In this advanced process HAZOP in safety administration course, participants will:

• Understand the concepts of Risk Assessment and Risk Management
• Understand the estimation and evaluation of risks – Qualitative, Semi-Quantitative and Quantified Risks
• Techniques for Hazard Identification and Analysis – Checklists, Risk Profiling, HAZOP, FMEA and Task-Based Risk Assessment
• Cause-Consequences Analysis – The Role of Fault Trees and Event Trees in Accident Prevention
• Understand HAZOP studies their benefits and their shortcomings.
• Understand the requirements of a Team Leader or Facilitator, scribe, and team members during HAZOP studies.
• Be able to facilitate a HAZOP study.

Contents

Introduction to Risk Assessment

• The concepts of hazards, risk, and risk assessment
• Methods for risk evaluation
• Integrating risk assessment within Risk Management
• Qualitative, Semi-Quantitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment methodologies 

Risk Assessment Techniques: HAZOP

• Introduction to hazards identification and analysis techniques
• Techniques for hazard identification and analysis – HAZOP
• Where and when to use HAZOP and the requirements for a successful HAZOP study
• Team composition for HAZOP studies
• Guide words and process variables used for HAZOP studies.
• Syndicate exercise – application of HAZOP to relevant processes

HAZOP Leadership Techniques

• HAZOP team leader/facilitator requirements
• HAZOP scribe requirements
• Facilitating HAZOP studies, dos, and don’ts
• Information required to allow successful HAZOP studies.
• Case study where each delegate could facilitate a HAZOP meeting.
• Review of commercial software used for HAZOP and Management of Change ‘MOC.’ 

Consequence Analysis

• Theory behind fire, explosion and toxic dispersion modelling utilised in Quantitative Risk Assessments
• Types of fires and their effects on people and equipment
• Types of explosions and their effects on people and equipment
• Review of software available for consequence calculations

The Role of QRA

• Introduction to Quantified Risk Assessment “QRA”
• The role of Event Tree Analysis in scenario development
• The role of Fault Tree Analysis for multi-causation analysis
• Applications for ETA and FTA
• Failure data for use in QRA’s
• Societal Risk and Individual Risk
• Review of software available for Quantitative Risk Assessments
• Programme review and the way ahead.

Training Methodology

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participants will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.