Reflective Learning

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 What is Reflective Learning?
Learning from each other

WHAT IS IT? WHY?

—Facilitated —Cater for different
interactive group styles of learning
discussions —Focus on identifying
—Through simple and what is important
engaging materials —Highlight issue
(video!): make a through personal
personal experience sharing

METHOD THAT CREATES

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE
REFLECTIVE LEARNING

FOCUS
SAVE LIVES!
ON KEY THEMES
FOR ALL EMPLOYEES

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IT’S NOT ABOUT WATCHING A VIDEO!
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 Research on reflective learning concept

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 Background

Challenges
 Penetration of Learning
 Effectiveness of Learning

Aim
 Make Learning From Incidents more effective by supporting people to
internalise the learning using a structured engagement method

Strategic objectives
 Introduce reflective learning using a maritime theme (mooring)
 Focus on ‘risk normalization’ and ‘situational awareness’.
 Support the maritime contractors in focusing on the mooring safety campaign
in Q4 2014
 Up skill engagement leaders by improving group discussion skills

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 Typical session

 Ideally 20 participants, maximum 30 participants

 Session is about 70-90 minutes (This is a large investment of people’s time, so it must be
taken seriously to prepare well and follow up)

 Welcome and safety brief – 5 minutes

 Introduction – 5 minutes

 What are barriers? – 5 minutes

 Video part 1 & group discussion – 15 minutes

 Video part 2 & group discussion – 20 minutes

 Video part 3 & group discussion and team action – 15 minutes

 Video part 4 & Personal action commitment – 5 minutes

 Collect actions & Wrap up

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 Video – high level
1. Intro to Mooring activity
4. Questions:
What do you think happened
next?
Discuss all realistic mooring
scenarios applicable on your
vessel?
7. What was the Analysis
and follow up to the
incident
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2. Intro to incidents
involving mooring activity
5. What happened during
the incident, consequence
8. Questions:
What is required to change or
improve mooring safety on
your vessel?
Identify a team action from this
discussion
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3. What happened prior to
incident
6. Questions.
What are the barriers on your vessel
that would prevent this incident
from happening?
What could cause these barriers to
fail?
What could be done to make the
barriers more effective?
What is the most important
thing you felt about this
incident?
Commit to a personal action
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 Reflective Learning on
Mooring

Learning from each other

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Welcome

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 Agenda
 Welcome and safety brief – 5 minutes

 Introduction – 5 minutes

 What are barriers? – 5 minutes

 Chronic Unease? – 10 minutes

 Video part 1 & group discussion – 15 minutes

 Video part 2 & group discussion – 20 minutes

 Video part 3 & group discussion and team action – 15 minutes

 Video part 4 & Personal action commitment – 5 minutes

 Collect actions & Wrap up

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 What are barriers?

Hazard:
Flammable
material
Safety Policy Barriers
Ha
za
rd Procedures
Example:
Permit to work
Activity: Doing Hot
work
Alarms

PPE

Holes in barriers Incident

FIRE
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 Chronic Unease

 Video

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 Line of Fire

 Video

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 Video

 Link to Video

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 Team Action

Type Team Action at end of discussion part 3

Team members:

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 Personal Action Commitment

 Submit your personal action commitment forms

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 Steps to Success

 Identify a focal point in the contractor organisation

 Ensure right level of leadership has been engaged in the organisation

 Identify groups that would be suitable for the session (on vessels, in training centre, etc)

 Identify who would facilitate these sessions (Captain, senior officers, fleet trainers)

 Provide session facilitators, training on group discussion skills ( e-learning and F2F)

 Plan and carry out reflective learning sessions using trained facilitators

 Ensure session details, Team and personal actions are sent to focal point

 Management review team actions to understand issues or provide support

 Management remind and encourages staff to commit to their personal actions

 During management visits test that team actions and personal actions are done

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 Roll out plan

 Jun 2014: Reflective learning video and facilitator aids ready

 Jun – Aug 2014: 1 Pilot in each region with contractors (7 in total)
 Jun – Aug 2014: Engage maritime focal points to prepare for roll out in Q4 2014
 Sep 2014: Review feedback from Pilot test and prepare for roll out to contractors
 Q4 2014: Roll out Reflective learning

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