COURSE OVERVIEW

Study the four components of Safety Management Systems (SMS) and how SMS and System Safety work together to help create a safer working environment. Discover how the application of engineering and management principles, criteria and techniques can help to lower safety risk to acceptable levels. Explore the concepts of safety climate, safety risk management, the hazard reduction matrix as well as the hazard reduction precedence.

COURSE ELEMENTS

• Safety Management Systems (SMS)

• Core system safety elements; enhanced system safety elements suggested by the FTA

• Safety climate and the impact on safety performance

• Consequences of accidents and incidents

• Heinrich Ratio

• System safety; System safety as a management discipline

• Management and engineering principles; Hazard identification and resolution

• Components of the system safety management process

• Roles and activities for the safety unit and safety committee

• Employee selection criteria

• Vehicles, facilities, equipment and systems

• Human resources

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• Safety and security Activities

• Threat and vulnerability analyses

• Emergency/All-hazards management

• Exercise: informal site audit (PPE required: leather upper, flat sole shoes)

• Pretest, quiz, final exam

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Agency Safety Plan (ASP) developers, implementers, and administrators, Transit Executive Managers, Human Resource Managers, Facility Managers, Risk Managers, Auditors, Design Engineering Vendors, Construction Vendors, Bus Transit Safety Managers, Safety Supervisors, Equipment Maintenance Managers, Equipment Maintenance Supervisors.

REGISTRATION AND FEES

The registration fee is $115 per person. Login to WSTIP Learns to register.  For information regarding RTAP scholarships for this event, please contact Marianna Hanefeld at HanefeM@wsdot.wa.gov.

LOCATION AND SCHEDULE

The course will be located at Intercity Transit near Olympia. Intercity Transit is located at 4704 Park Ave NE, Lacey. The course will run from 8:00 – 5:00, Monday through Thursday. The course ends at noon on Friday.

HOTEL

There is a room block set up at the La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Olympia - Lacey, located at 4704 Park Ave NE, Lacey, WA 98516. Rooms are blocked under "TSI" at a rate of $115/night. The reservation deadline under the room block is January 26, 2025. Reservations can be made by calling (360) 412-1200. 

QUESTIONS?

For information regarding registration or workshop content, please contact Laura Juell (laura@wstip.org). Laura can be reached at (360) 786-5049.

CANCELLATION POLICY

You may cancel your workshop registration without penalty up until week prior to the start date. Cancellations made after that date will be charged the full workshop fee. WSTIP may cancel the class if fewer than 12 people register for the course. If the course is cancelled, participants will receive a complete refund.