Behavior Based Safety Course

Course duration

2 days * 7 hours

Behavior based Safety Course Target Profile

This course is designed for directors, managers, supervisors, OHS professionals and behavior based safety observers. 

About Behavior Based Safety Course Program

Employee behavior in workplaces is affected by many organizational, task-related and individual factors. If the factors affecting behavior are negative, unsafe behavior becomes stereotyped and may cause undesirable events and accidents in the workplace. Therefore, identifying the underlying reasons for employees’ unsafe behavior and discovering the factors that cause them to act unsafe provides an infrastructure to modify these behavioral patterns in a positive way.

Employees and managers who are involved in the planning, development and implementation of behavior based safety approaches in workplaces will have a general understanding about the factors that affect human behavior, how OHS leadership and leadership behaviors affect OHS performance and safety culture, the effects of the workplace psychological environment on employee behavior, the factors that direct behavior, the factors that affect successful behavior, behaviors that create a safety culture, how behavior change occurs, behavior change programs and how to make behavior change sustainable. This information provides a good basis for conducting behavior based safety programs in workplaces.

Behavior based Safety Course Content

Human Factors and Leadership

Human Factors at Work

Body, Mind and Work

The Role of Leaders, Managers and Supervisors

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Motivation and Demotivation at Work

Communicating the Safety Message

Psychology of Workplace Behavior

Behavioral Causes at Work

Motivational Attitudes

Workplace Stress

Psychological Aspects of Job Design

Psychology of Work Groups and Teams

Principles of Mind Stimulation

Behavior at Work

Behavioral Safety at Work

Negative and Positive Dimensions

Taylor, Herzberg, McGregor and Maslow

ABC Analysis (antecedents, behavior and consequences)

What Drives Behavior?

Natural Penalties and Consequences

Behavior Creating a Successful Culture

Behavior and Culture

Safety Culture and Safety Climate

The Influence Factors

Leadership and Culture

Improving Safety Performance

Success Factors and Barriers

Implementing and Sustaining Behavioral Change

Identifying Critical Behaviors

Managing People and Their Attitude to Safety

Safety Observations and Improvements

Introducing a Behavioral Change Programme

Personal Action Plans

Sustaining Behavior Improvements

Performance Criteria

• 100% participation
• Active participation in classroom practices