Process Hazard Assessment using the HAZOP Technique and HAZOP Team Leader Training

Process Hazard Assessment using the HAZOP Technique By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic HAZOP Technique
• Fulfill roles as competent HAZOP Team Members
• Understand the role of HAZOP in risk management
• Understand how Hazard Identification can predict accidents and incidents
• Understand how HAZOP complements other hazard identification tool

HAZOP Team Leader Training By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of the HAZOP Team Leader
• Practise the role in a classroom environment
• Provide feedback to participants on their performance as HAZOP Team Leaders
• Appreciate the leadership skills required as HAZOP Team Leader
• Plan, organise, manage and successfully undertake a Hazard and Operability study

This course will benefit:

• All key persons in the organisation, who by their discipline and/or position, are likely to be called on to initiate, participate or review a HAZOP study.
• All who have responsibility for the management and supervision of process & safety including but not limited to Senior Management, Plant Managers, Process and Maintenance Engineers (all disciplines), Line Supervisors, Team Leaders, Safety Specialists, and Process Training Instructors.

• Basic or Foundation

Your expert course leader has 50 years' experience in chemical and process safety engineering. His early career included 20 years in design and project engineering with various fine chemical and pharmaceutical companies where he designed chemical processes, specified plant equipment and selected materials for highly corrosive and toxic processes, often where textbook data was not available. This was followed by 10 years in offshore oil and gas design projects where he was responsible for setting up a Technical Safety group to change design safety practices in the aftermath of the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster. In recent years, he has been called upon to conduct various offshore and onshore incident investigations.

His career has given him experience in project engineering, project management, process design and operations, safety engineering and risk management. He is a Fellow of the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers. He served on the Scottish Branch committee, and was elected chairman for a two-year term in 1991. He has also been chairman of the Safety and Reliability Society - North of Scotland Branch.

He has delivered training courses in Process Hazard Analysis (HAZOP and HAZID), Process Safety Management, Hazard Awareness, Risk Assessment, Root Cause Analysis, Failure Modes & Effect Analysis and has lectured on Reliability Analysis to the M.Sc. course in Process Safety and Loss Prevention at Sheffield University. In addition to delivering training courses, he currently facilitates HAZOP / HAZID / LOPA studies and undertakes expert witness roles advising lawyers engaged in contractual disputes, usually involving the design or construction of chemical plants or Oil & Gas production facilities, or criminal prosecutions.

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
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