Human Factors and Safety Culture

Practical, CPD-accredited training that builds safer behaviours. Learn human factors, CRM tools and culture habits that reduce incidents and improve teamwork.

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CPD course exploring how human behaviour shapes safety and decision-making at work.

Most incidents don’t start with broken equipment. They start with human moments – a rushed decision perhaps, a missed cue, or a message not said out loud. 

Understanding safety isn’t just about rules or checklists. It’s about people and how they think, make decisions, and respond when things change. By exploring the link between human factors and workplace systems, this course helps teams see the bigger picture and the small actions that make the difference. 

Learners build practical skills to improve situational awareness, communicate clearly under pressure, and create a culture where speaking up is normal. 


Who it’s for

For organisations where safety depends on people as much as processes – and where communication, awareness, and behaviour drive results. 

Ideal for: 

  • Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) professionals 
  • Operations and production managers leading front-line teams 
  • Supervisors promoting psychological safety and speaking up 
  • Senior leaders embedding human factors into organisational systems 

Courses can be booked for individual leaders or whole teams. 

What you’ll learn:

By the end, participants will be able to:

Explain how human factors influence risk, decisions and behaviour at work

Recognise common cognitive biases and lapses in situational awareness — and know how to counter them

Use Crew Resource Management tools to improve teamwork and communication

Embed safer practices in briefings, handovers, debriefs and daily operations

Encourage reporting, support psychological safety and strengthen safety culture over time

Reflect on personal communication style and model safer behaviours day to day

Course modules

Shift from “who’s at fault?” to “what in the system allowed this?” Understand human factors and why incidents are rarely a single error. Explore ideas like the Swiss Cheese Model, normalisation of deviance and the role of learning culture. 

Learn how the brain takes shortcuts under time pressure and fatigue. Spot normalcy, anchoring and confirmation bias. Build habits that restore awareness: pause-and-check, peer cross-checks and structured decision prompts. 

Adopt proven non-technical skills from safety-critical industries. Use structured communication (SBAR), closed-loop messaging and graded assertiveness (PACE) to surface concerns early and align the team around a shared picture of risk. 

Make safer communication the way you operate. Weave CRM tools into toolbox talks, pre-task briefings, shift handovers and incident reviews. Practice short, structured debriefs that turn experience into learning.

Define what “good” looks like and how to measure it. Balance accountability with learning through a Just Culture. Build a practical plan with clear behaviours, owners and checkpoints so momentum lasts beyond the course. 

Format & Duration

FormatIn-person, interactive learning
Duration1 day
AccreditationCPD-accredited certificate on completion
Resources Workbook, assessment, interactive tools and reflection prompts 
Cost £2,000 + VAT (up to 12 participants)

Bundle offer:

PsychoSeries Bundle – 5 Courses 
5 days | £8,000 + VAT (save £2,000) 
Book 5, Pay for 4

Bring the PsychoSeries to your organisation

When people understand themselves and each other, communication improves, resilience grows, and trust follows. Teams work better. Leaders lead better. And the entire organisation benefits.

The PsychoSeries transforms awareness into action – blending wellbeing, leadership and behavioural science into powerful learning that sticks.

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Contact us to discuss team licences, blended learning, or rollout support.

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Bring the PsychoSeries to your organisation.

Whether you’re enhancing leadership, improving wellbeing or working towards B Corp certification, the PsychoSeries gives you a structured path to a more human, thriving culture.

Start with one course or deliver the full series across your organisation – we’ll help you design a programme that fits your people, your pace, and your goals.