Process Safety Management & Major Accident Prevention Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Analyze the fundamental principles of Process Safety Management and their role in preventing major accidents.
• Assess process hazards and high-consequence scenarios that could lead to major incidents.
• Apply structured process hazard analysis and risk assessment techniques to identify critical risks and required safeguards.
• Evaluate the integrity and reliability of critical equipment and systems whose failure could contribute to a major accident.
• Develop effective Management of Change approaches for operational, technical, organizational, and procedural changes.
• Assess operating, maintenance, inspection, and testing practices from a process safety perspective.
• Analyze the performance of preventive and mitigative safety barriers and identify weaknesses or failures.
• Improve the management of human factors, contractor activities, and organizational conditions that influence process safety.
• Apply emergency preparedness and response principles to major accident scenarios and high-consequence events.
• Develop leading and lagging process safety performance indicators to monitor the effectiveness of critical controls.
• Evaluate process safety incident investigation findings and translate lessons learned into system improvements.
• Develop a practical action plan for strengthening Process Safety Management and major accident prevention by the end of the course.

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Learning Outcomes

• Explain the principles of Process Safety Management and their relationship to major accident prevention.
• Identify major accident hazards and high-consequence process safety scenarios.
• Conduct structured assessments of process risks and establish appropriate risk priorities.
• Analyze preventive and mitigative barriers and evaluate their effectiveness in controlling major accident scenarios.
• Assess the integrity and reliability of safety-critical equipment and systems.
• Apply Management of Change principles to operational, technical, procedural, and organizational changes.
• Evaluate operating, maintenance, inspection, and testing practices from a process safety perspective.
• Assess human factors, organizational conditions, and contractor activities that may influence process safety performance.
• Apply emergency preparedness and response principles to major accident scenarios.
• Develop process safety performance indicators for monitoring critical controls and organizational performance.
• Translate incident investigation findings, audits, and barrier performance reviews into corrective actions and sustainable improvements.
• Develop a practical Process Safety Management improvement plan focused on critical risks, safety barriers, performance indicators, and major accident prevention.

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