Interdisciplinary Training on Industrial Safety and Psychological Counselling

Interdisciplinary Training on Industrial Safety and Psychological Counselling 

Organized by Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust (RPRIT), Registered Academic Trust by Indian Trust Act,1882, REGD.NO.150600103, DARPAN ID WB/2025/0514195 in collaboration with ABBS School of Management.

Background: Over the last two years, RPRIT has developed indigenous statistical models in descriptive analysis, dimension reduction, and classification through extensive multi-state research. As a registered vendor of Tata Power, RPRIT is working toward a Pan-India safety and disaster analytics model to support evidence-based safety management and disaster preparedness. This certificate course emphasizes applied, skill-based learning through conceptual understanding, visualization, and applied interpretation using jamovi. Our aim is to create more job opportunities through internships later.

Preface: Industrial safety is influenced not only by technical systems and regulations but also by human behaviour, psychological processes, and organizational culture. Psychological counselling in industrial safety therefore functions as a structured approach to understanding and modifying unsafe behaviour, improving risk perception and decision-making, and strengthening safety culture in organizations.

The Rabindrik Psychotherapy Research Institute Trust has been engaged in psychometric assessment related to accident prevention and zero-accident initiatives. The institute has developed and validated psychological instruments such as Safety Lifestyle and Safety Consciousness questionnaires to assess behavioural patterns associated with workplace safety.

This course integrates counselling psychology, organizational psychology, behavioural theories, interdisciplinary sciences, and psychological tools to understand safety behaviour and develop counselling-based safety interventions.

Objective

This training aims to help participants understand psychological factors behind workplace accidents, learn behavioural and cognitive theories of safety behaviour, understand organizational factors influencing safety practices, develop skills in psychological assessment of safety attitudes and behaviour, and learn to design counselling-based safety interventions for improving safety culture and accident prevention.

Key Takeaways: Participants will learn to identify behavioural risk factors influencing unsafe acts, understand how organizational systems such as job design, selection, and training affect safety behaviour, interpret psychological theories related to safety compliance and risk orientation, and analyse safety-related datasets including safety lifestyle and safety consciousness indicators. The course also develops competence in designing counselling-based interventions to improve safety behaviour and organizational safety climate.

Qualification and Eligibility

Psychology Background Candidates

Students or professionals in psychology who have basic understanding of counselling and are interested in industrial or organizational psychology.

Industrial Safety Professionals

Safety officers, supervisors, and professionals working in industrial safety who wish to understand the psychological and behavioural aspects of accident prevention and safety management.

Syllabus: 

Module 1: Module 1: Theories of safety 

Heinrich’s Domino Theory

Bird’s Loss Causation Model

Swiss Cheese Model

Human Factors Theory

Accident/Incident Theory

ystems Theory of Safety

Behavioural Safety Theory

Module 2: Theories of Psychological Counselling

Psychoanalytic Theory

Behaviour Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Humanistic (Person-Centered) Theory

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

Gestalt Therapy

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Mindfulness-Based Approaches

Rabindrik Psychotherapy

Module 3: Interdisciplinary science in safety

Forensic science - Basics of forensic science in industrial context; Accident reconstruction and root cause analysis; Human factors and behavioural evidence; Eyewitness reliability and memory bias;

Judiciary Science and Safety -Psychology in judicial decision-making; Witness behaviour, fear, and bias; Legal accountability in industrial accidents; Role of expert opinion in court.

Behavioural Economics in Safety-Risk perception and bounded rationality; Loss aversion and unsafe choices; Overconfidence and normalization of deviance; Behavioural nudges for safety compliance.

Basic statistics in Safety- Descriptive statistics in safety lifestyle and safety consciousness and Data visualization in safety.

Environmental hazards in safety Air pollution (dust, fumes);Water contamination;Soil and waste hazards;Noise pollution; Climate factors (heat, humidity, extreme weather).

Module 4: Statistics in safety: 

Central tendency, variability and data visualization

Module 5- Practical (to be provided)

Duration: 4 Months (32 Hours)

Registration Fee is nonrefundable (inclusive of 18% GST): Rs.5k before 9th May, Rs.5.5K after 9th May.

Instalment Option: 70% first instalment (3500), followed by one instalment of 30% (₹1500).

Last Date of Registration: 4th May.

Class Starts: 13rdth May 2026.

Class Ends: 13rd September 2026.

Day and Timings: 8-9 PM on Wednesday and on Friday.

Seats: 15.

Certificate: An E-certificate will be provided upon successful completion of the course.

Growth Opportunities: Candidates with a minimum of 75% attendance and a score above 90 will be considered for teaching opportunities within RPRIT. Participants scoring above 75 will be eligible for engagement in various divisions of RPRIT, providing pathways for academic involvement and professional growth within the organization.

Stipend: Participants who achieve 95% or above in the training assessment will receive a stipend from the Institute.

Teaching Pedagogy: Access to digital study materials. Live sessions with expert instructors, Google classroom, WhatsApp group, Personalized feedback on assignments and practicums. Resource persons will be internal and external faculties.

Contact us:

Dr Rama Manna - Academic coordinator

M: +919903542602

Farha - Program Coordinator

M: +919998301691

Account Details:

Account number: 920020072908427

IFSC Code: - UTIB0000236, AXIS BANK, DUNLOP (KOLKATA)

UPI ADDRESS: 9830010547@hdfcbank