Ken Woodward’s Story

Ken Woodward’s Story

A true story illustrating the importance of risk awareness in accident prevention.

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The Programme went from 40% under performance to 40% improvement over target cost and schedule. You owe it to your employees and to your bottom line to embrace […]
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Safety management: saving money as well as lives Boardroom engagement and morale-boosting workforce empowerment is crucial to a safer working environment – and good for the botto »

Mark Collins, CEO of BC Ferries, speaking after he had received at the Du Point biannual DuPont Safety Award at this year’s World Congress for Safety and Health […] »

In 2014, Canship Ugland Ltd entered into discussions with WrightWay Training Ltd (WWL) to explore options to provide Leadership and Management training to our Ships’ Officers »

WrightWay (WWL) has been assisting Irish Ferries through its appointed ship management company, Matrix Ship Management, from March 2012 to date. In this time WWL has delivered Huma »

In 2007, British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. and the BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union (BCFMWU) embarked on a journey towards creating a world-class safety management syste »

One Day Conference on Friday 21st November 2014 at HQS Wellington, Embankment, London Click here for a PDF with more information. Venue: HQS Wellington Temple Stairs Victoria Emban »

Maritime Professional – Part II – Talking With the Experts About Maritime Safety Culture – What is it And How to Improve It Read the full article here. »

Maritime Professional – Talking With the Experts About Maritime Safety Culture – What is it And How to Improve It? Read the full article here. »

The Manila Conference of last year examined a number of revisions to SCTW, not least of which was a notable shift in emphasis, in placing Crew Resource Management […] »

Could it also be the most productive thing you will ever do for your business? Although reduced in number in recent years, with seamen still being injured and […] »

By combining HELM training with workforce involvement and ownership, one company avoided $7.5million in direct health & safety related costs and a further $30 million in operat »

ADPC the master developer of ports and industrial zones, recently held the internationally approved management level training course on Human Element, Leadership and Management (HE »

News Article from Maritime Training Issues: Summary Can a vessel operator completely reshape its safety culture? At BC Ferries time loss injuries have been cut in half. Serious [&h »

“BC Ferries began working with WrightWay Training and Force Technology (WrightForce) approximately six years ago with the formulation of the joint-Union/Management initiative »

BC Ferries began working with WrightWay Training and Force Technology (WrightForce) approximately six years ago with the formulation of the joint-Union/Management initiative called »

Leading international training and safety consultancy, WrightWay, was awarded the prestigious IHS Safety At Sea Training Award at the annual awards gala, held onboard HMS Belfast, »

Dear John I am writing to thank you and Bob for your interesting and thought provoking presentation at HEAG 13. You brought a wealth of experience from both […] »

Manila Amendments and their effects on Human Factors training The Manila Amendments to STCW are being phased into the certification structure over the next few years, with full [&h »

WrightWay has been conducting Human Factor (Resource Management) courses for 15 years, with up to 27 courses per year.  For all of those years all the courses had […] »

A Safety Partnership Open, honest and constructive discussions between Canada Steamship Lines, CSL, crews, office personnel and management took place this past winter.  The object »

Introduction Welcome to WrightWay’s first newsletter. We trust you enjoy our first steps into sharing with you what we are doing in the world of Human Factor (Resource […] »

Fantastic news from BC Ferries, and a ringing endorsement for the “SailSafe” programme from the Auditor General. Click on the image to read the President and CEO of [&h »

Wrightway announce Open Course course which is accessible to self sponsored delegates or for companies who only require a few places in March 2012. To find out more […] »

CSL and V Ships are pleased to announce the launching of a joint safety initiative called ‘SafePartners’. Together in 2012 and beyond, we will raise the bar still [&hel »

Simulators aid management development A suggestion for the provision of state of the art full mission marine simulators for training both leadership teams and Boards of Directors A »

Update of successes and expectations at BC Ferries SailSafe is the collaborative workforce engagement programme with WrightWay as a key partner Chief Operating Officer, BC Ferries »

SailSafe Achievements – Success through safety Outstanding success in pioneering collaborative venture with leading Canadian shipping company BC Ferries operational memorandu »

The H Factor Human Factors and Behavioural Safety are vital components of a companies business strategy as described in this article published by Shipping & Marine magazine Cli »

WrightWay Training opens its doors to the trade Exclusive, hands-on simulator training sessions are being offered by leading international training and safety consultants WrightWay »

To train or not to train your staff? International training and safety consultants, WrightWay is emphasising the critical importance of workforce training despite the economic down »

An Inconvenient Truth The relationship of complacency and human behaviour in accident prevention A discussion article by John Wright examining the concept of complacency in acciden »

Is complacency to blame? Identifying the root cause is essential to prevent regular recurrences Discussion on the use of correct terminology in apportioning causes Following the pu »

Workforce engagement – A template for success BC Ferries is one of the largest, most sophisticated ferry transportation systems in the world, with, up to 47 ports of [&hellip »