Behavior Based Safety Training offers a way to reduce the incidence of unsafe acts by modifying people’s behavioral safety and improving their attitudes towards safety behavior.

About the course

Statistics show that unsafe acts are the most common cause of workplace accidents. Despite the introduction of a behavior based safety program and safe work practices and procedures, controlling unsafe acts has proven to be difficult. The reason for this is that unsafe acts involve the Human Factor, that is, they occur as a result of people’s attitudes and behaviors.

Behavior based safety training is designed to provide an understanding of Behavioral Safety and to show how a Behavioral Safety program works.

Course details

The program looks at:

• Unsafe acts and unsafe conditions
• Behaviors and attitudes towards safety
• The theory Behavior Modification
• The ABC model
• Positive reinforcement
• The three components of a Behavioral Safety program
• The Behavioral Safety Observation

Who it’s for

The behavior based safety program is designed to suit any work environment where a Behavioral Safety program is currently being used or where it is being considered. Reducing the occurrence of unsafe acts will reduce number of accidents and injuries that occur in the workplace.