Introduction to BowTie methodology course
This Military Aviation Authority Centre of Air Safety Training enables delegates to gain a basic awareness of BowTies and associated processes.
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Course aim
To build foundation knowledge to enable delegates to:
- understand the architecture of Bowtie
- identify where Bowtie helps with safety risk management
- understand barrier-based approach to risk management
- assist with building a Bowtie by using a system approach to the problem
- identify barrier efficacy
- utilise barrier information to help manage risk
- be able to critically review existing Bowties
Training is a blend of presentations on background and rationale, facilitated discussion and guided ‘workshop’ of a Bowtie build in XP.
Units and duty holder organisations can directly purchase this and other safety management system training courses. Please visit the safety training for error prevention (STEP) page for further information.
Applicability
This course is aimed at flight safety officers, risk managers and personnel who interact with safety management systems at any level who own, review or interact with Bowtie barriers.
Prerequisite
MS Word and Excel familiarity – delegates must be capable of using basic MS Office functions to navigate Word and Excel documents.
Duration
1 day
Location
A limited number of courses will be delivered at the Centre of Air Safety Training (CoAST), Defence Academy, Eisenhower, Shrivenham but to satisfy overall requirements, this course can also be delivered locally. Please contact your local STEP point of contact for more details.
Application form
Before applying for this course, please read the course overview. If you are eligible to apply, complete the application form and return it to dsa-maa-ast-training@mod.gov.uk with the course title as the subject title.
The closing date for applications is 10 weeks prior to the course start date and applications received after this date will not be accepted.
Once received, applications will be added to the waitlist and scrutinised approximately 9 weeks before the course. All candidates will be notified of the outcome with successful candidates receiving joining instructions approximately 6 weeks prior to the course.
Course dates
CoAST located course dates. For STEP courses at other locations, please contact your STEP point of contact.
Contact
For more information email dsa-maacourses@mod.gov.uk or your STEP point of contact.
Updates to this page
Published 10 March 2022Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates
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Introduction to BowTie methodology course page updated and re-formatted.
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The applicability section has been amended.
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First published.