Behavioural Safety

This Behavioural Safety eLearning course introduces learners to the principles of behavioural safety and its role in creating safer workplaces. It explores how human behaviour, attitudes and decision-making influence safety performance and risk outcomes, and provides practical guidance on recognising unsafe behaviours and reinforcing safer choices. The course content supports individuals at all levels to understand the connection between behaviour and workplace incidents, and to contribute positively to their organisation’s safety culture. It is suitable for employees and supervisors alike who need awareness of common behavioural influences and simple techniques to promote safer actions.

Course Aims

The primary aims of the course are to:

• Develop understanding of what behavioural safety is and why it matters for workplace health and safety.
• Highlight how attitudes and behaviours influence risk, including how unsafe acts contribute to incidents.
• Encourage learners to recognise at-risk behaviours and the factors that lead to them.
• Provide practical insights into how behavioural safety programmes can be structured and applied.
• Support positive safety culture, reinforcing behaviours that prevent harm and protect people and assets.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this 40-minute module, learners will be able to:

• Define behavioural safety and explain its relevance in reducing workplace injuries and incidents.
• Recognise the difference between safe and unsafe behaviours and understand how they impact safety outcomes.
• Identify common behavioural risk factors and how attitudes can influence decision-making.
• Understand the basic components of a behavioural safety approach and how it supports an organisation’s safety culture.
• Apply simple behavioural safety concepts to observe, communicate and reinforce safer behaviours in their day-to-day work.