AI Fundamentals for Safety
Learn core AI/LLM concepts, prompt engineering for safety documents, and verification workflows. A practical, hands-on course designed for safety professionals.
Course Overview
This course corresponds to Day 1 of the AI for Safety Masterclass and can be taken as a standalone programme.
AI Fundamentals for Safety is a full-day course that introduces safety professionals to AI and large language model technology, then immediately applies it to real safety documentation tasks.
You will learn how to construct structured prompts that produce consistent, high-quality risk assessments, safe work procedures, method statements, and incident reports. The course also covers verification workflows to ensure AI-generated content meets your organisation's compliance and audit requirements.
By the end of the day, you will have a library of prompt templates and a clear plan for incorporating AI into your safety workflow.
Full-Day Agenda
Welcome and course objectives
Introductions, learning outcomes, and course roadmap.
AI and LLM fundamentals
What AI and large language models are, how they work, their capabilities, and their limitations for safety applications.
Break
Prompt architecture for safety documents
Structured prompt engineering for risk assessments, safe work procedures, and method statements. Building repeatable prompt templates.
Lunch
Lab: RA snippet drafting and SWP/MS generation
Hands-on exercise drafting risk assessment snippets, safe work procedures, and method statements using structured prompts.
Break
Lab: Incident and CAPA drafting
Hands-on exercise generating incident investigation reports and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) documentation.
Verification workflows and audit defensibility
How to review, verify, and validate AI-generated safety documents. Building audit-defensible documentation workflows.
Wrap-up and 30-day adoption plan
Recap of key learnings, Q&A, and developing a personal 30-day plan for implementing AI in your safety workflow.
Hands-On Labs
Practical exercises using real safety documentation scenarios.
RA Snippet Drafting
Draft risk assessment content using structured prompts — covering hazard identification, risk rating, and control measures.
SWP/MS Generation
Generate safe work procedures and method statements from activity descriptions using prompt templates.
Incident and CAPA Drafting
Produce incident investigation summaries and corrective/preventive action plans from incident data.
What You Will Take Away
Prompt Template Library
Tested prompt templates for RA, SWP, MS, incident reports, and CAPA documents.
Verification Checklists
Structured checklists for reviewing AI-generated safety content before publication.
30-Day Adoption Plan
A personal roadmap for implementing AI tools in your safety documentation workflow.
Certificate of Completion
Professional certificate recognising completion of the AI Fundamentals for Safety course.
Who Should Attend
Book AI Fundamentals for Safety
Available as a standalone course or as Day 1 of the full AI for Safety Masterclass.