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Safety Culture

Type of study BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 040-1109/01
Abbreviation SC
Course title Safety Culture
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Mgr. Ivana Slováčková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Safety culture - history, definition, development
2. From Safety at nuclear installation to Occupational H&S, Guidelines for safety culture
3. Phase of the development of the Safety culture in the company - basic indicators
4. How to measure a safety culture?
5. Safe behavior - a key factor of Safety culture, principles of human behavior, a model of human behavior.
6. Creating a safe routine, group behavior, changes in human behavior, psychological aspects important to creating safe habits.
7. The role of individual levels of leadership in creating a culture of safety, effective leadership.
8. Missions, visions and goals - their role for the safety culture. OHS promotion.
9. Communication as a key factor for achieving a high level of safety culture
10. Employee engagement and involvement in OHS
11. Safety management tools and their interconnection with safety culture
12. Safety culture development - change management
13. The most common problems in implementing programs to develop a safety culture, deteriorating the safety culture

E-learning

Study materials are available on MS TEAMS

Literature

SAFETY SERIES No. 75-INSAG-4
SAFETY CULTURE, A report by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group
IAEA, VIENNA, 1991
STI/PUB/882, ISBN 92-0-123091-5 , ISSN 0074-1892 

SAFETY CULTURE IN NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS: GUIDANCE FOR USE IN THE
ENHANCEMENT OF SAFETY CULTURE
IAEA, VIENNA, 2002, IAEA-TECDOC-1329
ISBN 92–0–119102–2, ISSN 1011–4289

Advised literature

KEY PRACTICAL ISSUES IN STRENGTHENING SAFETY CULTURE
VIENNA, INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, 2002.
(INSAG series, ISSN 1025–2169 ; INSAG-15)
STI/PUB/1137, ISBN 92–0–112202–0

Safety Culture maturity model, Dr Mark Fleming,
The Keil Centre 5, Edinburgh EH9 9LJ ii © Crown copyright 2001 ISBN 0 7176 1919 2