Course Description

Unexpected releases of toxic, reactive, or flammable liquids and gases in processes involving highly hazardous chemicals have been reported for many years. Incidents continue to occur in various industries that use highly hazardous chemicals which may be toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive, or may exhibit a combination of these properties. 
Regardless of the industry that uses these highly hazardous chemicals, there is a potential for an accidental release any time they are not properly controlled. This, in turn, creates the possibility of disaster.

Hazardous chemical releases continue to pose a significant threat to employees and provide impetus, internationally and nationally, for authorities to develop or consider developing legislation and regulations to eliminate or minimize the potential for such events.

Course Goal

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participant will be able to:

• Understand the importance of Process Safety Management (PSM) and compliance with regulations
• Identify key PSM requirements and compliance standards
• Develop a process safety culture and competency within the organization
• Implement effective training and performance assurance programs for employees
• Manage change and ensure operational readiness
• Maintain operational discipline and emergency management procedures
• Conduct incident investigations, metrics, auditing, and management reviews for continuous improvement
• Manage contractors and involve the workforce in process safety efforts
• Understand Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and Safety Integrity Level (SIL) concepts
• Implement process knowledge management, hazard identification, risk analysis, and operating procedures
• Maintain safe work practices and asset integrity and reliability
• Learn from case studies and lessons learned from major Process Safety accidents.

Who Can Benefit

• Engineers and technical professionals involved in the design, operation, and maintenance of processes involving highly hazardous chemicals
• Process safety managers and coordinators
• HSE professionals
• Operations and maintenance supervisors and managers
• Regulatory compliance professionals
• Risk management professionals
• Plant managers and supervisors
• Contractors and consultants who work with highly hazardous chemicals
• Anyone responsible for managing or overseeing processes involving highly hazardous chemicals or ensuring regulatory compliance.