Who Should Attend
HSE professionals, supervisors, engineers and anyone appointed to an investigation team.
Incident Investigation Courses
Structured root cause analysis: securing the scene, interviewing witnesses, building a timeline and writing recommendations that stick.
Duration2 – 4 days
LevelInvestigator
AccreditationIndustry aligned (TapRooT / 5-Why / Fishbone methods)
LanguageEnglish / Arabic
DeliveryClassroom · In-house
Course Overview
An investigation that stops at 'operator error' has found a person to blame, not a cause to fix. This course teaches structured root cause analysis and, just as importantly, how to write recommendations that management can actually implement and close out.
What You Will Be Able to Do
- Secure a scene and preserve physical and digital evidence
- Interview witnesses without leading or intimidating them
- Build an accurate event and causal factor timeline
- Apply 5-Why, fishbone and causal tree analysis correctly
- Write SMART, verifiable corrective actions
Course Content
- Why investigate: legal, moral and financial drivers
- Immediate response and scene preservation
- Evidence types: people, paper, position, parts
- Witness interviewing technique and cognitive bias
- Timeline and causal factor charting
- Root cause analysis methods and when to use each
- Human factors and organisational causes
- Report writing, recommendations and close-out tracking
Programmes in This Category
Each of the following can be booked individually or combined into a progression pathway for a whole cohort.
| Programme | Typical Duration | Enquire |
|---|---|---|
| Incident Investigation & Reporting | 2 days | Request dates |
| Root Cause Analysis Practitioner | 3 days | Request dates |
| Lead Investigator Programme | 4 days | Request dates |
| Witness Interviewing Skills | 1 day | Request dates |
Certification
Certificate on completion; assessed via a full investigation report on a case study.
Ready to train your team?
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