Human Error Analysis and Prevention Training Course

Name: Human Error Analysis and Prevention Training Course
Availability: InStock

Advanced methods for investigating error, improving critical tasks, and designing practical human-performance controls.

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Singapore, Bali, Kuala Lumpur, Geneva, Sharm El-Sheikh, Casablanca and more
Next session: 2 – 6 November 2026, Singapore
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Human Error Analysis and Prevention Training Course

Overview

Human Error Analysis and Prevention Training Course is a one-week advanced course for safety professionals, operational leaders, reliability engineers, investigators, supervisors, and human-factors practitioners who leave with a Human Error Prevention Plan. Participants apply human error analysis to slips, lapses, mistakes, violations, performance influencing factors, error-likely conditions, and systemic incident investigation. The course connects task analysis, just culture, barrier design, procedure usability, workload, fatigue, communication, and human-performance tools. Agile Leaders Training Center presents human error prevention through operational evidence, structured analysis, and control design.

Who Should Attend

Functions responsible for operational safety and risk controls
Teams responsible for incident investigation and organizational learning
Functions responsible for reliability and safety-critical task design
Supervisors responsible for frontline performance and work coordination
Practitioners responsible for human factors and procedure usability

The course assumes participants analyze operational work or safety events and leaves out clinical diagnosis, legal fault determination, and equipment engineering design.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that manage human performance in safety-critical and operational work.

Energy, utilities, and process operations
Transport, aviation maintenance, and logistics
Manufacturing, engineering, and reliability functions
Healthcare operations and patient-safety functions
Occupational safety, quality, and internal assurance

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze slips, lapses, mistakes, and violations without defaulting to blame
Diagnose performance influencing factors and error-likely conditions
Apply task analysis and procedure-usability review methods
Evaluate systemic causes, barriers, and corrective actions
Use human-performance tools for critical work
Build a Human Error Prevention Plan

Course Agenda

Day 1: Error Classification and Context

Slips, Lapses, Mistakes, and Violations Classification Matrix
Job, Individual, and Organization Human Factors Model
Performance Influencing Factors Screening Tool
Error-Likely Conditions Mapping Method
Just Culture Decision Review

Day 2: Task and Procedure Analysis

Safety-Critical Task Analysis Worksheet
Task-Step Error Opportunity Map
Procedure Usability Review Checklist
Workload and Fatigue Exposure Assessment
Communication and Handover Control Review

Day 3: Event Investigation and Learning

Systemic Incident Investigation Sequence
Evidence and Timeline Mapping Board
Underlying Cause Analysis Method
Learning Team Questioning Guide
Corrective Action Quality Test

Day 4: Error Prevention and Control Design

Barrier and Defense Effectiveness Matrix
Error Prevention Hierarchy for Work Design
Task Preview and Job-Site Review Method
Situational Awareness and Questioning Tools
Human Error Prevention Plan Template

Day 5: Human Error Prevention Practice

Exercise: Error Type and Context Classification
Exercise: Critical Task and Procedure Review
Exercise: Systemic Event Investigation
Exercise: Barrier and Corrective Action Evaluation
Capstone Exercise: Human Error Prevention Plan

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities from process operations, maintenance, transport, manufacturing, and healthcare operations.

Suggested activity: classify actions in a safety event and separate active errors from performance influencing factors.
Suggested activity: analyze a critical task, identify error opportunities, and test procedure usability.
Suggested activity: build an event timeline, identify systemic causes, and evaluate proposed corrective actions.
Suggested activity: design barriers and assemble a Human Error Prevention Plan with owners and review measures.

FAQs

What is human error analysis and prevention?

Human error analysis and prevention examines actions, task conditions, organizational influences, and defenses to explain why errors become likely and to design controls that prevent, detect, or reduce their consequences.

Who suits human error analysis and prevention training, and what does it assume?

Human error analysis and prevention training suits personnel who investigate events, supervise critical work, design controls, or manage operational risk and assumes experience with workplace processes or safety evidence.

How does human error analysis differ from basic incident investigation training?

Human error analysis goes beyond event sequencing to classify error modes, assess performance influencing factors, examine task and system design, and develop error-tolerant controls; basic incident investigation training commonly emphasizes evidence collection and cause identification.

How do performance influencing factors affect human error prevention?

Performance influencing factors reveal how workload, fatigue, interfaces, procedures, communication, competence, supervision, and organizational conditions increase or reduce the likelihood of error.

What makes a human error prevention plan practical?

A practical human error prevention plan links priority tasks and error scenarios to control changes, responsible owners, implementation evidence, monitoring measures, and review triggers.

Conclusion

The course integrates error classification, task analysis, procedure review, systemic investigation, barrier evaluation, and human-performance tools. Participants take back a Human Error Prevention Plan with priority scenarios, controls, owners, evidence, and review measures. The plan changes how teams identify error-likely conditions, investigate events, and improve work systems.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Singapore	Week 45, 2026 2 – 6 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Bali	Week 45, 2026 8 – 12 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Kuala Lumpur	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Geneva	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,200
Sharm El-Sheikh	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Casablanca	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Prague	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Abu Dhabi	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Chicago	Week 49, 2026 6 – 10 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
Dubai	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
London	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Vienna	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Zanzibar	Week 52, 2026 27 – 31 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Toronto	Week 52, 2026 27 – 31 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
Zoom	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Online	€1,500
Johannesburg	Week 01, 2027 10 – 14 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Amsterdam	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Doha	Week 03, 2027 24 – 28 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Cape town	Week 04, 2027 31 January – 4 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Manama	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewHuman Error Analysis and Prevention Training Course is a one-week advanced course for safety professionals, operational leaders, reliability engineers, investigators, supervisors, and human-factors practitioners who leave with a Human Error Prevention Plan. Participants apply human error analysis to slips, lapses, mistakes, violations, performance…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

How can I register?

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Human Error Analysis and Prevention Training Course