SAFe Agile Certification Course

Lesson 1 • Defining Safety in the Workplace

Introduces the concept of safety as a proactive discipline, not merely rule compliance. Sets the philosophical foundation for all subsequent chapters.

Lesson 2 • Individual Roles and Accountability

Clarifies each person's duty of care and reporting obligations. Connects individual action to broader organizational safety outcomes.

Lesson 3 • Safety Culture and Its Drivers

Examines how leadership behavior, peer norms, and systems shape safety culture. Students identify cultural gaps that lead to preventable incidents.

Lesson 1 • Risk Assessment Fundamentals

Introduces likelihood-consequence matrices and qualitative scoring. Students rate identified hazards and prioritize them for control.

Lesson 2 • Hazard Identification Methods

Teaches walkthroughs, job safety analysis, and observation techniques. Students apply each method to real-world scenarios for practice.

Lesson 3 • Documenting and Communicating Hazards

Covers hazard log formats, reporting workflows, and stakeholder communication. Accurate documentation ensures hazards are tracked and resolved.

Lesson 1 • Evaluating Control Effectiveness

Introduces residual risk review and control verification methods. Students confirm that implemented controls achieve the intended risk reduction.

Lesson 2 • Engineering Controls in Practice

Details guarding, ventilation, isolation, and interlocks as physical risk reducers. Students evaluate when engineering solutions are feasible and cost-effective.

Lesson 3 • Personal Protective Equipment Selection

Guides selection, fit-testing, maintenance, and disposal of PPE. Emphasizes PPE as a last resort, not a primary control.

Lesson 4 • The Hierarchy of Controls

Explains elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, and PPE controls in order of effectiveness. Provides the decision framework for all control planning.

Lesson 1 • Emergency Planning Principles

Covers threat identification, scenario planning, and resource mapping for emergencies. Connects planning rigor to faster, safer response outcomes.

Lesson 2 • Evacuation and Assembly Procedures

Details evacuation routes, assembly points, headcounts, and accountability systems. Students design an evacuation plan for a sample facility.

Lesson 3 • Incident Command and Communication

Explains command structure, role assignments, and communication protocols during emergencies. Clear command prevents confusion and reduces harm.

Lesson 4 • Drills, Testing, and Plan Improvement

Covers drill design, after-action reviews, and plan revision cycles. Students evaluate a drill outcome and update the plan accordingly.

Lesson 1 • Evidence Collection and Scene Management

Covers physical evidence, witness interviews, and documentation at the scene. Proper collection prevents loss of critical causal data.

Lesson 2 • Investigation Reporting and Sharing

Covers report structure, confidentiality considerations, and lessons-learned dissemination. Sharing findings multiplies the safety benefit across the organization.

Lesson 3 • Corrective and Preventive Actions

Guides development of CAPA plans with owners, timelines, and verification steps. Links investigation findings directly to systemic improvements.

Lesson 4 • Root Cause Analysis Methods

Teaches five-whys, fishbone diagrams, and fault tree analysis for causal investigation. Students apply at least one method to a case study.

Lesson 1 • Employer and Worker Legal Duties

Clarifies legal obligations for employers, supervisors, and workers under safety law. Distinguishes between general duties and specific regulatory requirements.

Lesson 2 • Gap Analysis and Corrective Planning

Guides identification of compliance gaps and prioritization of remediation actions. Connects audit findings to a structured corrective action register.

Lesson 3 • Compliance Audits and Inspections

Teaches internal audit design, inspection preparation, and regulator interaction. Students build an audit checklist aligned to applicable standards.

Lesson 1 • Monitoring, Measurement, and KPIs

Introduces leading and lagging indicators, data collection methods, and performance dashboards. Students select and define KPIs for a sample organization.

Lesson 2 • SMS Frameworks and Standards

Introduces plan-do-check-act cycles and internationally recognized SMS frameworks. Students compare frameworks and select elements suited to their context.

Lesson 3 • Policy, Objectives, and Targets

Covers safety policy drafting, SMART objective setting, and target cascading. Clear objectives align organizational effort toward measurable safety outcomes.

Lesson 4 • Roles, Responsibilities, and Resources

Defines accountability structures, competency requirements, and resource allocation within an SMS. Students build a responsibility assignment matrix.

Lesson 1 • Strategic Safety Planning

Aligns safety goals with business strategy using environmental scanning and risk appetite. Students draft a multi-year safety strategic plan.

Lesson 2 • Influencing Without Authority

Builds skills for persuading peers, senior leaders, and contractors to prioritize safety. Effective influence expands safety impact beyond formal authority.

Lesson 3 • Measuring and Reporting Strategic Impact

Covers balanced scorecards, board-level reporting, and benchmarking against industry peers. Students design a strategic safety performance report.

Lesson 4 • Leading Culture Change

Applies change management models to shift safety culture from reactive to generative. Students identify levers and barriers to cultural transformation.