courses

Process Risk Assessment

Topic Safety

CPD Hours 12

Overview

This course is also being delivered online – view details >>

Effective risk assessment is key to protecting businesses against the potentially devastating impact of process safety incidents. In most countries it is also a legal requirement.

This course will help you to develop the skills and knowledge to identify, assess and communicate process risks from a safety, environmental or business perspective, from a simple qualitative approach to fully quantified assessments.

This course can also contribute to satisfying the 'Risk Assessment' competence of your application to become a Professional Process Safety Engineer.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will understand:

individual and societal risk concepts
risk tolerability
the principles of As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) demonstration.
the 5-stage risk assessment process, the different types of process risk assessment and when to apply them
qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative methods including risk matrices, bow-tie analysis, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA), environmental risk assessment, fault-tree analysis, event-tree analysis, Hazard Analysis, Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) and occupied buildings risk assessment.

Who will benefit

Staff involved in the risk assessment process including supervisors, managers and directors
Plant/process operators including maintenance functions
Process safety engineers and loss prevention specialists

Course outline

Process risk
Qualitative risk assessment
Semi-quantitative risk assessment
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
Environmental risk assessment
Hazard Analysis
Quantified risk analysis
Cost-benefit analysis

Discounts

Discounts are available to companies booking more than one place:

2 places — 5% discount
3 places — 10% discount
4 or more places — 15% discount.

In-company training

This course is also available as an in-company course (face-to-face or online) where content can be customised to meet your organisation's specific needs and delivered on a date/location that suits your requirements. Contact us for more information.