Behavior-Based Safety: Fundamentals and Implementation

Behavior-Based Safety: Fundamentals and Implementation

Price: $130
Full Day Course
MTI Level Two Required Course: Safety and Health Management Level Two Certificate

Course Description:

Behavioral safety is the application of behavior analysis to work, specifically, safe and unsafe performance of a task. Using scientific principles of motivation, systems are analyzed to identify what is motivating safe or unsafe performance. For example, people take safety shortcuts because they are motivated by the certain and immediate consequence of saving a little time and they are not motivated by the fairly uncertain and unlikely consequence of getting hurt. Systems can then be modified or implemented to improve performance in a positive method. Implementation will be discussed with an emphasis on providing examples from companies who have used behavioral safety successfully.

Agenda:

• Understanding antecedents and consequences of performance.
• Analyzing the context of performance to develop strategies for change.
• Targeting performance that is a good candidate for improvement.
• Developing a behavior-based safety system that works for your company.  

All meetings are accessible and barrier free. Please contact the cosponsor or the CET Division, at least 30 days in advance, to request necessary accommodations.

The meeting site and parking are accessible. Individuals attending the meeting are requested to refrain from using heavily scented personal care products, in order to enhance accessibility for everyone. People with disabilities requiring additional services (such as materials in alternative format) in order to participate in the meeting should call 517-284-7720 at least 30 days before the program. The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is an equal opportunity employer/program.

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