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Investigating to prevent: A practical guide to workplace accidents and incidents
Human factors in accident and incident investigations
Key Information
Duration: 2 days
Available as: face-to-face, live online and in-house training
Price: £1,400 per person
Course dates
Overview
Accident and incident investigations should consider why human failures occurred. Finding the underlying causes is key to reducing the risk of similar adverse events and lessons learned provide insights to effective improvements.
This training course will give participants knowledge and practical support for investigating human factors issues, helping them to find ways of achieving effective change within their own organisational context.
Delegates will learn from experts that have been involved in accident and incident investigations across a wide range of sectors and situations.
Learning outcomes
Delegates will be provided with information that will help them to develop, consolidate or reaffirm current competence in the field of investigating human factors by exploring:
- The process of investigating human factors aspects of incidents/accidents/adverse events
- Knowledge and experience of investigation tools and techniques to capture, analyse and communicate the human factors causes of accidents
- Knowledge of how humans can cause failures in systems, and systems can lead to human failures, which lead to adverse events
- Human factors principles to learn lessons and identify effective interventions
- The sharing of knowledge and experience between delegates and course presenters
What the course will cover
The course will cover the theory and practice of methods which support the effective investigation of human factors issues, along with essential knowledge to help to understand why things go wrong with people and systems. The course will also look at how to use lessons learned to apply effective change.
Who should attend?
This course is aimed at those who are relatively new to accident investigation and human factors or those who wish to consolidate their medium level of competence and share experience and learning with others from a range of organisations and sectors. Safety managers, operations managers, quality assurance professionals, equipment and design specialists, safety advisors and safety specialists, hazard analysts, regulators, inspectors and human factors advisors who are relatively new to the role or would like an opportunity to refresh their competence.
Book your place(s)
Course fees include all resources and a certificate of attendance (please note that all courses must be paid for via credit card at the time of booking).
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In-house training
This course can also be delivered to larger groups at a suitable, agreed location anywhere in the UK or internationally, online, or at the HSE Science and Research Centre. Content can also be tailored to meet organisations' own needs. Please get in touch to find out more.