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Description

HSE Prevention Officer: Assessing, Engaging and Following Up

Three days to hold the prevention officer role across all three pillars: health, safety and environment

  • 3 days — 21 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

The prevention officer inherits a broad remit and limited authority. They are expected to change established practices while production remains the stated priority. Reports of hazardous situations dry up when nothing comes back down the line. Environmental topics are added to safety topics with no additional time and no shared method.

These 21 hours cover the role in its three dimensions. Participants learn to assess risks starting from work as it is actually performed, to manage the waste and discharges generated by their site, to analyse an event and to keep prevention alive day to day. They build a prioritised action plan and the indicators needed to track it.

Learning objectives

  • Identify hazards and assess risks through workstation observation
  • Update the occupational risk assessment register
  • Identify the environmental impacts of operations and organise their control
  • Analyse an accident or hazardous situation down to root causes
  • Deliver short prevention briefings to teams and line management
  • Track a prevention action plan using simple indicators

What makes this programme different

A simulated site walk using an observation checklist built by the group
A cause tree built collectively on a real anonymised event
An environmental component addressed concretely through site waste and discharges

Programme

1The role of the HSE prevention officer

A link between the shop floor and senior management

  • Duties and boundaries of the role
  • Internal and external prevention stakeholders
  • Working with employee health and safety representatives
  • Influencing without hierarchical authority

2Identifying hazards and assessing risks

Starting from work as it is actually performed

  • Distinguishing between hazard, exposure and risk
  • Site walk and observation checklist
  • Risk rating and prioritisation
  • Updating the risk assessment register

3The environmental component day to day

Waste, discharges and nuisances

  • Identifying the environmental impacts of operations
  • Waste segregation, storage and traceability
  • Preventing accidental pollution
  • Monitoring water, energy and material consumption

4Analysing events

Understanding in order to prevent recurrence

  • Gathering the facts after an accident
  • Building a cause tree
  • Moving from causes to corrective actions
  • Handling reported hazardous situations

5Driving prevention and tracking actions

Keeping the approach alive

  • Safety talks and workstation induction
  • Awareness briefings for new joiners and contract staff
  • Prevention indicator dashboard
  • Preparing emergency situation drills
  • Periodic review and prioritisation of actions

Who is it for

HSE officers and prevention coordinators · newly appointed HSE managers · technicians and supervisors with prevention responsibilities.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge required

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.