Leading a Culture of Safety in Your Workplace
Safety culture is a combination of the attitudes, values and perceptions that can positively influence health and safety outcomes. Develop and embed an authentic culture that works for your business through engagement, trust and leadership.
Description
What you’ll learn...
This course provides Managers, leaders, supervisors, and safety champions with the knowledge and tools to influence and embed a strong safety culture in their workplace. It explores the psychological, behavioural, and organisational factors that shape safety outcomes, and offers practical strategies to lead change, engage teams, and improve safety performance.
You’ll examine leadership behaviours, behavioural safety models, and cultural influences—including the impact of New Zealand’s workplace norms—while learning how to measure and improve safety culture using proven frameworks like the DuPont Bradley Curve and Hudson Ladder.
After, you’ll be able to...
- Understand the difference between safety culture and safety climate.
- Apply behavioural safety principles to influence safer choices.
- Use leadership behaviours to positively shape safety culture.
- Recognise and respond to at-risk behaviours using coaching techniques.
- Conduct safety observations and engage workers in safety conversations.
- Measure safety culture maturity using models and surveys.
- Develop action plans to improve safety culture across teams and organisations.
- Understand legal duties under the HSW Act 2015 and related regulations.
Duration: 1 day
Level: Advanced
Delivery: Face to face (in class)
Course Costs:
Member (Standard) $940 + GST
Non-member (Standard) $1,340 + GST