Effective Teamwork for High-Risk Operations

Course details

Do you or your teams ever face challenges while striving to work together effectively? Do your teams or crews struggle to develop cohesive attributes that support the successful and safe accomplishment of mission, operational, and safety goals? If so, this course may help. Introduction to Effective Teamwork in High-Risk Environments explains elements of effective teamwork and is intended to help course participants understand factors that help teams execute operations safely, effectively, and efficiently, and to understand aspects of teamwork that can degrade safety and operational performance. At the end of this module participants will understand what it takes to develop effective teams and will be provided with actionable strategies for improving teamwork in their organization. This course emphasizes teamwork improvement in high-hazard and high-risk environments where teams and crews may be exposed to dangerous conditions and must get the job done safely.

This course can typically be completed in less than one week and includes instructional video, supporting video example content, case study, and multiple downloadable resources, including a textbook chapter, eBook on Crew Performance, and a worksheet to map elements of effective teamwork to your teams.

If you are looking to take your individual or team/crew performance to the next level this course may be just what you need. If you work in a hazardous industry, such as oil and gas, electrical utilities, mining, manufacturing, field engineering, construction, law enforcement, firefighting, EMS, or other occupation where you and your crews/teams are exposed to hazardous conditions this course may be for you.

Adapted from elements of military Crew Resource Management, which is an aviation crew performance and safety program, this course is designed to help take you and your teams to the next level of performance by showing how to develop or refine teams who must accomplish the job while doing work safely. The military lingo has been stripped away and this course is designed for anyone working in high-risk industries, even if they don't have a military background.