Process Safety Management & Engineering Applications [IChemE Approved Training Course]

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Acquire the underpinning knowledge required to achieve process safety competency
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of process safety management
• Understand the concept of the safety life cycle of a process plant from conceptual design onwards including operation, maintenance and modification
• Understand the hazard scenarios associated with a process plant
• Understand how risks can be controlled by hardware and procedural measures
• Identify and analyse hazard causes and consequences
• Recognise when specialist analytical expertise is required
• Generate effective and appropriate measures to reduce risks
• Justify and communicate practical solutions to non-technical personnel
• Explain the rationale for process safety measures to decision makers

This course is suitable for process industry professionals who need to acquire a comprehensive understanding of process safety management, those moving into process safety positions or those who wish to broaden their process safety knowledge within their existing discipline. It is particularly suited for anyone involved in the design, operation, modification or maintenance of a major hazard installation. This includes:

• Supervisors, operators and maintainers in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Chemical industries,
• process, mechanical and chemical engineers and technicians
• Design engineers, project engineers and HSE managers
• Control, automation and instrumentation engineers

It will also demonstrate a substantial understanding of process safety for those engaged in Continuous Professional Development or aiming for the Chartered Engineer status.

• Intermediate

Your expert course leader has 50 years’ experience in chemical and process safety engineering. His early career included 20 years in design and project engineering with various fine chemical and pharmaceutical companies where he designed chemical processes, specified plant equipment and selected materials for highly corrosive and toxic processes, often where textbook data was not available. This was followed by 10 years in offshore oil and gas design projects where he was responsible for setting up a Technical Safety group to change design safety practices in the aftermath of the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster. In recent years, he has been called upon to conduct various offshore and onshore incident investigations.

His career has given him experience in project engineering, project management, process design and operations, safety engineering and risk management. He is a Fellow of the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers. He served on the Scottish Branch committee, and was elected chairman for a two-year term in 1991. He has also been chairman of the Safety and Reliability Society – North of Scotland Branch.

He has delivered training courses in Process Hazard Analysis (HAZOP and HAZID), Process Safety Management, Hazard Awareness, Risk Assessment, Root Cause Analysis, Failure Modes & Effect Analysis and has lectured on Reliability Analysis to the M.Sc. course in Process Safety and Loss Prevention at Sheffield University. In addition to delivering training courses, he currently facilitates HAZOP / HAZID / LOPA studies and undertakes expert witness roles advising lawyers engaged in contractual disputes, usually involving the design or construction of chemical plants or Oil & Gas production facilities, or criminal prosecutions.

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized “One to One” coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
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