Comprehensive Risk Assessment in Production Operations
£5850.00
INTRODUCTION
Major industrial disasters have far-reaching consequences, including loss of life, injuries, financial setbacks, and damage to a company's reputation. These disasters must be prevented at all costs. Learn from the mistakes of others!
Health, Safety, and Environmental Management Systems are built on proactive incident prevention and reactive performance monitoring. Risk assessment is a vital component applied to all activities affecting health and safety, production, assets, the environment, and a company's reputation.
This training course provides hands-on experience in advanced risk assessment techniques tailored to the process industry. It includes an examination of the consequences of major hazards, such as fires, explosions, and toxic releases.
Participants in the Comprehensive Risk Assessment in Production Operations training course will acquire the following skills:
Enhanced practical skills in applying advanced risk assessment techniques relevant to the process industry.
The ability to strike a balance between risk and cost, optimising risk reduction measures.
Motivation techniques for fostering an improved safety culture.
Understanding the role of Risk Assessment in preventing, controlling, and mitigating major hazards.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
This practical training course aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:
Distinguish between hazards, risks, and risk assessment.
Evaluate different types of risk effectively.
Develop skills in applying advanced risk assessment techniques pertinent to the process industry.
Create a strategy for planning and implementing risk reduction action plans.
Understand the role of human error in accidents.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The Comprehensive Risk Assessment in Production Operations training course is suitable for a range of professionals, including but not limited to:
Supervisors and line management with HSE responsibilities.
Production, project, process, mechanical, control, maintenance, and HSE personnel.
Personnel involved in implementing the company's HSE Management System.
TRAINING APPROACH
This training course will be delivered through active participation, utilizing engaging presentation tools, interactive programs, and role-playing activities. The training is presented in an enthusiastic and interesting style, incorporating topic exercises, case studies, and practical training.
TRAINING OUTLINE
Day 1: Introduction to Risk Assessment
Understanding hazards, risks, and the risk assessment process
Syndicate Exercise: Risk Assessment and HSMS for risk control
Personal Safety vs. Process Safety
Syndicate exercise: Process Safety exercise (Part 1)
Risk Assessment tool: BowTie Diagram
Syndicate exercise: Process Safety exercise (Part 2)
Layers of Protection and Barriers (Control Measures)
Day 2: Elements of HSE Management Systems and Process Safety
Introduction to Environmental Issues
Key Environmental Issues: Land, Air, and Water
Process Safety – Fires and Explosions
Fault Tree Analysis
Risk Assessment for Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres
Key elements of the HSE Management System
Elements of HSE – Management Systems
Contractor Selection and Control
Case Study: Contractor Operations
Checking and Auditing Contractors
Plant Isolation
Case Study: Fire Incident in a Polypropylene Plant
Process Safety – Understanding Process and Change Effects
Syndicate exercise: Cooling System Failure
Day 3: Major Accidents and Their Causes
Permit to Work Systems: Principles and Examples
System Failure: Process Over-Ride Incident Review
How "Barriers" Can Fail and Lead to Major Incidents
Timeline to Disaster: Understanding Major Accidents
Major Accidents and Out-of-Hours Plant Explosions
Root Cause Consideration
Process Safety: Leading and Lagging Indicators
Analysis of Major Incidents
Incident Occurrences, Eye Witness Testimonies, and Analysis Teams
Gathering Evidence, Expert Support, and Incident Sequences
Preliminary Causes, Root Cause Analysis, and Human Factors
Risk Control Recommendations and Analysis Reports
Day 4: Human Factors and Risk Assessment
Revisiting Layers of Protection
Reviewing BowTie Diagrams
Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
Introduction to Human Factors and Human Error
Types of Errors and Violations
Syndicate Exercises
Review of a Major Industrial Incident Involving Errors and Violations
Enhancing Human Reliability
Reactive and Active Monitoring
Day 5: Major Incidents, Emergency Response, and Safety Culture
Rules vs. Risk Assessment
Process Safety: Startup Phenomena
Case Study: Multi-faceted Incident
Reevaluating Root Causes
Understanding Health and Safety Culture
Developing and Promoting a Positive Safety Culture
Overview of Emergency Response Planning
Review of Safety Barriers
Certificate of Completion: Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from Al-Majd Pathways Centre (APC).