Seeing a Safer Tomorrow®
Workplace safety incidents affect your people and your bottom line. Seeing unsafe conditions at work is the first step towards solving them.
Reduce risk. Save lives. See hazards with COVE training.
Our world is fast paced and saturated with visual information, so efficiently and accurately processing what you see is critical. Visual literacy teaches you to slow down, look deeply and see things you may have missed — critical for identifying hazards and preventing costly mistakes.
Problems We Are Focused On Solving
Preventing incidents where we don’t see the hazard
Providing tools and techniques that improve how we see
Improving critical thinking skills and problem solving
What Is Visual Literacy And How Can It Improve Workplace Safety?
COVE’s cutting-edge visual literacy curriculum is based on the Toledo Museum of Art’s effort to help people see the world. Since its inception, TMA has spearheaded the effort to increase visual comprehension and communication via the world’s great works of art. Now we’re putting theory into practice, working with major organizations to drive success at every level by implementing strategies for seeing better in the workplace.
Benefits of a Visually Literate Workforce
Learning to process visual information effectively is more than just theoretical. Organizations looking to improve Environmental Health and Safety processes can adopt this Visual Literacy approach to enhance hazard recognition, incident investigation and pre-job safety analysis; decrease incident rates, while saving time; and train their team to engage safely with the workplace environment.
Getting Started With COVE
To get started with this leading edge and innovative approach, we recommend attending a Foundations of Visual Literacy workshop. We offer pre-scheduled open workshops or we can work with you directly to conduct a dedicated workshop geared towards your organizational needs.
Once you’ve built proficiency in the methodologies, we can partner with you to design a deployment plan focused on staff growth and development and improve the visibility of improvement metrics.
Upcoming Training Events
December 10, 2024
Seeing Safety: Introduction to Visual Literacy
2-Hour Virtual Workshop
2PM EST - 4PM EST
January 29 - 30, 2025
Seeing Safety: Foundations Of Visual Literacy
2-Days Live Workshop in Orlando, FL
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST Daily
February 19 - 20, 2025
Seeing Safety: Foundations Of Visual Literacy
2-Days Live Workshop in Phoenix, AZ
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST Daily
March 4, 2025
Seeing Safety: Introduction to Visual Literacy
2-Hour Virtual Workshop
2PM EST - 4PM EST
April 23 - 24, 2025
Seeing Safety: Foundations Of Visual Literacy
2-Days Live Workshop in Toledo, OH
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST Daily
May 21, 2025
Seeing Safety: Introduction to Visual Literacy
2-Hour Virtual Workshop
2PM EST - 4PM EST
June 4 - 5, 2025
Seeing Safety: Foundations Of Visual Literacy
2-Days Live Workshop in Toledo, OH
8:30AM - 4:30PM EST Daily
Latest COVE Resources
Hindsight and Insight: Key Takeaways From The Oil & Gas Industry
Seeing Safety: A Conversation with Pete Batrowny and Damien Palazzi on Enhancing Safety With Visual Literacy
Valuing Safety Outside the Workplace
The New View Of Analyzing Incidents
Live Q&A with Doug Pontsler: Unlock the Power of Visual Literacy
The Importance of Technology and Personal Competencies in Saving Lives
ISHN: The Hazard Hunt Will Never Be The Same
Visual Literacy: How “Learning To See” Benefits Occupational Safety
Improving Safety Through Visual Literacy in Organizations Across a Variety of Industries
Sharing experiences, ideas, and results is one way we can help ensure the safety of those around us.