This is a 3-day training course. HAZOP and Hazard studies are an essential part of effective process safety management and HSE risk management. This course covers various process hazard assessment (PHA) techniques that team leaders must understand and be able to apply as well as facilitation skills required to manage successful hazard study meetings.
These techniques apply to all industry sectors including oil & gas, petrochemicals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and utilities, both on new projects and on existing operating plants. Each hazard study technique aligns with a project stage and the needs of the level of project development at that stage.
The course consists of a series of modules that deal with the different hazard study stages and techniques and related process safety concepts and facilitation topics. Presentations are interactive with video illustrations and case studies. Group exercises are used for the different techniques (including, inherent safety, HAZID, HAZOP and procedural HAZOP), to enable attendees to put into practice what they have learnt during the lecture presentations.
The course is intended to be an open course using generic (non-proprietary) examples and case studies but can be adapted with site specific case studies if available.
The course is designed for participants who are expected to lead HAZOPs and already have some experience as HAZOP team members. It is also appropriate for regular team members who wish to develop their HAZOP and PHA skills further by hazard.
Typical attendees would be:
- Process Safety Engineers
- Technical Safety Engineers
- Process Design Engineers
- Loss Prevention Engineers
- Technical Safety Managers
- Process Safety Managers
- Process Safety Advisers and Specialist
- Technical Safety Advisers and Specialist
- Technical Safety Authorities
- Safety/HSE Managers
- Process Safety Consultants
“Alan is an extremely diligent, conscientious, and experienced engineer. His knowledge of processes in Refining is second to none and dedication to safety unsurpassed. Alan has been extremely helpful on advising us over SIL requirements and standards that apply around the world and advised how we should and can comply with these. He has assisted with evaluating various instrument/SIF installations and his operating background and HAZOP experience has helped us to understand the nature of the process an the type of deposit that is causing the blockage as well as the nature of the hazard and its seriousness.”
Hans Sauer
Managing Director at Clearguard, Australia
Alan is a rare combination of chemical engineer, process safety engineer and experienced refinery engineer. I have worked with Alan on several occasions, he is very knowledgeable, takes a pragmatic view on his work and is very easy to get on with. He assisted us with a full safety assessment of a new oil tank farm taking into account recommendations from the Buncefield incident. His proactive approach led him to research the subject thoroughly before embarking on the study, which was very impressive.
Roger Rayner
Managing Director at Flexible Process
