Safety Professionals are uniquely placed to influence organisational performance by applying Organisational Development/Psychology principles to achieve improved safety and business performance.  

Safety Culture Development Workshop for Safety Professionals, is a practical, 2-day workshop designed to support Safety Professionals contribute to their business unit's success by applying Organisational Development/Psychology principles to achieving safety outcomes

Safety Professionals are often personally driven to make a positive difference for people at work. Sometimes this feels like a thankless task, in particular with so much focus on technical compliance. However, as the work of Safety Professionals exposes them to all aspects of a business unit’s operations, they are well placed to use safe operations to influence business unit performance.

This workshop has been designed to support workplace safety professionals to achieve this outcome by enhancing their organisational development/psychology knowledge to strengthen their worksite personal leadership.  

Note: For the benefit of participants from the construction industry links will be made to the recently released DPTI Safety Culture Measures.    

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this workshop, participants will have discussed and developed an Action Plan to support worksite managers, and personnel generally, comply with and integrate safe work practices into day-to-day activities to achieve both safe and effective business outcomes. This includes how to:

• Apply organisational psychology/behaviour principles to safety;

• Integrate the organisation’s vison and values into their work to achieve safe outcomes;

• Support workplace managers, supervisors and personnel to respond positively to current worksite safety challenges;

• Ensure safety and business unit initiatives take into consideration the impact on human behaviour such as risk tolerance, habits, perceptions, reaction to change etc.;

• Take a “Return on Investment” approach to proposing safety initiatives;

• Use mindful personal leadership to influence the integration of safety into business activities;

 and encourage participants to continue their personal development journey to making a difference for people and work.

Included is 2 hours coaching (via telephone) 1 month after the workshop with a focus on Action Plan implementation. 

 Who Should Attend

This workshop is aimed at the personnel who have day-to-day site safety responsibilities and includes:

• Safety Officers 
• Safety Advisors
• Safety Consultants
• Business unit or small business Workplace Health and Safety Managers
• Workplace Safety Representatives

  Workshop Content

 Broadly, the workshop includes the following:

 Day 1

 Leading from Compliance to Integration

• Reviewing the safety challenges facing organisations and their business unit;
• Defining the opportunity for safety personnel to support their business unit respond to those challenges;
• Understanding how Organisational Behaviour and Psychology principles can be applied to safety  
• Using vision and values to strengthen the business unit safety culture;
• The impact of different behaviour preferences in influencing others;
• Balancing the many different and sometimes conflicting roles of the Safety Professional.

Influencing Others

Note: The Day 2 focus is on influencing others. The content may be varied to meet the development needs of the majority of attendees.

• Understanding and influencing others - the role of beliefs and values, habits, perceptions, risk tolerance.
• Working with conflict - “ah what and opportunity”
• Implementing and influencing change
• Action planning - what particpatns will do when they return to work

Workshop follow-up

Included in the workshop is 2 hours of follow up coaching approximately 1 month after workshop attendance. 

Workshop Style

As workshop is case study and experientially based, it will be assumed that participants attending will be willing to actively participate and share their relevant experiences with other participants.

 Workshop Length

 A 2-day workshop (for up to 20 participants)

 Each day commences at 8.30am and finishes at 4.30pm and is inclusive of 

• Morning Tea
• Lunch 
• Afternoon Tea

 Venue Parking

 Parking is available at the venue

 Questions can be directed to:

 Trevor Strother

 Telephone +61400624593 or

 Email trevor@safetyculturedevelopment.com.au

 Transfers and Refund Policy

Safety Culture Development workshops are subject to the following transfers, can

Safety Culture Development workshops are subject to the following transfers, cancellation and refund policy:

 1. Transfer

• Registration/ticket is transferrable

2. If we cancel the workshop:

• All our courses are subject to minimum participant numbers and may be cancelled or re-scheduled at short notice if there are insufficient participants or due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
• If we cancel your course, we will notify you in writing and we will endeavour to re-schedule the course to a date convenient to all parties.
• Safety Culture Development will refund all payments made if the course is cancelled or postponed by us for more than four weeks. We shall have no liability for any other costs, damages and expenses (including legal costs) which may be suffered or incurred by you as a result of any cancellation by us

3. If you cancel your attendance:

You may only cancel your registration by written notice to trevor@safetyculturedevelopment.com.au If notification of cancellation is received by Safety Culture Development

1. more than 14 days prior to the event, a full refund of your registration fees, less an administration fee of $50.00, will be provided;
2. between 7 and 14 days prior to the event, a refund of 50% of your total registration fees,
3. less than 7 days prior to the event, registration fees will not be refunded. You may transfer your ticket to another person.