Advanced Process Risk Assessment & Risk Management

Introduction:

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 impact on health & safety, production, asset, environment, and the Company reputation

Targeted Groups:

• Management and those with responsibilities for analyzing risks and incidents
• Production, project, process, mechanical, control, maintenance and HSE Personnel
• All personnel involved in implementing the Company’s HSE Management System

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course the 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
• Apply advanced techniques for root-cause analysis for incidents

Targeted Competencies:

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

Course Content:
Unit 1: 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

Unit 2: 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

Unit 3: 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 modeling releases, fire, explosion and toxic releases

Unit 4: 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

Unit 5: 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