This eight hour seminar provides supervisors with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to execute fundamental safety programming. The course is designed to teach the foundational concepts of safety management and to develop proficiency in tested and proven accident prevention activities. The Fundamentals of Safety Leadership is the perfect course for new supervisors or for organizations that are just beginning the journey toward safety excellence.

BENEFITS:

• Engages everyone in the organization in the safety systems and practices which create an incident-free environment.
• Provides employees with the fundamental skills they need to perform safely.
• Exposes employees to the philosophies and mind sets which drive safety excellence.
• Demonstrates by proven methods to increase commitment and buy-in.

CURRICULUM

SESSION 1: General Principles of Safety Management

The introductory session is used to acquaint participants with the concepts and theories upon which safety excellence is built. This session also serves to provide understanding as to the moral and business imperative of a safe work environment.

SESSION 2: The Supervisor’s Role

Session 2 teaches participants the vital role of line supervisors in creating a safety culture and facilitating the safety effort of their work group. Supervisory legal responsibilities and accountabilities are also reviewed.

SESSION 3: Safe Work Conditions

Improving hazard recognition skills, elimination of unsafe conditions and improving employee buy in are the major topics in Session 3. Supervisors will learn how to conduct and facilitate safety inspections, how to communicate corrective actions and how to build the hazard recognition skills of each work group member.

SESSION 4: Task Analysis

Using SRI’s proven approach to Job Safety Analysis, participants will learn how to define the job steps, associated hazards and corresponding corrective actions necessary to ensure each job/task completed by their work group can be accomplished in a safe and timely manner.

SESSION 5: Coaching for Safety

The regular and timely reminders given by supervisors can often make the difference between a job safely done and employee injury. Participants will learn several effective safety coaching techniques that have been proven effective in over 500 clients world-wide.

SESSION 6: Safety Meetings

Session 6 teaches supervisors how to conduct effective safety meetings which are used to review the group’s current effort, to train when necessary and to plan future prevention activities. Participants will learn how to set an effective agenda and run an orderly meeting which maximizes employee involvement.

SESSION 7: Incident Investigation

This module reviews the fundamental steps of conducting an investigation and how the organization can use these investigations as a learning experience. SRI’s 10 Basic Steps of Incident Investigation are taught and participants are introduced to fundamental investigation techniques including the 5 Why Method.

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