Developing professional expertise for safety: a learning design framework

Abstract Continuing professional development recognises that changes in the contemporary world demand engineering professionals continuously learn. Today’s landscape requires provision for ongoing learning relevant to evolving workplace requirements. This is particularly case engineers working hazardous industries who make decisions every day with significant consequences. Despite this, safety literature has paid little attention best practice learning. There a large regarding lessons be learned from accidents. Other published studies focus on training methods such as simulation. Educator-focused approaches these separate real day-to-day contexts and needs of professionals. It increasingly recognised learn, way shapes their practice, diverse range activities. Learning must therefore active, social, situated within sphere responsibilities, contexts, groups. paper presents learner-centred framework can used develop grounded work practices context needs. The aims move away limitations have been found current enhance was developed safety, but, because encourages designed based it applicable across professions.