Seeing a Safer Tomorrow®
Workplace safety incidents affect your people and your bottom line. Seeing unsafe conditions at work is the first step towards solving them.
Reduce risk. Save lives. See better with COVE training.
Our world is fast paced and saturated with visual information, so efficiently and accurately processing what you see is critical. Visual literacy teaches you to slow down, look deeply and see things you may have missed — critical for identifying hazards and preventing costly mistakes.
Problems We Are Focused On Solving
Preventing incidents where we don’t see the hazard
Providing tools and techniques that improve how we see
Improving critical thinking skills and problem solving
What Is Visual Literacy And How Can It Improve Workplace Safety?
COVE’s cutting-edge visual literacy curriculum is based on the Toledo Museum of Art’s effort to help people see the world. Since its inception, TMA has spearheaded the effort to increase visual comprehension and communication via the world’s great works of art. Now we’re putting theory into practice, working with major organizations to drive success at every level by implementing strategies for seeing better in the workplace.
Benefits of a Visually Literate Workforce
Learning to process visual information effectively is more than just theoretical. Organizations looking to improve Environmental Health and Safety processes can adopt this Visual Literacy approach to enhance hazard recognition, incident investigation and pre-job safety analysis; decrease incident rates, while saving time; and train their team to engage safely with the workplace environment.
Getting Started With COVE
To get started with this leading edge and innovative approach, we recommend attending a Foundations of Visual Literacy workshop. We offer pre-scheduled open workshops or we can work with you directly to conduct a dedicated workshop geared towards your organizational needs.
Once you’ve built proficiency in the methodologies, we can partner with you to design a deployment plan focused on staff growth and development and improve the visibility of improvement metrics.
Upcoming Training Events
August 23, 2023
Foundations Of Visual Literacy
1-Day Live Workshop in Toledo, OH
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST
September 20, 2023
Seeing Safety With Visual Literacy
2-Hour Virtual Workshop
2PM EST - 4PM EST
October 18, 2023
Foundations Of Visual Literacy
1-Day Live Workshop in Toledo, OH
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST
November 6, 2023
Seeing Safety With Visual Literacy
2-Hour Virtual Workshop
2PM EST - 4PM EST
November 14-16, 2023
Seeing Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) Right
Joint Workshop in Charlotte, NC
9AM - 4:30PM EST
December 13, 2023
Foundations Of Visual Literacy
1-Day Live Workshop in Toledo, OH
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST
January 23 2023
Seeing Safety With Visual Literacy
2-Hour Virtual Workshop
2PM EST - 4PM EST
February 21, 2024
Foundations Of Visual Literacy
1-Day Live Workshop in Cleveland, OH
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST
March 12, 2024
Seeing Safety With Visual Literacy
2-Hour Virtual Workshop
2PM EST - 4PM EST
APRIL 10-12, 2024
Seeing Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) Right
Joint Workshop in Toledo, OH
9AM EST - 4:30PM EST
May 15, 2024
Foundations Of Visual Literacy
1-Day Live Workshop in Toledo, OH
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST
June 11, 2024
Seeing Safety With Visual Literacy
2-Hour Virtual Workshop
2PM EST - 4PM EST
Latest COVE Resources
Never Underestimate The Potential Of High-Energy Hazards – Even When They Don’t Appear To Exist
The Importance of Seeing: Supporting our Operating and Safety Management Systems
The New View Of Analyzing Incidents
Visual Literacy: A Leadership Competency That Enables Critical Thinking
Beyond The Buzzword: What Being Proactive In Safety Really Means
Improving Behavior Based Safety And Observations By Learning To See
ISHN: The Hazard Hunt Will Never Be The Same
Visual Literacy: How “Learning To See” Benefits Occupational Safety
Improving Safety Through Visual Literacy in Organizations Across a Variety of Industries
Sharing experiences, ideas, and results is one way we can help ensure the safety of those around us.
