SafeSim Design

Project Overview

A digital game-based learning software for designers to learn about design risk and how to mitigate them.

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Bronze Award

This project won "Bronze Award - Asia" in the Reimagine Education Awards 2022. This award recognises the project for having achieved a world-class standard in educational innovation, with outstanding levels of scalability, innovation, and efficacy. It was selected as one of the leading entries from 1200 entries by a panel of 400 international higher education expert judges.

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This study is funded by SkillsFuture Singapore under Workforce Development Applied Research Fund (WDARF) Grant. The contributions of the IES DfS Workgroup and other anonymous practitioners are greatly appreciated.

Learning Outcomes

Utilise their roles as designers to apply the hierarchy of control in DfS process

Identify common design risks that can affect the safety and health of workers

Evaluate design risks based on severity and likelihood, risk levels and detailed safety review

Identify industry standards, guidelines, and norms when mitigating design risks

Critique different design alternatives to eliminate or reduce design risks

Formulate alternative design changes to manage design risks

    • implications of unsafe design throughout the project lifecycle
    • educate designers on the difference between design risks and occupational hazards
    • how to conduct risk evaluation, and
    • how to design out issues through various design-related controls

 

1 . Four stages of varying difficulty

    • Different design limitations
    • Address different learning outcomes

2 . Two phases at each stage

    • Exploration
    • Corrective
a

Setting Context and Guidance

 

    • Introduced to Mr Chief Designer (Mr CD) as the role of a "teacher"
        • Players to follow his instructions carefully
        • Provided the players with "model" answers
        • Allowing players to compare their answer against the suggested answer
    • Set the context
        • Role of the players in the game
        • Objectives of the players: Consider situation from DfS point of view
        • Teach how to use the controls

Identification Phase

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Capturing Design Risks

    • Assess if the captured hazard is design risk or operational hazard 
        • Introduction of operational hazard as a red herring
        • Train the players to differentiate design risk and operational hazard
    • Answering an MCQ 
        • Immediate response with explanations
        • Reinforce concepts
        • Good for self-learning
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Rating the Risk Levels

    • Rate the risk based on severity and likelihood
        • Players can see their rating against the recommended ratings
        • "Model" rating and explanation given

Objective

  • Identify common design risks that can affect the safety and health of construction and maintenance workers
  • Differentiate between DfS and operational risk assessment
  • Evaluate design risks based on severity, likelihood, risk priority number, and risk matrix

Mitigation Phase

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Design-related Controls

    • Choosing the most suitable measure
        • Ticks to indicate suitability (based on hierarchy of control) for the scenario
        • *Note: Some options are NOT design-related controls or changes
        • Immediate response with explanations
    • Ability to suggest alternative solutions
        • Based on the industry norms
        • Enable creativity for players to develop feasible design controls/solution
        • Sharing of ideas and experience

Bonus Rounds

    • Need to "unlock" by getting the correct option first
    • "Free play": Allow players to explore other controls

 

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Objective

  • Identify industry standards, guidelines, and norms relevant to DfS
  • Formulate and critique different design alternatives based on the hierarchy of control

Flowchart to help players understand the concept of conducting DfS Review

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