Safety System Analysis OCHS 3200

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Explain the purpose of an SPR.
• Describe the reasons for conducting reviews and identify their various types.
• Identify the information that should be included in the review.
• Identify employer’s motivation for an SPR with respect to the challenges it might present.
• Discuss the responsibilities of the employer to communicate clear objectives.
• Describe the responsibilities of a reviewer with respect to their role and necessary skills.
• Develop a terms of reference agreement.
• Discuss pre-review activities.
• Prepare a schedule of review activities.
• Explain the activities used to gather information.
• Identify the types of documents that are reviewed.
• Describe the desired contents of the documents to be reviewed.
• Understand the purpose of the observation tour.
• Distinguish the difference between an inspection and an observation tour.
• Discuss the process of conducting interviews.
• Select a sample population.
• Conduct different types of interview.
• Write interview questions for one element of the review.
• Explain the importance of confidentiality.
• Compare the format of different review instruments and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses.
• Explain how review criteria are developed.
• Identify the influences of corporate policy, legal requirements, best practices, industry standards, and due diligence on the choice of criteria.
• Explain how verification methods relate to the review criteria.
• Choose or design an instrument for recording findings.
• Develop criteria for one focus area of a safety program review.
• Compare different scoring techniques.
• Discuss the key steps of the evaluation procedure.
• Discuss the purpose of the exit meeting and how to prepare for it.
• Describe the purpose of the SPR report.
• Demonstrate your knowledge of the structure and presentation strategies of a formal report by writing a SPR report.
• Review the essentials of an appropriate writing style.
• Demonstrate how the review instrument shapes the findings.
• Demonstrate how the process of analyzing the findings leads to conclusions.
• Explain how the conclusions lead to recommendations for corrective action.
• Describe the purpose and different styles of making recommendations.
• Compare short-term and long-term solutions.
• Conduct a close-out meeting.
• Demonstrate your ability to present recommendations by creating a PowerPoint presentation or writing an executive summary for your report.

Effective as of Winter 2016