Learning to SEE: A New Perspective on Risk Utilizing Visual Literacy
We don’t see as well as we think we do! Research shows we only actually see a small percentage of what we look at: the majority is filled in by our brain based on experiences, expectations and bias. This could mean that workers are missing potential hazards just because they no longer see them! Every day, we are bombarded with so much information that our senses – our vision in particular – exist in a state of constant overload. Being able to identify, interpret and act upon visual information within your environment – what we call Visual Literacy – is more crucial than ever in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.
Although conceived from a different context, the application of Visual Literacy has the potential to advance success across multiple layers of business. Driving significant improvement in safety. From the shop floor to the boardroom, across hazard awareness and pre-job analysis to risk decision-making, the strategic value of becoming more visually literate can help organizations achieve the next step-change improvement in safety performance. It’s what you see, what it means and what you do.
In this webinar, we introduce concepts that help enable workers to process visual information more clearly. In addition, we discuss a proven methodology that helps address the seeing gap and build practices and disciplines that help mitigate issues across operations and improve workplace safety.
Learning Objectives
Understand the challenges of effectively “seeing”
Applying Visual Language principles to effectively prioritize and implement risk mitigation
Strategies and techniques to help make sure you aren't missing key data and potential risks
Using a common language to accurately describe hazards and risks that occur in the field
