Root Cause Analysis Technique (RCAT) is the name for the course I underwent this week, beginning on Monday up to Wednesday the 18th March 2009. The course content comprises of 50% material on theory and another 50% practical requirements for a successful pass. It focuses much on Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) outcomes for further investigating the immediate causes of incidents identified e.g. occupations, tasks and steps thereof. Then by conducting RCAT you make extra effort to interrogate the findings for reasons why incidents happened up until they confess: leading you to their root causes.
I found it very challenging to structure questions during interiviews for investigation purposes, when it regarded collecting data from people as a source of evidence. However, it was fun to learn what a difference it makes, especially towards me in person, the feeling that I would be saving lives by conducting incident investigations soothes my heart.
Remember, this course has positive references for being a comprehensive tool in addressing occupational incidents with necessary; yet direct measures to assist management enforce such measures to bring about long-lasting loss preventitive and corrective solutions globally. It is widely used by IRCA in different industries locally (South Africa) and world-wide due to its efficiency for addressing nonconformities or non-compliance related issues for SHEQ systems effectively.
You know what? I am going to use it to that effect too...that is the reason why I enrolled for the course; what about you?.
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