A workplace can follow every safety regulation on paper and still lose people to preventable accidents, because rules alone do not change behaviour. What actually keeps a workforce safe is leadership that treats safety as a shared value rather than a checklist.

This course looks at safety through that leadership lens. Rather than starting from definitions, it starts from the reality that most incidents trace back to human factors and decisions, and builds from there into practical tools for investigating incidents, managing risk in hazardous industries, and communicating safety in a way that actually changes how people act.

Knowledge and Benefits:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the human factors, triggers and consequences behind most workplace accidents.
• Evaluate a company's safety protocols objectively and identify where a compliance culture stops short of a safety culture.
• Apply risk management and hazard prevention approaches used in major hazard industries.
• Lead a thorough, professional investigation and write reports that persuade and drive action.
• Develop a leadership presence and communication style that raises genuine safety awareness.

Who Should Attend?

• Directors and departmental heads.
• HSE managers and advisors.
• Those responsible for leading safety within an organisation at a global, regional or local level.
• Anyone developing safety leadership skills and looking for zero exposure to workplace accidents, incidents and injuries.

Module 1: Why Accidents Really Happen

• The analysis of accidents: looking at the facts, figures and costs.
• Why accidents still occur: human factors, triggers and consequences.
• Conscious and unconscious influences within a safety culture.
• The Bradley Curve and the four stages of mind-sets.
• The 'New ABC Model': effective, behavioural and cognitive psychology.

Module 2: Leading People Toward Safer Behaviour

• Enhancing your leadership capabilities through increased self-awareness.
• Analysing your communication strategies and social performance.
• Communication campaigns and stakeholder engagement.
• 'Have to' or 'want to': generating real desire for safety.
• Varying leadership skills for varying scenarios.

Module 3: Managing Risk in High-Hazard Environments

• Major hazards and prevention, and occupational vs process safety.
• ISO 31000 and safety excellence; FTA, ETA and bow-tie analysis.
• Emergency response plans, mutual aid, and on/off-site consequences.
• Understanding the impact of change or major incidents on the organisation.
• Strategic crisis and risk behaviour within a resilience framework.

Module 4: Investigating, Reporting and Learning from Incidents

• Ensuring all incidents, including near misses, are thoroughly investigated by a trained, confident team.
• The role of the HSE team leader and management during an investigation.
• Investigation methodology: the essential checklist and process.
• Report writing techniques that persuade and empower action.
• Inspection, auditing and keeping critical functions running during change.