DAY ONE

Principles of Direct and Indirect Control
This module delves into safety management, emphasizing the need to balance direct and indirect control mechanisms, as well as the use of both positive and negative reinforcement strategies. It introduces the concept of “Safety Investment,” which promotes a long-term approach to managing safety, and highlights the importance of identifying and addressing unsafe conditions in the workplace. The module distinguishes between direct control, which involves active management and intervention, and indirect control, which relies on creating systems that influence behavior. It also explores the principles behind violations and errors, focusing on understanding their causes and impacts on safety. Ultimately, the module stresses the importance of maintaining a balanced approach to reinforcement, ensuring both positive and negative measures are effectively utilized to enhance safety outcomes and foster a proactive safety culture.

Definition of Positive Safety Culture
This module examines the rationale for defining a positive safety culture, focusing on the foundational principles that shape this concept. It discusses the definition of positive safety culture, outlining the reasoning and processes involved in its formulation. The module also includes insights from the presenter, offering expert perspectives on the subject, and introduces a safety culture model to provide a structured approach to fostering a positive safety environment within organizations.

Parameters and Attributes for Measuring Organizational Safety Culture
This module focuses on how to convert the attributes of a positive safety culture into measurable parameters for evaluating and enhancing safety culture within organizations. It covers essential topics such as creating a healthy and safe working environment, implementing a practical health and safety management system, and fostering key values, attitudes, and beliefs that support safety. The module also emphasizes the importance of promoting safe behavior patterns and ensuring vital organizational aspects, including cooperation, communication, consultation, commitment, competency, and compliance, to build a robust and effective safety culture.

Measurement of Parameters and Attributes
This module explores the behavior of individuals in the workplace and the practical application of safety concepts and philosophies. Its primary goal is to identify the leading and lagging indicators of an organization’s safety culture, using the definition of positive safety culture as a framework. The module emphasizes how understanding these indicators can help assess and improve safety culture, ultimately fostering a safer work environment.

DAY TWO

Measurement of Parameters and Attributes
This module introduces the Safety Culture Index System, which defines index grades to assess an organization’s safety culture. The system offers valuable insights into the current status of safety culture within the organization. Key topics include the rationale for developing the Safety Culture Index System, a comprehensive overview of how the system functions, and a detailed presentation of the Safety Culture Index System table, which serves as a tool for evaluating and tracking safety culture performance.

Building a Positive Safety Culture
To establish a positive safety culture, an organization must prioritize transforming lagging indicators into leading indicators, thereby achieving a lower index grading. This module covers strategies for effectively converting lagging indicators into positive indicators and outlines the development of a model aimed at building and sustaining a positive safety culture. By focusing on proactive safety measures, organizations can improve safety performance and create a more resilient safety culture.

Index Grades Correlating with Outcome Results
This module examines the application of the index grading system to correlate with incident and accident rates, providing valuable insights into safety performance. Topics covered include an overview of safety culture analysis using the index grading system, as well as various types of safety culture analysis. Specific focus is given to incident safety culture analysis, which identifies safety gaps based on past incidents, and proactive safety culture analysis, which emphasizes preventive measures. The module also explores the integration of both incident and proactive safety culture analyses to offer a comprehensive approach to improving safety outcomes within an organization.

This course is recommended for safety practitioners, directors, professionals, health and safety advisors/officers, engineers, managers, executives, managing directors, and others with health and safety responsibilities (e.g., safety representatives).
It is particularly beneficial for those looking to understand how to analyze safety culture and develop a positive workplace culture and performance. While the course modules are designed for individuals in managerial or supervisory roles, or those with significant organizational responsibilities, the content is also relevant for business operators and self-employed individuals.

Although I am not familiar with the industry standards and techniques, this course has open up my views and most of the things that are taught can be adopted and may benefit my organization in one way or another.
-Singapore Police Force

Good insight to behaviour safety!
– Soitec Microelectronics

Interesting and good videos presentation, good concepts and example in implementation
– DSTA

Had a good experience learning about safety culture.
– MOM

David Tan – Expert in Behavioural Safety and Safety Culture

David Tan is a registered Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Officer, an approved risk management consultant, an accredited bizSafe risk management trainer, a behavioral safety practitioner, a safety culture analyst, and the author of several safety-related books. He brings extensive global experience to his work.

David is the founder of BSD Professionals, where he oversees safety consulting and training initiatives across a range of industries, including construction, chemical plants, oil and gas, manufacturing, and shipbuilding.

Before establishing his firm, David became passionate about safety culture analysis and developed a methodology to evaluate and build positive safety cultures within organizations. His proactive safety framework, which emphasizes prevention over compensation, has resulted in significant reductions in incident rates for many companies under his guidance.

David holds a Master’s Degree in Science (Environmental Health and Safety), a Master of Science in Industrial Organizational Psychology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Science (Health and Safety), and various certifications in training and business continuity, including an Advanced Certificate in Training & Assessment.