Advanced Health and Safety Management Techniques

Introduction:

Who doesn’t want to be part of a winning team? Success depends on teamwork, where every member plays a crucial role in achieving a common goal. This Advanced Health and Safety Management Techniques Course calls on the skills of theoreticians, practitioners, and implementers alike.

Safety management has come under scrutiny, especially after recent disasters. Often, safety is managed in fragments, focusing on specific areas instead of a comprehensive approach. It is crucial to understand that safety must be managed professionally, both in technical and human relations aspects.

Health and safety must be fully integrated into business operations and managed with the same level of expertise as other core functions, due to the high cost of failure. Laws require employers to assess and manage risks, and public opinion increasingly demands accountability from organizations that fail to manage risks effectively, especially after high-profile disasters.

This Advanced Health and Safety Management Techniquesis built upon the principles outlined by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in its guidance on successful health and safety management. It also delves deeper into issues relevant to high-hazard industries.

Objectives:

At the end of this Advanced Health and Safety Management Techniques course, participants will be able to:

• Recognize that managing health and safety requires the same expertise as other core business activities.
• Understand country-specific legislation concerning high-hazard industries.
• Grasp the role of safety culture within the Safety Management System (SMS).
• Demonstrate awareness of behavioral safety and its impact on organizational safety culture.
• Analyze work permit systems and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures.
• Advocate for risk perception and gain insight into HAZOP studies.
• Be familiar with international health and safety management system standards.
• Implement effective legal and organizational policies to reduce workplace accidents.
• Develop teamwork habits for achieving safety objectives.

Training Methodology:

• Interactive course lectures
• Case evaluations
• Group discussions
• Role-playing
• Simulations
• Self-assessment
• Risk simulations
• Q&A sessions

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Legislation for Health and Safety

• Basic health and safety legislation
• Legislation for high-hazard industries
• Management of Process Safety (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119)
• Overview of the Seveso Directive (EU Directive)
• Introduction to Safety Management Systems (SMS)
• Human system boundaries and internal working environments

Unit 2: Policy and Safety Culture

• Health and safety policy
• Organizational responsibility for accidents
• Human and job factors
• Global managerial functions: Control, cooperation, communication, and competence
• Work paradigms and behavioral norms
• Safety culture

Unit 3: Planning and Implementation

• Preparation and implementation of safety plans
• Risk management systems: Inputs, processes, outputs
• Forensic structural engineering
• Work permit systems for LO/TO
• HAZCOM and COSHH

Unit 4: Measuring Performance and HAZOPs

• Performance measurement systems
• Performance monitoring and evaluation
• Case Study: Flixborough Disaster
• Introduction to HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study)
• Element selection in HAZOPs

Unit 5: Behavioral Safety

• Theories from Taylor, Herzberg, Vroom, Geller, and Maslow
• ABC Analysis: Antecedents, behavior, consequences
• Understanding natural penalties and consequences
• Recognizing and recording critical behaviors
• Observation feedback mechanisms