Objectives
At the end of the course delegates should achieve the following key learning outcomes:
- understand the human, environmental and business consequences of poor process safety
- be aware of and understand the key factors influencing the basis for process safety
- understand the hazards associated with process plant and how the risks can be controlled
- understand the key process safety requirements at each stage in the life cycle of process plant from conceptual design through to operation, maintenance and modification
- understand the ways in which their work depends on the knowledge and expertise of others (i.e. interdependency and the need for overall organizational process safety management competence)
- understand their own limitations and know how to acquire further knowledge and understanding of process safety management
Outlines
Day 1
- Importance of process safety management
- Case study
- Model for process safety management (including process safety framework, major accidents/accident causes, mechanisms for loss of containment, prevention and control measures, mitigation and emergency measures, process safety strategies)
- Introduction to hazards and risks
Day 2
- Fire, explosion and toxic release – hazards, consequences and basic science
- Hazard identification techniques
- Case study
- Risk assessment
- Reaction hazards and material compatibility
Day 3
- Process design – including inherent safety, layers of protection, integrity of containment, protective systems, pressure relief, occupied buildings
- Case study
- Operations – including procedures, safe systems of work, control of contractors, maintenance, asset integrity, operational readiness
- Management of change – change of people, control systems, plant and process
Day 4
- Human factors and safety culture
- Safety management and continuous improvement
- Safety leadership at all levels in the organization
- Leading and lagging indicators
- Learning from accidents and incidents
- Legal framework
- Mitigation and emergency measures
- Start of multi-stage case study
Day 5
- Multi-stage case study
- Course summary
- Individual action plans
- Assessment
Who Should Attend
- managers, supervisors, engineers, safety personnel, and others involved in the design, operation, modification or maintenance of major hazard or other process plant
- young chemical engineers en route to achieving chartered status
- anyone who would like to develop an understanding of process safety