Process Safety Management
إدارة سلامة العمليات
- Next date
- 22–26 February 2027Berlin
- Fees from
- £2,950per delegate
- Formats
- Classroom · Online5 sessions
- Duration
- 5 daysCertificate
Overview
This five-day course explains how to prevent major accidents in oil, gas and process facilities through effective process safety management. It covers hazard identification, risk assessment, barrier management, operational controls, emergency response and learning from incidents, using lessons from major industry accidents.
Objectives
- Distinguish process safety from personal safety
- Explain the elements of recognised PSM frameworks
- Apply hazard identification and risk assessment techniques
- Build and use bow-tie diagrams for barrier management
- Understand mechanical integrity and safety critical elements
- Apply management of change and permit-to-work principles
- Use leading and lagging process safety indicators
- Lead incident investigations and share lessons learned
Who should attend
Operations, maintenance and engineering supervisors, HSE professionals, facility managers, process engineers and anyone with responsibility for process safety in oil, gas and petrochemical facilities.
Training methodology
Instructor-led sessions, analysis of major accident case studies, workshops on bow-tie and risk assessment, group exercises, discussions and a final assessment.
Programme outline
Day1Process Safety Foundations
- Lessons from major accidents: Piper Alpha, Texas City, Deepwater Horizon, Buncefield
- Process safety versus personal safety
- PSM frameworks: OSHA 1910.119, CCPS RBPS and Energy Institute
- Process safety culture and leadership commitment
- Process safety indicators (API RP 754)
- Process safety information
- Practical exercise: Assessing process safety culture
Day2Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
- Hazard identification techniques: HAZID, HAZOP and What-if
- Consequence and likelihood assessment
- Risk matrices and ALARP
- Bow-tie analysis
- Introduction to LOPA
- Facility siting and layout
- Practical exercise: Building a bow-tie
Day3Barriers and Asset Integrity
- Safety critical elements and performance standards
- Mechanical integrity and inspection programmes
- Safety instrumented systems
- Pressure relief and flare systems
- Barrier health monitoring
- Managing barrier impairment
- Practical exercise: Barrier status review
Day4Operational Controls
- Management of change
- Permit to work and energy isolation
- Operating procedures and safe work practices
- Pre-startup safety review
- Contractor management
- Shift handover and communication
- Practical exercise: Reviewing a change request
Day5Emergency Response, Learning and Assurance
- Emergency preparedness and response
- Incident investigation and root cause analysis
- Human factors in process safety
- Audits and management review
- Continuous improvement
- Integrated case study and action plan
- Final assessment
Dates and fees
Fees are in GBP. per delegate.
Certificate
Every delegate who attends the full programme receives a Harfard Technology certificate of completion stating the course title, duration, dates and venue.
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