Summary
In short
- A safety culture survey is an assessment used in KnowTrain that asks workers how safe they feel, whether they would report a problem and whether they believe management would act. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.4 and forms part of the Training Delivery and Effectiveness programme.
- Run yearly, anonymously. Analysed by the safety lead.
- The template holds 46 fields across 3 sections.
- Scoring is culture index, where high is good.
- ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Site.
What it is
What it is
What is a safety culture survey?
A safety culture survey is an assessment used in KnowTrain that asks workers how safe they feel, whether they would report a problem and whether they believe management would act. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.4 and forms part of the Training Delivery and Effectiveness programme.
When is a safety culture survey completed?
A safety culture survey is completed when the task, area or population being assessed is new or has materially changed. Run yearly, anonymously.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This assessment is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this assessment covers has occurred, or is about to
- A new record is needed; each one gets its own ID in the form SCS-2026-000
- You are running the Training Delivery and Effectiveness programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links site
Not for
- General Safety Knowledge Check, which a short quiz on core safety knowledge, used to find gaps rather than to catch people out.
- Procedure Knowledge Check, which checks whether workers understand a specific procedure they use.
- Emergency Response Knowledge Check, which checks whether people know what to do in an emergency, including exits and muster points.
- Anything outside KnowTrain, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ISO 45001Occupational health and safety management systems
The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the safety culture survey template based on?+
It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.4. ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library. ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
What sections does the safety culture survey contain?+
There are 3 sections: header, questions, result. Together they hold 46 fields, 35 of which are required.
How often is a safety culture survey raised?+
A new record is raised when the task, area or population being assessed is new or has materially changed. Each one is given an ID in the form SCS-2026-000, so it can be traced and referenced from other records.
Which programme does the safety culture survey belong to?+
It is part of Training Delivery and Effectiveness. Training evaluated on the floor rather than on a smile sheet at the end of the room.
How is a safety culture survey scored?+
Scoring is culture index. High is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the safety culture survey template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the safety culture survey library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowTrain — training and credentials. Induction, competency, toolbox talks, refreshers and expiry tracking.
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Sources
- ISO 45001 — Occupational health and safety management systems
- ISO — International Organization for Standardization