Developing a Safety Procedures Manual

Developing a Safety Procedures Manual for a Single Unique User Course (Online subscription only)
 
 
 
Developing a Safety Procedures Manual
 
Safety procedures are the backbone of an organization’s Safety Management System. They provide consistency and when followed create a safe working environment and greater productivity due to less injury downtime. However, safety procedure writing is more difficult and time-consuming than it at first appears. This one-day course will give you the foundation to start writing effective safety procedures.
 
 
 
This one-day workshop will help you teach participants:
 
 
 
Develop a Safety Procedure Template
 
 
Develop a flowchart to accurately depict process activities
 
 
Use brainstorming to gather necessary information for safety procedure creation
 
 
Understand a variety of procedure types (Step-by-Step, Playscript, Decision Tree, Decision Tables)
 
 
Write and revise Step-by-Step safety procedures
 
 
Add communication elements to safety procedures
 
 
 
 
Course Overview
 
You will spend the first part of the day getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.
 

Setting the Stage
 
Procedures are the set of steps followed in order to fulfill the policies in a safe manner. This session discusses the minimum required safety procedures.
 
 
 
Safety Procedures Basics
 
Good safety procedures teach employees what they require to be safe in their jobs. This session teaches students guiding principles for writing effective safety procedures and examines a variety of procedures to help in drafting procedure templates.
 
 
 
Flowcharting
 
This session focuses on flowcharts and here your students will learn how to construct flowcharts.
 
 
 
Gathering Information
 
It is crucial to have the correct and proper information regarding the process. This session looks at how brainstorming is a good tool for gathering the needed information.
 
 
 
Procedure Writing
 
For written procedures to be successful they must be easily understood. This session looks at ways to keep written procedures clear, concise, complete, and correct.
 
 
 
Honing the Draft Procedure
 
This session discusses aids to communication within a procedure.
 
 
 
Some Other Methods
 
Different procedure types are available for creating workplace safety procedures and those models and introduced and discussed in this session.
 
 
 
Procedures Building
 
This session lets students write a safety procedure to have a template that they can bring back to their workplace and apply.