By: phil Smith

phil Smith — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 09:32:23 +0000

I concur with most of the points highlighted above and particularly like the idea of switching on the ‘thinking brain’ during tool box talks – something we have been encouraging crews to do for some time now. When the International Oil and Gas Producers Association commissioned Critical Team Performance (CTP) to chair the industry wide stakeholder group to produce the Guidelines for Well Operations Crew Resource Management (IOGP Doc 502) training we were very conscious of nationalistic cultural barriers that can be major contributory factors in the Human Error chain developing. Having processes and checklists in dual languages is one example of how we are approaching problems with basic communication breakdowns. Leadership is key and the corporate communication messages re safety must be followed up with actions by senior management. Whilst simulator training is an excellent resource to practice non-technical skills in a safe environment the real key to achieving behavioural change is follow up work-place-based coaching. All CTP coaches working in the offshore and onshore environment achieve fantastic ‘buy-in’ from crews when they are immersed in the crews own working environment. Good luck to all who are striving to get the Human Factors message across. Phil Smith, MD, Critical Team Performance

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By: phil Smith