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How To Facilitate A “Revitalise Your Safety Observation System” Workshop

Date: Venue: Max. No. of participants 25 Duration: 1 day Fee:

Unfortunately, with time, the effectiveness of our SOS is eroded by bad habits.

After this half-day workshop you’ll:

  • Know precisely why SOS’s deteriorate
  • Be able to suggest changes to make the SOS more effective. (For example, not allowing mechanical defects to be reports on the SOS card).
  • Think about ways to make the SOS less bureaucratic and time consuming
  • Find more effective ways to use the lessons learned from the weekly SOS analysis
  • Know how to facilitate a short (90-minute) refresher (or even initial) workshops using three short role plays to teach people how to make observations without insulting others.

Here’s the schedule:

Programme for the half day

Time Description
1245 Tea/coffee:
1300 What is a safety observation supposed to achieve?
1315 The nine things that cause SOSs to become ineffective
overcoming resistance to filling in the SOS cards
1215 How to deliver a 90-minute “Improve our SOS” workshop
Getting participants to explain the benefits of an SOS

Discussion on what hinders un in using our SOS more

1445 Break
1500 Using three case studies and role play to show how one should intervene to minimise conflict
What to do when some responds aggressively to your intervention
1630 Feedback and more questions
1645 Depart

NOTE: This half-day runs in the afternoon and is preceded by “How To Facilitate Your Own Safety Culture Improvement Workshop (SCW)” in the morning. Why not enrol for both?