PROHSP14           Behavioural safety in the workplace

Overview

This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to development, implementation and monitoring of behavioural safety programmes.  

The standard is aimed at anyone working in an organisation with a mature health and safety management system, wishing to implement a behavioural safety programme in a workplace.  Consultation with the management and workforce is essential.

 

Outcomes

Performance Criteria

You must be able to:      

1.            evaluate current behaviours and evidence to identify where improvements can be made to the organisation’s health and safety management and culture

2.            assess, identify or develop suitable programmes for use within your workplace

3.            identify areas for potential improvements and make recommendations and gain approval to implement programmes

4.            develop action plans to implement behavioural safety programmes following industry best practice

5.            agree principles and purpose for programmes including consultation with management and workers following company procedures

6.            set targets to improve behavioural safety and communicate to relevant personnel following company procedures

7.            implement behavioural safety action plans following industry best practice

8.            monitor employees' behaviour effectively in a working environment following industry best practice

9.            develop safety leadership checklists following industry best practice

10.          report on-going performance against agreed targets following company procedures

11.          identify issues relating to implementing behavioural safety and take corrective action following industry best practice

 

Knowledge & Understanding

You need to know and understand:

1.            what is meant by safety culture

2.            what is meant by behavioural safety

3.            principles underlying the behavioural safety process

4.            obstacles to safe leadership

5.            methods of influencing behaviour across an organisation

6.            responsibilities of safety leadership

7.            benefits of implementing behavioural safety

8.            when to implement a behavioural safety programme

9.            aspects of human factors linked to behavioural safety

10.          safe and unsafe behaviours

11.          evidence that behavioural changes will improve safety

12.          strengths and weaknesses of programmes