vPSI Training Services

vPSI training services fall into three categories: Foundation Level, Advanced and Custom.  Training can be at your location, in our offices, or at a training facility convenient to your location.  Some classes may even be available online. More information about online training can be found here.

Training services may be provided on the basis of all inclusive fixed prices or fixed prices plus time and materials for variable elements such as travel.

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Foundation Level vPSI Training Classes:

• vPSI Executive Overview: A 2 to 4 hour workshop aimed at  top level managers to provide them a general understanding of vPSI concepts, especially useful prior to implementing the vPSI System™ in their operations.  Contact us for more information.
• Fundamentals of vPSI (“Applying vPSI Methods of Problem Solving”): A 1-day foundation level class that revolutionizes the typical approach to solving problems such as those revealed by accidents, downtime, and property damage.  Click here for a more detailed overview of this class.
• Open Enrollment: Occasionally when we host the Fundamentals of vPSI, usually a client-specific class, we open it up to all those interested.  Click here for more information, or click here to see if there are any classes scheduled.
• vPSI Refresher: Modularized versions of various of the vPSI Training offerings can be developed upon request.  Contact us for more information.

Advanced Level vPSI Training Classes:

• Certified vPSI Assessor: An advanced 1-day workshop for people operating as vPSI Assessors in an organization. It is delivered as a single client class and can only be delivered in a vPSI licensed environment.  Since January 2009, Assessor workshops have utilized the vPSI Online Corrective Action Assessment Tool and Database^SM.   Click here for a more detailed overview of this class.
• Planning Jobs for Safety & Success: An advanced 1-day workshop focusing on the pre-task planning process (which has also been called JSA and JHA training). It can be delivered with or without utilization of the vPSI Online Pre-Task Planning Tool & Library System^SM.  Click here for a more detailed overview of this class.
• KUBO-TEPA^TM Investigation Process: An advanced 1-day workshop focusing on the KUBO-TEPA problem solving process.  Click here for a more detailed overview of this class.
• vPSI Train-the-Trainer: Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be certified to train others in their organization on the Fundamentals of vPSI. Contact us for more information.

Custom vPSI-Based Training:

The possibilities for custom vPSI-based training are only limited by imagination. The following are examples of custom vPSI training classes previously developed for clients:

• Hazard Recognition & Control
• Enhanced Auditing Effectiveness Using vPSI Techniques
• Drilling (or Production) Operations Improvement through Application of the vPSI System
• Incident Investigation
• Risk-Based Journey Management
• vPSI in the Project Environment

vPSI training can also be provided in conjunction with training provided by other parties. For example, vPSI corrective action training has been carried out as a 1-day module added to TapRooT® and Cause Mapping training workshops. In addition, elements of different vPSI training classes can be combined in a variety of ways, customized to meet the specific needs of a client.

Contact us to schedule a workshop.