Our Programs For Leaders, Safety Teams & Employees
Enquire nowSafety Dimensions, Leadership Dimensions & Workplace Dimensions programs are available both as face-to-face in-person programs or through a facilitator-led, real-time, online interactive training environment.
Safety Dimensions Behavioural Safety & Leadership Programs
All Safety Dimensions programs are tailored to fit your organisation’s way of working. We start where you are in terms of safety maturity, tailoring training and development programs specifically to your organisation. This makes our programs incredibly relevant and applicable and the more relevant the program for your people, the easier its implementation into your culture, resulting in a tangible, measurable behavioural change.
Our courses can be taken as individually or combined into a nationally recognised safety or leadership qualification.
Request our course outlines via our LDN website here >>
PROGRAMS FOR LEADERS
We understand that workers’ behaviour is greatly influenced by their immediate supervisor.
These programs address this through programs that build skills to increase all leaders’ communication and capability to influence across all levels of an organisation.
Request our course outlines via our LDN website here >>
Safety Leadership Foundation Program
This program develops the core level of knowledge required for leaders who need to take accountability and responsibility for healthy and safe thinking and behaviours in the workplace.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate improved skills in conducting effective safety conversations
- Understand and more effectively manage the drivers of at risk behaviours
- Demonstrate increased capability in identifying and managing hazards and risks in the workplace
Engaging The Hearts & Minds
Not getting improvements in your safety leadership culture, or safety statistics? It’s highly likely your organisation has failed to engage your people at the hearts and minds’ level required to create and sustain a strong safety culture.
Research shows unsafe acts (behaviours) contribute to 80% of accidents or incidents, whilst unsafe conditions contribute to 20% of accidents or incidents (Hollnagel 1993, Reason 1990).
Frighteningly, this shows that people’s behaviours are more responsible for accidents than are unsafe environments. The statistics highlight that organisations can have the most stringent safety processes and procedures in the world, yet still have a high incident rate through a failure to engage workers’ values, beliefs, mindsets and attitudes – the keys to changing behaviour.
Safety Dimensions has developed a two-day Engaging Hearts and Minds – Creating And Sustaining A Strong Safety Culture’ program, which blends two safety approaches:
1. Engaging the mind through Behavioural Based Safety (BBS) focused on changing behaviour by understanding the mechanics behind our behaviour and;
2. Engaging the heart through Values Based Safety (VBS) which focuses on what drives behaviour at a deep internal level by aligning safety with the values and beliefs of the individual.
When blended together, Safety Dimensions’ approach captures the hearts and minds of a workforce to ensure sustainable behaviour change is achieved over time.
This highly practical eight-topic program is designed for groups of 8-20 people over 2 days.
Steps For Safety
BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety
The BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety is a nationally accredited program which will teach you how to identify hazards in the workplace, assist with responding to incidents, assess and control risk and consult on work health and safety issues. This program is most suited to those in Safety Officer or Health and Safety Representatives roles, or those currently in leadership roles wishing to shift their career into Health and Safety.
The program reflects the broad skills and technical capability that must be applied across a wide range of situations, workplaces, and systems. The ability to support a business’ operation with technical know how’ is a key part of a Health and Safety Officer’s role and is addressed in this program. Specifically, this program focuses on developing the capability and skills required to apply a variety of solutions to unpredictable problems, to coach and guide operational leaders in the operation of a safety system, and have an advanced capability to evaluate data from a variety of sources.
See our page about this program and express your interest about the program >
Effective Safety Consultation
This program focuses on helping participants generate genuine two-way communication.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Conduct effective and engaging Toolbox Talks, Pre-Start and safety meetings
- Gain employees’ and team members’ attention and get them motivated about safety
- Learn how to overcome potential barriers to achieve engaged participation
- Ensure others don’t just hear, but understand safety messages
- Show confidence as a communicator and leader
- Apply effective consultation skills to all meetings
Safety Interactions - Observation and Inspection
This program refines and enhances the skills and capabilities of leaders in conducting observations and inspections. Most importantly, this program develops skills to positively engage everyone in speaking out about what’s working and what’s not in a workplace so that the best possible data can be collected.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Articulate their roles and responsibilities as a leader in relation to Observation and Inspection interactions
- Prepare for an effective observation and inspection
- Use the WALK (Watch, Ask Questions, Listen and Keep Safe) template
- Conduct genuine two-way safety conversations
- Create an increased awareness in others to observe and influence safety
PROGRAMS FOR SAFETY TEAMS
As organisations’ mature expectations of the safety team rise, safety professionals need the capability to become trusted advisors to those managers and leaders who hold the accountability for a safe workplace.
These programs include stakeholder management, advanced communication and engagement skills, ability to influence at all levels of the organisation, and championing safety outcomes with a clear eye on the commercial imperatives.
Request our course outlines via our LDN website here >>
Safety Leadership Foundation Program
This program develops the core level of knowledge required for leaders who need to take accountability and responsibility for healthy and safe thinking and behaviours in the workplace.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate improved skills in conducting effective safety conversations
- Understand and more effectively manage the drivers of at risk behaviours
- Demonstrate increased capability in identifying and managing hazards and risks in the workplace
Subcontractor Management
This program enhances and develops the skills and capabilities of leaders in the areas of selecting, managing and monitoring subcontractor and supplier activities to ensure effective management of site WHS risks.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate a five step process for effectively managing subcontractors
- Ensure obligations are being met under WHS legislation with respect to subcontractors
- Demonstrate ways to improve engagement and reduce the need for micro-management
- Ensure clarity of scope on contracts throughout the procurement process
- Learn how to provide feedback that encourages continuous improvement rather than remediation
This program is available online in a 1-day interactive live program – find out more here >>
Engaging The Hearts & Minds
Not getting improvements in your safety leadership culture, or safety statistics? It’s highly likely your organisation has failed to engage your people at the hearts and minds’ level required to create and sustain a strong safety culture.
Research shows unsafe acts (behaviours) contribute to 80% of accidents or incidents, whilst unsafe conditions contribute to 20% of accidents or incidents (Hollnagel 1993, Reason 1990).
Frighteningly, this shows that people’s behaviours are more responsible for accidents than are unsafe environments. The statistics highlight that organisations can have the most stringent safety processes and procedures in the world, yet still have a high incident rate through a failure to engage workers’ values, beliefs, mindsets and attitudes – the keys to changing behaviour.
Safety Dimensions has developed a two-day Engaging Hearts and Minds – Creating And Sustaining A Strong Safety Culture’ program, which blends two safety approaches:
1. Engaging the mind through Behavioural Based Safety (BBS) focused on changing behaviour by understanding the mechanics behind our behaviour and;
2. Engaging the heart through Values Based Safety (VBS) which focuses on what drives behaviour at a deep internal level by aligning safety with the values and beliefs of the individual.
When blended together, Safety Dimensions’ approach captures the hearts and minds of a workforce to ensure sustainable behaviour change is achieved over time.
This highly practical eight-topic program is designed for groups of 8-20 people over 2 days.
Return to Work
The effectiveness of rehabilitation processes of an injured worker is commonly correlated with the level of support and intervention given by line managers and their interaction with those injured in the workplace.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Engage and support injured workers and other affected personnel through the organisation’s early intervention and rehabilitation processes
- Determine how and when to create individualised and appropriate rehabilitation plans in conjunction with the injured person, health professionals and other internal stakeholders
- Identify ways to proactively, appropriately and sustainably support those that are injured through their rehabilitation
- Regularly monitor and review compliance with and success of an injured person’s rehabilitation/return to work plan, with the aim of graduating the injured person back to their pre-injury duties
- Complete and retain details of the person’s rehabilitation process in accordance with organisational and legislative requirements
Participate in Health and Safety Committees
Participants will develop the skills and capabilities necessary to be successful in their role as a Health and Safety Committee (HSC) member.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Articulate the purpose and role of HSCs
- Determine the role and responsibilities, rights and desired outcomes of the HSC member
- Demonstrate effective methods for planning and preparing for HSC meetings
- Run or participate effectively in timely and results-focused meetings
- Develop techniques to ensure the engagement of all participants and genuine two-way communication both during the meeting and after
- Follow through on actions within their responsibility and monitor effectiveness of the new solutions
WHS Workplace Assessment and Audit
This program is designed to give participants a full understanding of the purpose and benefits of a Workplace Health and Safety Assessment or Audit, as well as the steps involved in carrying out a successful assessment.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Prepare a project or workplace for a formal audit
- Select and use a suitable internal assessment tool or be able to identify or consult to create one appropriate to their environment/workplace
- Find out what can be enhanced and what is working in areas of the leader’s accountability
- Communicate a positive message and help to shift attitudes toward Audits and Assessments
- Build their own action plan for improvement rather than defend or deny the problems identified by an external person
Effective Safety Consultation
This program focuses on helping participants generate genuine two-way communication.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Conduct effective and engaging Toolbox Talks, Pre-Start and safety meetings
- Gain employees’ and team members’ attention and get them motivated about safety
- Learn how to overcome potential barriers to achieve engaged participation
- Ensure others don’t just hear, but understand safety messages
- Show confidence as a communicator and leader
- Apply effective consultation skills to all meetings
BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety
The BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety is a nationally accredited program that will teach you how to identify hazards in the workplace, assist with responding to incidents, assess and control risk and consult on work health and safety issues. This program is most suited to those in Safety Officer or Health and Safety Representatives roles, or those currently in leadership roles wishing to shift their career into Health and Safety.
The program reflects the broad skills and technical capability that must be applied across a wide range of situations, workplaces, and systems. The ability to support a business’ operation with technical know how’ is a key part of a Health and Safety Officer’s role and is addressed in this program. Specifically, this program focuses on developing the capability and skills required to apply a variety of solutions to unpredictable problems, to coach and guide operational leaders in the operation of a safety system, and have an advanced capability to evaluate data from a variety of sources
See our page about this program and express your interest about the program >
Workers Compensation Claim Management
This specialist program covers the skills and knowledge required to understand and explain to workgroups the benefits of compliance with workers compensation legislation, and apply the requirements of relevant legislation and organisational procedures within their area of responsibility.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- State clearly why it is important to manage each workers compensation claim effectively
- Determine the information required to determine liability
- Develop a workers compensation claim management plan
- Manage a straight forward workers compensation claim
- Determine who to liaise with in relation to a workers compensation claim
- Know when and whom to involve in managing a complex workers compensation claim
- Find the appropriate documentation to use across the workers compensation claim management process
Safety Interactions - Observation and Inspection
This program refines and enhances the skills and capabilities of leaders in conducting observations and inspections. Most importantly, this program develops skills to positively engage everyone in speaking out about what’s working and what’s not in a workplace so that the best possible data can be collected.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Articulate their roles and responsibilities as a leader in relation to Observation and Inspection interactions
- Prepare for an effective observation and inspection
- Use the WALK (Watch, Ask Questions, Listen and Keep Safe) template
- Conduct genuine two-way safety conversations
- Create an increased awareness in others to observe and influence safety
Risk Assessment
This module refines and enhances the skills and capabilities of leaders in the areas of hazard identification, risk analysis, and identification and implementation of appropriate risk controls.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Identify and describe the difference between a hazard and a risk
- Improve on-the-job risk assessment by involving others
- Effectively engage in the implementation and appropriate monitoring, review and enhancement of controls with the key people undertaking the workplace activity
Steps For Safety
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Participate in Incident Investigations
This highly interactive program gives participants the mindset and skill set to undertake or assist in incident investigations. The program demonstrates how to undertake a rigorous investigation in a way that is not based on assumption or blame.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate competence in participating in an investigation
- Use the critical 7 steps to ensure the root cause and sustainable actions are identified and implemented
- Identify and ensure all evidence and facts pertaining to an incident are understood, sequenced and analysed
- Determine who and when others need to be involved in the investigative process
- Identify and establish preventative actions and follow up on effective implementation of these actions
- Develop and require effective reports
- Coach others to use best practice safety thinking when investigating near misses, high potential incidents and other critical events
Manage Incident Investigations
This highly interactive program gives leaders with the responsibility of leading or overseeing incident investigations the opportunity to reflect upon and build skills in the effective planning and management of all levels of incident investigations, either solely, or through the leadership of a team.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Determine the requirements, protocols and processes of managing a post incident response
- Apply the critical steps in creating and leading an investigation team
- Plan an incident investigation
- Lead others to gather evidence effectively, recreate a sequence of events, and then identify the real causal factors of an incident
- Collaboratively create sustainable corrective and preventative actions and oversee appropriate and effective reporting and monitoring and review processes
- Effectively debrief, acknowledge the efforts of, and disband the investigation team
PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES
Employee contribution to the vision of a safe workplace requires a clear and unambiguous message – to speak up and get involved.
Equipping a workforce with skills to effectively address at risk behaviour among their peers whilst still maintaining relationships is vital to cut through the barrier of silence and the ‘she’ll be right mate’ attitude that permeates most workplaces.
Request our course outlines via our LDN website here >>
BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety
The BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety is a nationally accredited program that will teach you how to identify hazards in the workplace, assist with responding to incidents, assess and control risk and consult on work health and safety issues. This program is most suited to those in Safety Officer or Health and Safety Representatives roles, or those currently in leadership roles wishing to shift their career into Health and Safety.
The program reflects the broad skills and technical capability that must be applied across a wide range of situations, workplaces, and systems. The ability to support a business’ operation with technical know how’ is a key part of a Health and Safety Officer’s role and is addressed in this program. Specifically, this program focuses on developing the capability and skills required to apply a variety of solutions to unpredictable problems, to coach and guide operational leaders in the operation of a safety system, and have an advanced capability to evaluate data from a variety of sources
See our page about this program and express your interest about the program >
Subcontractor Management
This program enhances and develops the skills and capabilities of leaders in the areas of selecting, managing and monitoring subcontractor and supplier activities to ensure effective management of site WHS risks.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate a five-step process for effectively managing subcontractors
- Ensure obligations are being met under WHS legislation with respect to subcontractors
- Demonstrate ways to improve engagement and reduce the need for micro-management
- Ensure clarity of scope on contracts throughout the procurement process
- Learn how to provide feedback that encourages continuous improvement rather than remediation
This program is available online in a 1-day interactive live program – find out more here >>
Steps For Safety
Effective Safety Consultation
This program focuses on helping participants generate genuine two-way communication.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Conduct effective and engaging Toolbox Talks, Pre-Start and safety meetings
- Gain employees’ and team members’ attention and get them motivated about safety
- Learn how to overcome potential barriers to achieve engaged participation
- Ensure others don’t just hear, but understand safety messages
- Show confidence as a communicator and leader
- Apply effective consultation skills to all meetings
Safety Leadership Foundation Program
This program develops the core level of knowledge required for leaders who need to take accountability and responsibility for healthy and safe thinking and behaviours in the workplace.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate improved skills in conducting effective safety conversations
- Understand and more effectively manage the drivers of at risk behaviours
- Demonstrate increased capability in identifying and managing hazards and risks in the workplace
Engaging The Hearts & Minds
Not getting improvements in your safety leadership culture, or safety statistics? It’s highly likely your organisation has failed to engage your people at the hearts and minds’ level required to create and sustain a strong safety culture.
Research shows unsafe acts (behaviours) contribute to 80% of accidents or incidents, whilst unsafe conditions contribute to 20% of accidents or incidents (Hollnagel 1993, Reason 1990).
Frighteningly, this shows that people’s behaviours are more responsible for accidents than are unsafe environments. The statistics highlight that organisations can have the most stringent safety processes and procedures in the world, yet still have a high incident rate through a failure to engage workers’ values, beliefs, mindsets and attitudes – the keys to changing behaviour.
Safety Dimensions has developed a two-day Engaging Hearts and Minds – Creating And Sustaining A Strong Safety Culture’ program, which blends two safety approaches:
1. Engaging the mind through Behavioural Based Safety (BBS) focused on changing behaviour by understanding the mechanics behind our behaviour and;
2. Engaging the heart through Values Based Safety (VBS) which focuses on what drives behaviour at a deep internal level by aligning safety with the values and beliefs of the individual.
When blended together, Safety Dimensions’ approach captures the hearts and minds of a workforce to ensure sustainable behaviour change is achieved over time.
This highly practical eight-topic program is designed for groups of 8-20 people over 2 days.
Please contact us about this program
Safety Interactions - Observation and Inspection
This program refines and enhances the skills and capabilities of leaders in conducting observations and inspections. Most importantly, this program develops skills to positively engage everyone in speaking out about what’s working and what’s not in a workplace so that the best possible data can be collected.
Objectives
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Articulate their roles and responsibilities as a leader in relation to Observation and Inspection interactions
- Prepare for an effective observation and inspection
- Use the WALK (Watch, Ask Questions, Listen and Keep Safe) template
- Conduct genuine two-way safety conversations
- Create an increased awareness in others to observe and influence safety