Understanding the Challenges of Effectively “Seeing”
We are bombarded by millions of pieces of data every minute but can only deal with a small percentage. At any given moment you are only seeing 10% of what you think you’re seeing; the remaining 90% is filled in by our brain. This inbuilt coping mechanism can inevitably lead to errors that are caused by bias, assumption, and miscommunication. And these errors can lead to serious injury or death.
COVE: Center of Visual Expertise has developed a learning process based on Visual Literacy and its application to occupational safety. We introduce new techniques and methods to begin identifying, spotting, and investigating potential safety issues within our workplace.
In this introduction to Visual Literacy, you’ll learn the visual language process, which includes the Elements of Art – line, shape, color, texture, and space – that are applied to recognizing and communicating hazards. The module provides a roadmap to help prioritize and implement mitigation of risk by learning about Seeing the Whole PICTURE™ – catching and communicating details that lead to better risk management, safety observation, and hazard identification. Seeing the Whole PICTURE™ will enable participants to better prioritize and implement risk mitigation through identifying and communicating details that lead to better risk management, safety observations, and hazard identification.
This application specific module is available under a license agreement and supports a train-the-trainer model.
Accuracy is paramount in any incident investigation. This module will focus on the use of Visual Literacy techniques for incidents that have taken place. It applies specific approaches to enhance the investigation process. It can also be used as part of ‘pre-incident’ reviews.
This module will provide an opportunity for participants to use their enhanced visual literacy skills to identify the hazards in daily situations / routines, learn to see beyond what they ‘normally” see, and effectively communicate the critical information to leaders and team members.
