Engage your mind before your hands. Look at the task at hand.

Situational awareness is being aware of what is happening around you in terms of:

• Where you are
• Where you are supposed to be
• Whether anyone or anything around you is a threat to your and/or anyone else’s health and safety

Always perform a quick mental assessment of the working environment:

• Do you feel comfortable with your environment and with the operation that you are about to undertake?
• Is there anything around you that poses a threat to your health and safety?
• Is the threat big enough that you should stop what you are doing?
• Is there anything you can do to safely reduce that threat in order that you can carry on working safely?

While you should always be aware of your situation, you must use and apply Situational Awareness:

• When beginning to work in a new environment
• When you think the work environment has changed
• When working with new or different teammates
• Before complacency sets in
• Before you lock focus and ignore your surroundings

Always use the SLAM Technique

Quick mental assessment of working environment:

• Is there anything around you that poses a threat to your health and safety?
• Is the threat big enough that you should stop working?
• Is there anything you can do to safely reduce that threat in order that you can carry on working safely?

When to use Situational Awareness:

• When beginning to work in a new environment
• When you think the work environment has changed
• When working with new or different teammates
• Before complacency sets in
• Before you lock focus and ignore your surroundings

SLAM Technique