Advanced Process Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Health, Safety and Environmental Management Systems are based on a proactive process for incidents prevention as well as reactive monitoring of performance. Risk assessment is required to be applied to all activities that impacts on health & Safety, production, asset, environment and the Company reputation. In this seminar you will learn how to:

• Improve your practical skills in applying advanced risk assessment techniques relevant to the process industry
• Effectively balance risk against cost in order to optimize risk reduction measures
• Motivate your people for improved safety culture
• Appreciate the role of Quantified Risk Assessment and major hazards
• Apply root-cause analysis to incident investigation and analysis

Course Objectives

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the difference between hazard, risk and risk assessment
• Learn how to evaluate different types of risk
• Develop the skills of applying advanced risk assessment techniques relevant to the process industry
• Develop a strategy for planning and implementing risk reduction action plans
• Appreciate the contribution of human error to accidents
• Be able to apply advanced techniques for root-cause analysis for incidents

Who Should Attend?

• Production, project, process, mechanical, control, maintenance and HSE personnel
• All personnel involved in implementing the Company’s HSE Management System

Course Outline

Advanced Risk Assessment Techniques: HAZOP

• Introduction to hazards identification and analysis techniques
• Techniques for hazard identification and analysis- HAZOP
• Syndicate exercise- application of HAZOP to batch and continuous processes
• Integrating HAZOP within the risk management system
• Review of commercial HAZOP software

The role of Quantified Risk Assessment ‘QRA’

• Failure Modes & Effects Analysis ‘FMEA’
• Decision trees and Event Tree Analysis ‘ETA’
• Sources of failure data
• Fault Tree Analysis ‘FTA’
• Quantification of ETA and FTA
• Evaluation of Individual and Societal Risks

Mechanics of Fire, Explosion and Toxic Releases

• The role of consequence analysis in QRA
• Types of Fires: Jet flame, pool fire, flash fire, BLEVE
• Types of Explosion: VCE, UVCE, pressure burst, dust explosion
• Vulnerability analysis
• Commercial software for modelling releases, fire, explosion and toxic releases

Advanced Incidents Investigation Techniques

• Human contribution to accidents
• The role of root cause Analysis in identifying management system failures
• Accident investigation techniques
• Latent failure and root causes for incidents
• Techniques for root-cause analysis

Promoting a positive safety culture

• Introduction to Safety Culture
• Techniques for improving safety culture
• Measuring improvements in safety culture
• Integrating safety culture within the HSE Management System

Course Methodology

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

• (30%) Based on Case Studies
• (30%) Techniques
• (30%) Role Play
• (10%) Concepts
• Pre-test and Post-test
• Variety of Learning Methods
• Lectures
• Case Studies and Self Questionaires
• Group Work
• Discussion
• Presentation

Course Fees

This rate includes participant’s manual, Hand-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

Course Timings

Daily Course Timings
08:00 - 08:20 Morning Coffee / Tea
08:20 - 10:00 First Session
10:00 - 10:20 Coffee / Tea / Snacks
10:20 - 12:20 Second Session
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch Break & Prayer Break
13:30 - 15:00 Last Session