Description
Hazard Study Appreciation Course
A practical training course to provide improved awareness for Hazard & Operability Studies to the participants.
ICI invented the hazard and operability (HAZOP) study in the 1960s to anticipate hazardous events and ensure that suitable protective measures were included in the process by design. HAZOP has become firmly established as an essential safety tool during the design stage of new processes and significant modifications.
A hazard study is a team-based exercise and the quality of the result is highly dependent on the standard of leadership and the contribution of the study team members. Whilst the need for the study leader to be suitably trained and experienced is well recognized, the study will be greatly enhanced by team members who are fully aware of their role and contribution. The regulatory authorities are increasingly questioning the competence of those involved in safety related activities. This course is aimed at providing a demonstration that suitable training is being provided, to be backed up by on-the-job experience.
Who should Attend?
The course is suitable for the following:
- Process & Operations Engineers
- Safety Managers and Advisors
- Technical managers with responsibility for managing risk
Duration
6 hours
Course structure and content
A three-day technical course aimed at responsible managers and engineers:
- Course Objectives
- Major Industrial Accidents & Lessons Learnt
- Why Accidents Happen?
- Hazard Studies – The History
- ICI Hazard Studies (1 to 6)
- Video – Piper Alpha
- Piper Alpha Incident Learning & Discussion
- Type of Hazards
- Hazard Identification Techniques
- Inherent Safety
- Risk Assessment
- Quantify Risk
- Tolerability of Risk
- Hazard & Operability (HAZOP) Study
a. Defining Nodes
b. Parameters & Guidewords
c. Identifying Causes
d. Evaluating Consequence
e. Existing Safeguards
f. Risk Ranking
g. Recommendations
h. Recording
- Syndicate Exercises – HAZOP
- Organizing HAZOP Study
- The limitations of HAZOP Study
- HAZOP Team Leading
- Introduction to HAZOP Software (PHA-Pro V8)
Training Outcome:
On completion of the course, you should be able to:
- Learn the HAZOP Study methodology
- Learn about the various types of hazards, methods of recording and handling problems
- Understand tolerability risk criteria
- Related topics such as inherent safety, risk assessment, instrumented protective systems and human factors
- Understand the benefits of HAZOP studies
- Gain an insight about the various affecting factors and pitfalls of hazard studies
- Hands-on HAZOP exercises
Course Presenter
Fayyaz Moazzam, Director with PetroRisk Middle East based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has over 30 years of experience in chemical, petrochemicals, oil & gas Industry including roles in process design, plant operations, process re-engineering and technical safety. He has chaired over 150 HAZOP workshops for major petrochemical, refining and oil & Gas projects worldwide and ran numerous training courses. Mr. Moazzam is a certified practitioner for HAZOP studies from Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK.