Suitable for:

All employees of Operations, Maintenance, Drilling, Engineering, HSE and field support who are or may be nominated to lead or act as a team member in a detailed incident investigation.

Summary:

- Legal, commercial and moral arguments for carrying out investigations.
- Organisational ‘Buy-in’
- Basic Risk Factors and the event failure model
- Evidence and information
-Importance of having a comprehensive evidence gathering system that allows for the collection of good data
- Identification of underlying causes and its link to interview skills
- Interview preparation using a ‘themed’ approach
- Questioning of witnesses
- Counselling and trauma issues
- Room setting and witness considerations for interview
- Intimidation – the failure of panel interviews and the past effects on unaware organisations
- Prejudice and the effects on investigations and subsequent reports
- Effective listening
- Good practice in relation to writing up interview notes
- File preparation
- Human Failure
- Basic Risk Factors (BRF’s) (Underlying causation)
- Understanding the factors behind failed decision making the cause of BRF failures (Underlying causation)

Objectives:

By the end of the course, delegates should be able to:

Appreciate the financial, moral and legal requirements in relation to accident investigation
Assist safety advisers, and/or those with responsibility for investigation in gathering statements and information
Understanding the concept of ‘underlying causation’ and appreciate the ‘domino effect’
Understand the basic accident investigation process
Appreciate the need to correct identification and seizure of exhibits
Carry out basic interviews and compile acceptable witness statements

Fees:

£1,800
Excluding accommodation and meals.

Locations & Dates:

Doha - January 24 – 28 , 2010
Dubai- April 25 – 29, 2010
Doha- November 21 – 25, 2010
Dubai - December 19 – 23 , 2010

Course Presenter (s):

Ian Richard Langston

Education History

Diploma of Higher Education, Bangor, 1978 - 82
Subjects: Outdoor Education and Environmental Studies
Bachelor of Education with Honours, Bangor, 1978 - 82 [2:2]
Subjects: Outdoor Education and Environmental Studies
NEBOSH Cert. in Health and Safety 1998 Credit.
Diploma of Higher Education in Safety, Health and Environmental Management, Nottingham and Trent, 2000
Post graduate diploma: Advanced studies in Occupational Safety and Health
Currently working on PhD in Law (Salford Law School)
Employment History

1978 – 1988 Teaching Geography, Economics, Mathematics at various schools in England.
Cumbria Constabulary 1985 - 88
Constable: Police probationary period including general street duties. Criminal investigation duties as a DC.
Chief Constable’s Staff Officer involving preparing briefing documents on legal matters, impact of new legislation, creating discussion documents and researching new ideas.
Assisting in the development and draft ratification of the P.A.C.E. Act Representing Chief Officers in meetings with representatives from the Home Office, Crown Court Office and other external agencies.
Intelligence gathering.
Joined IOSH 1998 (Status CMIOSH)
September 1998 to date: Independent Consultant providing a health and safety advisory service and in particular accident investigation.
August 2000: Concentrated on developing into an accident investigation and evidence gathering role for industry
Visiting lecturer in Occupational H&S
Wrote IOSH PD package on accident investigation
Wrote IOSH PD package on presentation skills
Member of the accident investigation working party a joint HSE, ACPO, ACPOS and IOSH feasibility study
Member of team that set up North Wales District of IOSH Wales Branch
Past Chair of North Wales District of IOSH Wales Branch
Wrote the IOSH package on emergency admin response following fatalities - PD Course
Currently engaged in research for a PhD in Law (Salford Law School) relating to issues surrounding evidence gathering follow industrial incidents and in particular conflicts of interest between PACE; HASWA; ECHR and HRA