Closed Process Safety Management (PSM) – Virtual – Sept. 6-7

This course will focus not only on understanding hazards and risks but also the linkage to the key risk control systems necessary for sustainable safe operation.

The outcomes include:

• Understanding the key factors of process safety management
• Understanding hazard identification, risk assessment and management of risk
• Understanding the process safety culture and commitment
• Understanding how to implement sustainable improvements in process safety management

This course will include the following topics:

• Process safety awareness
• What is process safety
• The essentials of managing process safety
• Process safety information
• Dust explosions
• Gas / Vapor explosions
• Chemical reaction hazards and thermal stability of materials
• Ignition sources including electrostatic hazards
• Practical process hazard analysis
• Protection against deflagration (vapors and powders)
• Classification and management of hazardous areas
• Creating a management of change program
• Pre-start up safety reviews (PSSRs)
• Process safety metrics / Leading and lagging indicator
• Lessons from accidents in the process industries