in perception caused by physical stressors -Perception and the limitations of human performance

Contribution of Human Error to Major Disasters Understanding Human Failure -Flixborough -Kegworth Air Crash, 1989 -Piper Alpha North Sea Oil-Rig Explosion -Herald of Free Enterprise Ferry Capsize

-Human factors -How do I know if these problems exist in my organization? -Types of human errors -Measuring safety culture; measurement techniques

Course Duration 3 days (24 hrs)

Course Times 07:30 to 15:30 hrs

Course Fee : BD 528/-

RRC Middle East WLL Tel: +973 17532027 Fax: +973 17532028

E-mail:info@rrc.com.bhWeb: www.rrc.com.bh

Part of the Rapid Results College Ltd – UK group of Companies

Course Dates 06.02.2012 – 08.02.2012 10.06.2012 – 12.06.2012 04.11.2012 – 06.11.2012

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