Why Choose this Training Course

This is a 4-day process safety training course. Why is Process Safety Competence (PSC) important? Many incidents happen because necessary knowledge or competence is not available at the right time in the right place. PSC often also has a role in ensuring that the correct actions are taken when an incident occurs and may be critical to reducing the impact of the event and preventing escalation.

A brief literature search on some of the more important process industry incidents quickly found links to PSC in every case:

• Flixborough (UK, 1974): Explosion due to release from a temporary bypass assembly of inadequate design operated by insufficiently competent people (Health and Safety Executive 1975)
• Piper Alpha (UK, 1988): the public enquiry into the Piper Alpha explosion in 1998 concluded that the operating company failed to ensure that a key supervisor was sufficiently competent in the operation of the PTW [Permit to Work] system
• Longford (Australia, 1998): Failure to identify hazards and properly train operators. Insufficient understanding led to a critical incorrect valve operation (Hopkins 2000)
• BP Texas City (USA, 2005): 1.5 Key Technical Findings: …..A lack of supervisory oversight and technically trained personnel during the start-up, an especially hazardous period…. The operator training program was inadequate
• Buncefield (UK, 2005): There should be a clear understanding of major accident risks and the safety critical equipment and systems designed to control them……At the core of managing a major hazard business should be clear and positive process safety leadership with board-level involvement and competence to ensure that major hazard risks are being properly managed

Process safety competence plays a vital role in preventing or mitigating process incidents:

• Competent people are less likely to initiate situations that could lead to an incident
• Competent people can detect the early signs that an incident is possible and prevent it from occurring
• Competent people can mitigate the impact of an event to reduce the potential for harm

Who Should Attend

• HSE Engineers/Managers
• Process Safety Engineers/Managers
• Technical Safety Specialists
• Technicians
• Technology Managers
• Operational Leaders and Inspectors
• Managers responsible for the safe operation of facilities

Key Learning Objectives

• Evaluate and optimize your Process Safety Management System (PSM)
• Apply best practices for all essential elements
• Recognize Process Hazards and reduce the Risk to acceptable levels with techniques like HAZOP & LOPA
• Understand the Legislation on Hazardous Chemicals and assure Compliance
• Create the desired Safety Culture in your organization.

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