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Master’s in Safety Culture, Emergency Preparedness and Resilience Engineering

Online master's programme of 1,900 hours in safety culture, emergency preparedness and resilience engineering. 12 modules covering safety culture and its assessment, human and organisational factors, operating experience, emergency preparedness and response, crisis communication, drills and exercises, facility resilience, post-emergency recovery and leadership, with an assigned technical tutor.

Duration1900 h
ModeOnline
LanguageEnglish
Start datesSet by the faculty
AwardSEIUM Institute diploma
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Learning outcomes

What you will be able to do

01

Understand and assess safety culture in nuclear organisations.

02

Apply human and organisational factors models.

03

Manage operating experience and root cause programmes.

04

Prepare emergency preparedness and response plans.

05

Design crisis communication strategies.

06

Plan drills and exercises.

07

Strengthen facility resilience and post-emergency recovery.

Profile

Who it's for

  • Safety culture specialists.
  • Human factors analysts.
  • Operating experience managers.
  • Emergency planners.
  • Crisis communication managers.
  • Organisational resilience consultants.
  • Engineering or science graduates looking to enter the nuclear energy sector.
Standards & tools

What you'll work with

  • IAEA GSR Part 2 (leadership and management for safety)
  • IAEA GSR Part 7 (preparedness and response for a nuclear or radiological emergency)
  • IAEA SF-1 (fundamental safety principles)
  • ISO 22301 (business continuity management systems)
  • ISO 22320 (emergency management: guidelines for incident management)
  • Directive 2014/87/Euratom (nuclear safety of nuclear installations)
  • IAEA GSG-2 (criteria for use in preparedness and response)
  • FRAM Model Visualiser
  • JRODOS
  • Microsoft Forms
  • TapRooT
  • QGIS
Syllabus

12 modules · 1900 h

  1. 1.1Origin of the concept after Chernobyl
  2. 1.2Schein's model applied
  3. 1.3Characteristics of a strong culture: GSR Part 2
  4. 1.4INPO and WANO principles
  5. 1.5Leadership for safety
  6. 1.6Questioning attitude
  7. 1.7Open communication
  8. 1.8Just culture
  9. 1.9Nuclear security culture
  10. 1.10Case study: cultural analysis of the Davis-Besse event
  1. 2.1Human error: Reason's typologies
  2. 2.2The Swiss cheese model
  3. 2.3Error prevention tools
  4. 2.4Workload and fatigue
  5. 2.5Procedure design
  6. 2.6Organisational factors in accidents
  7. 2.7Hollnagel's resilience engineering
  8. 2.8The FRAM method
  9. 2.9High-reliability organisations
  10. 2.10Workshop: FRAM analysis of a task
  1. 3.1Culture self-assessments
  2. 3.2Surveys and interviews
  3. 3.3Behavioural observation
  4. 3.4Leading and lagging indicators
  5. 3.5IAEA SCART missions
  6. 3.6WANO peer reviews
  7. 3.7Trend analysis
  8. 3.8Improvement plans
  9. 3.9Action tracking
  10. 3.10Practical: designing a safety culture survey
  1. 4.1Operating experience programmes
  2. 4.2Event reporting
  3. 4.3Root cause analysis
  4. 4.4Cause trees and MORT methods
  5. 4.5The IAEA IRS system
  6. 4.6Inter-organisational learning
  7. 4.7Corrective actions
  8. 4.8Effectiveness of actions
  9. 4.9Knowledge management
  10. 4.10Lab: root cause analysis of an event
  1. 5.1GSR Part 7 requirements
  2. 5.2Hazard assessment
  3. 5.3Emergency preparedness categories
  4. 5.4Response organisation
  5. 5.5On-site and off-site emergency plans
  6. 5.6Technical support centres
  7. 5.7Emergency facilities
  8. 5.8Resources and equipment
  9. 5.9Agreements with authorities
  10. 5.10Case study: structure of an on-site emergency plan
  1. 6.1Emergency classification
  2. 6.2Notification and activation
  3. 6.3Radiological assessment
  4. 6.4Urgent protective actions
  5. 6.5Sheltering, evacuation and iodine prophylaxis
  6. 6.6Severe accident management
  7. 6.7SAMG guidelines
  8. 6.8FLEX equipment
  9. 6.9Inter-agency coordination
  10. 6.10Practical: decision-making exercise with generic criteria
  1. 7.1Principles of risk communication
  2. 7.2Communication with the public
  3. 7.3Media relations
  4. 7.4Social media and disinformation
  5. 7.5International communication
  6. 7.6Lessons from Fukushima
  7. 7.7Spokespersons and messages
  8. 7.8Post-accident communication
  9. 7.9Public trust
  10. 7.10Workshop: crisis communication plan
  1. 8.1Exercise programmes
  2. 8.2Scenario design
  3. 8.3Tabletop and full-scale exercises
  4. 8.4Exercise evaluation
  5. 8.5ConvEx international exercises
  6. 8.6Control room simulators
  7. 8.7Training of emergency teams
  8. 8.8Lessons from exercises
  9. 8.9Continuous improvement
  10. 8.10Practical: designing a tabletop exercise
  1. 9.1Extreme external hazards
  2. 9.2European stress tests
  3. 9.3Robustness against earthquakes and floods
  4. 9.4Extended loss of power
  5. 9.5Ultimate heat sink
  6. 9.6Post-Fukushima measures
  7. 9.7Resilience of critical infrastructure
  8. 9.8Climate change and hazards
  9. 9.9Resilience indicators
  10. 9.10Case study: seismic margin analysis
  1. 10.1Transition to the recovery phase
  2. 10.2Existing exposure situations
  3. 10.3Decontamination of areas
  4. 10.4Emergency waste management
  5. 10.5Return of the population
  6. 10.6Psychosocial aspects
  7. 10.7Economics and compensation
  8. 10.8Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima
  9. 10.9Recovery planning
  10. 10.10Lab: dose estimation during recovery
  1. 11.1Leadership in high-risk organisations
  2. 11.2Integrated management systems: GSR Part 2
  3. 11.3Management of organisational change
  4. 11.4Contractors and safety culture
  5. 11.5Regulatory oversight of culture
  6. 11.6Training of managers
  7. 11.7Knowledge management
  8. 11.8Management indicators
  9. 11.9Benchmarking
  10. 11.10Workshop: leadership for safety plan
  1. 12.1Selection of the organisation or case
  2. 12.2Conceptual framework
  3. 12.3Safety culture assessment
  4. 12.4Analysis of emergency preparedness
  5. 12.5Resilience analysis
  6. 12.6Improvement proposal
  7. 12.7Implementation plan
  8. 12.8Conclusions
  9. 12.9Master's Thesis report
  10. 12.10Master's Thesis: defence before a panel
Methodology, software & labs

How you'll learn

100% online training on the SEIUM campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and an assigned technical tutor. There are no fixed timetables: you progress at your own pace within the intake, so you can combine it with your job.

Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original standards and applied exercises. The working software is FRAM Model Visualiser, JRODOS, Microsoft Forms, TapRooT and QGIS, in free, academic or evaluation versions. Exercises are based on real procedures for safety culture assessments, root cause analysis of events, and emergency tabletop exercises. Assessment is continuous by module, plus the final Master's Thesis.

Standards covered: IAEA GSR Part 2 (leadership and management for safety), IAEA GSR Part 7 (emergency preparedness and response), IAEA SF-1, ISO 22301, ISO 22320, Directive 2014/87/Euratom, IAEA GSG-2.

Assigned technical tutor:every module ends with a deliverable that your tutor marks individually.
Standards-based learning:guided reading of IAEA GSR Part 2, GSR Part 7 and SF-1 applied to real cases, not as a theoretical annex.
Industry software:FRAM Model Visualiser, JRODOS, Microsoft Forms, TapRooT and QGIS, in free, academic or evaluation versions.
Master's Thesis with defence:An organisational safety and resilience project covering safety culture assessment, emergency preparedness, resilience analysis and an implementation plan, defended before a panel.
Flexible format:100% online, no fixed timetables, compatible with full-time work.
Capstone project

Build it end to end

Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.

FRAM task analysis
Model a critical task with the FRAM method to identify performance variability.
Root cause analysis
Carry out a root cause analysis of an operational event.
Safety culture survey
Design and analyse a safety culture survey for a nuclear organisation.
Tabletop exercise
Design and evaluate an emergency tabletop exercise.
Master's Thesis
Assess safety culture, emergency preparedness and resilience in an organisation and propose an implementation plan, defended before a panel.
Career opportunities

Where this takes you

Safety culture specialistHuman factors analystOperating experience managerEmergency plannerCrisis communication managerOrganisational resilience consultant
Admissions & scholarships

Requirements

  • University degree in engineering, science or architecture, or equivalent demonstrable professional experience.
  • Internet connection and a computer able to run the programme software.
  • English sufficient to read technical standards.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The programme totals 1,900 hours over 12–14 months. You set your own pace within each intake, and your tutor helps you plan the workload around your job.

You work with FRAM Model Visualiser, JRODOS, Microsoft Forms, TapRooT and QGIS, using free, academic or evaluation versions. Your tutor indicates the free alternative wherever one exists.

A SEIUM Institute diploma, awarded on passing the continuous assessment and the Master's Thesis. It is SEIUM's own qualification, not an official state degree; its recognition depends on the programme completed and the regulations of each country.

Yes. Modules passed in a course or postgraduate diploma in the same area are recognised in the higher programme. Ask about the recognition policy when you enrol.

A university degree in engineering, science or architecture (or equivalent professional experience), a computer able to run the programme software, and English sufficient to read technical standards.

Start dates are set by SEIUM's faculty for each intake. Our admissions team will confirm the next available date when you apply.

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