This document discusses techniques for raising safety and security awareness in the workplace. It identifies why awareness is important, which is to help staff understand safety arrangements, risks, and their roles. Several methods for raising awareness are proposed, including a top-down approach, appointing champions, campaigns, and empowering staff. The document also covers focusing on health, safety, and security, and involving staff in decision making. It concludes with proposing a group exercise to generate ideas for awareness topics, challenges, and innovative promotion strategies.
2. Objectives
Purpose of this module is to identify the techniques
& effective methods of raising staff awareness on
safety & security at workplace.
We live in a world of ever-increasing risk. No
workplace – be it a construction site, office building,
factory floor, or retail store – is immune from these
threats. Risks threaten staff safety, staff morale, and
organization’s efficiency level.
‘Awareness is the greatest agent for
change’
3. Why S & S Awareness?
To make the staff understand
– salient features of safety
& security arrangements at
workplace.
– how it is contributing to the
organization and staffs’ well being.
– the risks & threats associated to the workplace and
movements
– the roles of a staff as an individual contributor
– team approach to make a better & safe workplace
4. Why S & S Awareness?
– Making people notice things
– Making people happier by making them notice things
and thus making them commit to something
– Planting an idea in people's heads and leading them
to an "awakening’’
– Making people understand that they need to stand up
for something
– Sharing passion: showing people why you're
passionate about something and why you think they
should be passionate too
5. Workplace Safety & Security
One of the aspects of maintaining a productive &
supportive workplace is making sure that there are
effective health, safety and security procedures are in
place. Effective procedures protect staffs, partners,
guests, international visitors, facilities and also the
reputations from potential harms and damages.
Workplace safety & security is series of procedures
which to be evaluated regularly and the result to be
shared with the management team to see if any changes
needed to be made to make the policies & procedures
more effective.
6. Point of Concentrations
Health
Covers both physical & psychological issues at
workplace
Safety
Discuss the un-intentional harms and threats to
the workplace environment and the
staffs/occupants
Security
Deals with the risks with intentional acts of harms
and damages to the workplace & staff security
(including information security)
7. Methods of Raising Awareness
Top down approach
Be the Role Model
Assign Champions
Campaigning & selling the service
Focusing on day to day learning
Showing staff what’s wrong
Inviting them to play beside you
Empowering staff
Communication for ‘Getting the word out’
8. Methods of Raising Awareness
Make decision-makers aware of S&S functions
Documenting & advertising/promoting
Maintaining high profile
Changing cultural value
Motivate the staffs as ‘S&S EYES’
Showing staff what’s wrong
Involving staffs in decision making process
Avoid ‘Fail to plan, Plan to fail’ syndrome
Appreciation/Acknowledgement Cards
9. Group Exercise (10 minutes)
Group-1
Make list of 05 must issues to include in
awareness list and who are the target audience
for those
Group-2
Find out 05 difficulties in S&S awareness raising
and who are the stakeholders
Group-3
List 05 innovative & interesting ideas to promote
S&S management awareness (you can take help
from other groups also)