A practical, visual introduction to behaviour-based safety and safety culture. Learn what a strong safety culture looks like, how unsafe acts and unsafe conditions combine to cause harm, why people behave the way they do and how observation, feedback, reporting and leadership build a workplace where safety is simply how things are done.
~40 minutes100% online, self-paced6 months access from the day of course start
What You Will Learn
Explain what safety culture is and how it shapes work health and safety outcomes
Distinguish unsafe acts from unsafe conditions and describe how both contribute to incidents
Describe behaviour-based safety and how antecedents and consequences drive behaviour (the ABC model)
Describe how to carry out a supportive safety observation and give feedback that changes behaviour
Explain how reporting, a just culture and everyday leadership build and sustain a positive safety culture
Course Content
1. What safety culture really is
2. Unsafe acts and unsafe conditions
3. How behaviour is shaped: the ABC model
4. Observation and feedback
5. Reporting and leadership build the culture
6. Apply it: a frontline leader's shift
Final Assessment - 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available
Who This Course Is For
All staff and frontline leaders: supervisors, team leaders and anyone who wants to understand how behaviour and culture shape work health and safety outcomes.
Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course that builds understanding of behaviour-based safety and safety culture. It does not issue a unit of competency and is not a substitute for your legal WHS duties, formal risk assessment or any licensed or accredited training required for high-risk work in your state or territory. Behaviour change never replaces eliminating or controlling a hazard through the hierarchy of controls.
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$49 per person
$39.00
Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST.
Duration
~40 minutes
Format
100% online, self-paced
Lessons
6
Assessment
10 questions (80% to pass)
Certificate
Instant, verifiable
Access period
6 months access from the day of course start
Who it’s for
All staff and frontline leaders: supervisors, team leaders and anyone who wants to understand how behaviour and culture shape work health and safety outcomes.
Level
Intermediate
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