ASC SAFETY CULTURE AND BEHAVIOUR REVIEW

BACKGROUND

The Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) is a multifaceted ship building and maintenance business with operational capability in South Australia and Western Australia. ASC is responsible for shipbuilding activities such as the recent Air Warfare Destroyer, as well as the maintenance of Australia fleet of Collins Class submarines. Leading Edge Safety Systems was requested to conduct a detail ed safety culture and behaviour review of ASC North, South and West operations to identify the underlying factors that promote good safety practices as well as at risk behaviour, with a view to identifying practical strategies to further strengthen the safety cult ure of ASC as a whole.

THE RESULT

Several practical safety culture improvement strategies were identified and Leading Edge Safety Systems assisted the ASC executive in implementing changes to systems and processes as part of moving towards a more proactive safety culture level of maturity.

ASC SAFETY CULTURE AND BEHAVIOUR REVIEW