This Process Safety Management qualification provides participants with a blend of engineering and management skills. It focuses on the prevention of catastrophic accidents and near misses associated with loss of containment of energy or dangerous substances.

 

Key topics include:

• Establishment of process management systems

• Asset management and maintenance strategies

• Safe start-up and shutdown of process plant

• Performance standards for safety critical systems and equipment

• Hazards and controls for chemical reactions, bulk storage of dangerous substances and fire and explosion

• Purpose and features of emergency plans

 

Training syllabus

 

Element 1: Process Safety Leadership

1.1: Process safety management meaning

1.2: Process safety leadership

1.3: Organisational learning

1.4: Management of change

1.5: Worker engagement

1.6: Competence

 

Element 2: Management of Process Risk

2.1: Establishing a process safety management system

2.2: Risk management techniques used within the process industries

2.3: Asset management and maintenance strategies

2.4: Role and purpose and features of a permit-to-work system

2.5: Safe shift handover

2.6: Contractor management

 

Element 3: Process Safety Hazard Control

3.1: Operating procedures

3.2: Safe Start-up and shut-down

3.3: Safety critical performance standards

3.4: Utilities

3.5: Electricity/static electricity

3.6: Dangerous substances

3.7: Reaction hazards

3.8: Bulk storage operations

 

Element 4: Fire and Explosion Protection

4.1: Fire hazards

4.2: Fire and explosion control

4.3: Dust explosions

4.4: Emergency preparedness