by kelvintop-set | Jan 30, 2018 | News
Do you put much thought into who should be on your incident investigation team? Is there ever much choice anyway? Does it really matter? Well, in a word, yes. The success of an investigation depends on the effectiveness of the team. You need the right people for the...
by kelvintop-set | Feb 8, 2017 | News
Never use ‘Human Error’ as a cause. In 2011, Trevor Kletz wrote in his article How Not to Investigate an Accident, ‘Don’t quote human error as a cause’. He was right of course, but his statement has been misunderstood. George Bernard Shaw...
by kelvintop-set | Dec 12, 2016 | News
The Human Element in the Kelvin TOP-SET 3-Days Senior Investigator Course The concept of ‘human factors’ in incidents and their investigation is covered in the Kelvin TOP-SET 3-Days Senior Investigator Course, and is dealt with from two totally different perspectives:...
by kelvintop-set | Nov 25, 2016 | News
‘We are not learning from our investigations’, ‘The same incidents keep happening’, ‘We are not communicating with each other’, ‘But we mostly have technical investigations’. We hear these sorts of statements over and over again as we speak to...
by kelvintop-set | May 22, 2016 | News
Jamie Simpson gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what it is like to be a Tutor for Kelvin TOP-SET What did you do before joining Kelvin TOP-SET as a Tutor? I actually came from an Adventure Tourism background. I set up various adventure businesses mostly based in...
by kelvintop-set | Apr 22, 2016 | News
Kelvin TOP-SET’s Bruce Findlay recently headed to Aberdeen to continue his professional development and to keep his offshore survival skills up-to-date. Bruce is part of our team of incident investigators who can be called upon by clients at any time to assist with...
