Safety Tools and Techniques
Lots of sources tell you WHAT to do, but not HOW to do it. Learn the Tools and Techniques for safety management, risk assessment, and safety data management.
Identifying Hazards - Introduction
Hazard ID - Overview
HAZID - Workers and Workplaces
HAZID - Checklists and History
HAZID Functional Failure Analysis (FFA)
HAZID by FFA - Example
HAZID Webinar Transcript
Causal Analysis with Statistics
Causal Analysis Webinar Slides
Introduction to Hazard Log Videos
FREE PREVIEWHazard Log Basics - FAQ
Full Function Hazard Logs - Part 1
Full Function Hazard Logs - Part 2
FMEA Webinar
FMEA - Worked Example
FMEA Webinar Slides
Guide to FMEA-FMECA
HAZOP-SHARD Slides & Transcript
HAZOP-SHARD - All Slides
SHARD Lesson
HAZOP Example
HAZOP Guide (as seen in the HAZOP Example video)
Theory is useful. Knowing how to apply it is better. The course combines instructional material with examples, worked analyses, webinars, slides, FAQs and practical guidance. The objective is not simply to memorise the names of safety tools. It is to understand how the tools can be used to support real safety engineering work.
Safety Engineers: Expand your practical toolkit and add additional hazard-analysis and assurance techniques to your existing skills.
Systems Engineers: Learn how safety analysis can be integrated into systems engineering activities.
Risk Professionals: Develop a broader understanding of structured approaches to hazard and risk analysis.
Engineering Managers: Understand the principal tools available to your safety and engineering teams.
Practical techniques for hazard identification, causal analysis, hazard tracking, FMEA, HAZOP, SHARD, functional hazard analysis, risk matrices, and safety auditing.
Yes. The course starts with key concepts and terminology before introducing the individual tools and techniques.
No. It is suitable for engineers, systems engineers, risk professionals, managers and other practitioners who need to understand and apply safety-analysis techniques.
The course helps you understand the purpose, strengths, and applications of different techniques so you can select an appropriate approach for the problem you are addressing.
Yes. The course includes worked examples and supporting material, including examples of FMEA and HAZOP.
No. Good safety engineering is not about applying every available analysis technique. It is about understanding the problem, selecting appropriate tools, applying them effectively and integrating the results. This course gives you a broader toolkit so you can make those choices more confidently.
Safety engineering rarely has a single "right" analytical technique. Different systems, problems and lifecycle stages call for different approaches. This course therefore gives you exposure to a range of complementary techniques, helping you understand what each tool is designed to do and where it can contribute to a safety program.