Root Cause Analysis (RCA) using Tripod Beta Method - Virtual Learning
Course Methodology
- Hands-on training rather than theoretic learning (examples based on real life industry cases).
- Active participation in the training-participants actually conduct the analysis of the incidents using the methodology.
- Interactive training, using the video materials, simulations and re-enactments of actual incidents.
Course Objectives
Develop the knowledge and skills to accurately investigate and analyze accidents. Enable efficient use of resources, by addressing the root causes of the accidents.
At the end of this Root Cause Analysis (RCA) using tripod beta method training course you will learn to:
- Identify and assess the risk
- Use software to easily identify and present barriers that prevent incidents as well as the barriers that prevent escalation
- Develop a clear diagram presenting all the risks and preventive measures in one place
- Monitor and measure effectives of the barrier in place
- Conduct a structured incident/accident investigation and analysis
- Use software support for developing Tripod Beta Diagram and Incident Report
Target Audience
This is a training course for all involved in Health, Safety, Environment and Security as well as process improvement.
This Root Cause Analysis (RCA) using tripod beta method training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Risk Managers
- HSE Managers and HSE Advisors
- Process safety officers
- Auditors
- Petroleum Engineers
- Mining Engineers
- Financial Analysts
- Drilling Engineers
- Incident Investigators
- Safety Managers
- Safety Engineers
- Safety Specialists
- Operations and Support Staffs
- Production Managers
- Project Managers
- Finance Managers
- Supply Chain Managers
- Logistics Managers
- Quality improvement personnel
Target Competencies
Organisational Impact
Acquire structured and effective method of understanding how and why incidents occur.
- Determine risks involved in the processes in the organization,
- Identify barriers existing in the organization and their actual use,
- Gain understanding on which barriers are missing and which are deteriorated,
- Create a structured and uniform method of presenting risk and mitigation measures
- Reduce paperwork and remove time consuming lists,
- Provide beneficial improvement options without massive investments
- Introduce method which is in line with ISO45000, ISO31000 and ISO 17776:2000(E)
- Reduce costs and time lost in incident investigation and analysis
- Provide beneficial improvement options without massive investments
- Become a part of the successful family of companies using Tripod Beta Analysis Method
Personal Impact
By attending this Root Cause Analysis (RCA) using tripod beta method training course, delegates will:
- Learn how to conduct effective incident investigation and analysis,
- Gain knowledge in root cause analysis,
- Become a part of the Tripod Beta community of practitioners,
- Enhance their knowledge in behavioral theory,
- Understand how to present a whole incident on two effective diagrams (STEP and Tripod Tree)
- Learn how to use Software for Tripod Beta Analysis
Course Outline
Understanding Hazards and Risks
- Risk Management and ISO31000
- Risk terminology
- Barrier based risk management and relation to HAZOP, HAZID, Risk Assessment Matrix
- BowTie analysis in 8 steps
- Benefits of BowTie risk analysis
- (ISO 17776:2000) to BowTies
- Exercise: Introduction to Software for Incident Investigation
Accident/Incident Investigation and Tripod Beta Principles
- Organization’s defenses between a source of harm and an undesirable outcome as a series of barriers, represented by layers of Swiss cheese,
- What is Sequentially Timed Event Plotting (STEP),
- The four key stages in a Tripod Beta investigation,
- Defining Event, Agent and Object,
- Telling the story through the core diagram,
- Exercise: Defining STEP for example incident
Barriers, Preconditions and Underlying Causes and Basic Risk Factors
- Barrier identification and how they are associated with an incident in a systematic and thorough manner.
- Four possible states of a barrier and their use within a Tripod Beta tree.
- Human Errors and their link to the Immediate Causes,
- Preconditions to immediate causes, definition and position within a Tripod Beta Tree,
- Underlying causes, definition and position within a Tripod Beta Tree,
- Causation path, definition and presentation within a Tripod Beta Tree,
- Basic Risk Factors in Business process
- Exercise: Creating a Tripod Beta tree for example incident using the software
Remedial Actions, Reporting, Tree Logic
- Identify the nodes on a Tripod Beta tree where remedial action should be applied,
- Haddon's hierarchy of barrier effectiveness.
- The cost vs. benefit of various types of barriers.
- Report layout and format.
- Investigation of example incident
- The ways in which lessons learnt may be communicated throughout the Company
- Exercise: Creating a final report
Full Investigation of Selected Incident and TEST
- Introduction to the incident
- Reconstruction of the incident
- Simulation of the incident
- Reporting
- TEST
2026 Schedule & Fees
| Date | City | Language | Price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 28 Jun - 02 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 05 Jul - 09 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 12 Jul - 16 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 19 Jul - 23 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 26 Jul - 30 Jul, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 02 Aug - 06 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 09 Aug - 13 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 16 Aug - 20 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 23 Aug - 27 Aug, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 30 Aug - 03 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 06 Sep - 10 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 13 Sep - 17 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 20 Sep - 24 Sep, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Sep - 01 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 04 Oct - 08 Oct, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 25 Oct - 29 Oct, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 01 Nov - 05 Nov, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | English | USD 2,000 | Book |
| 27 Dec - 31 Dec, 2026 | Online | Arabic | USD 2,000 | Book |
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