Free CPD-Accredited Intermediate Certificate Course Gives Supervisors and Safety Professionals the Skills to Observe, Analyse, and Improve Workplace Safety Behaviour
Alison has launched a new CPD-accredited certificate course: Behaviour-Based Safety for Safer Workplaces. This free intermediate-level online programme gives supervisors, safety managers, and team leaders the tools to identify safe and at-risk workplace actions through structured observation, understand the factors that drive behaviour, deliver feedback that reinforces safe practices, and use observation data to find patterns and drive lasting safety improvement.
The course was reviewed by Arif Setiawan, an HSE Manager with over ten years of experience in occupational health, safety, and environmental management across the manufacturing industry. Arif's expertise spans Behaviour-Based Safety, safety culture development, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management systems. His work focuses on helping organisations move beyond compliance — fostering positive safety behaviours, strengthening leadership engagement, and building workplaces where safety becomes a shared value rather than an externally imposed requirement.
When Engineering Controls Are Not Enough
The International Labour Organization estimates that approximately 2.3 million people die from work-related causes each year, with hundreds of millions more suffering non-fatal injuries. Organisations across the world have invested heavily in engineering controls, protective equipment, safety procedures, and regulatory compliance — and these interventions matter. But the safety field has long recognised that physical hazard controls alone do not account for the full picture. Research consistently shows that the vast majority of workplace incidents involve a behavioural component: a decision made under time pressure, a shortcut taken out of habit, a warning sign missed because attention was elsewhere, a safety procedure bypassed because no one was watching.
This is the domain of Behaviour-Based Safety. Rather than focusing exclusively on the environment and equipment, BBS targets the observable actions of people at work — what they do, when, and why — and applies structured methods to understand and improve those behaviours. The foundational insight is straightforward: behaviour is observable and measurable in a way that attitudes and intentions are not. If you can see what people are doing, you can record it, analyse it, give feedback on it, and change it systematically. This makes BBS one of the most practically actionable approaches available to frontline safety leaders.
Moving Beyond Compliance to Culture
Arif Setiawan draws on more than a decade in manufacturing environments to articulate what effective BBS training needs to deliver: "Safety is not just about rules — it's about people and the choices they make every day. This course provides practical knowledge that empowers learners to influence safe behaviours and build a lasting culture of safety."
Mike Feerick, Founder and CEO of Alison, added: "Workplace safety is ultimately about people — the choices they make, the habits they build, and the environment leaders create around them. Behaviour-based safety gives supervisors and safety professionals a practical, evidence-grounded way to influence all three. Making that training freely available to anyone who needs it is exactly what Alison is here to do."
This launch strengthens Alison's workplace safety and health portfolio, reinforcing its mission to put professional-quality training within reach of every learner and organisation, anywhere in the world.
To learn more or enrol in the course, visit: alison.com/course/behaviour-based-safety-for-safer-workplaces
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