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Human Error Prevention (HEP)

Journey towards zero defect — in just two days

A focused two-day workshop that equips teams to identify all 16 types of human error and apply 13 proven principles to prevent them — reframing error prevention as a design discipline, not a corrective afterthought.

Recommended delivery · 2 days — in-person or online

Built for

The people expected to turn learning into action.

01Operators, supervisors and engineers in error-sensitive processes
02Quality leaders seeking to move from corrective action to genuine prevention

Learning journey

What the program develops.

01

Identifying the 16 Types of Human Error

  • A complete framework for recognizing where and how human error enters a process
  • Real case studies of error-driven defects and near-misses
02

Applying the 13 Prevention Principles

  • Designing processes, fixtures and checks that make errors hard to commit
  • Embedding prevention as a standard part of process design — not an inspection step
03

From Corrective Action to Zero Defect

  • Building an organizational habit of designing-out error at the source
  • Application experience across manufacturing organizations focused on preventing recurring defects

Available pathways

In-person workshop

2 days, on-site

Delivered at your facility, with on-floor application exercises.

Online workshop

2 days, live online

The same curriculum, delivered live online for distributed teams.

Application outcomes

Capability organizations can put to work.

A shared framework for spotting and naming the 16 types of human error
13 ready-to-apply principles for designing error out of your processes
A practical path toward the same zero-defect results other LearnEX clients have documented

Tailored to your organization

Bring this capability into a live business context.

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