International certificate course on “Process Safety Management”

Dear Members,

Greetings from ASSP KC!!!

The Executive Committee of ASSP EC (2019-20) is glad to announce the ASSP Kuwait chapter’s Process Safety Management (PSM) Practice Specialty group. This group is established with the support of advisory members and industrial experts to provide necessary guidance and training to ASSP members in the area of process safety. The PSM Practice Specialty group has planned a 5 days credentialing program to provide a breadth of knowledge and understanding to contribute effectively in the management of process safety risks which covers OSHA and Centre for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) PSM requirements. The program will run for 5 consecutive Fridays and details are given below.

Program details:
Title: International Certificate Course on Process Safety Management

Dates: 15 November 2019. 22 November 2019, 29 November & 13 December 2019. (5 Fridays)

Time: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Venue: Hotel Best Western, Mahboula

Fee: KD 100 (For ASSP Members)
KD 150 (For Non-ASSP Members / Invalid ASSP Members)

Course Content:

Module
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Module Title — Date
1 Introduction to Process Safety Management System- 15th November 2019
2 Management of Process Risk – Fundamentals- 15th November 2019
3 Operational Risk Control- 22nd November 2019
4 Mechanical Integrity- 22nd November 2019
5 Process Hazard Analysis- 29th November 2019
6 Process Safety Leadership and Worker Participation- 29th November 2019
7 Legislation and Other Requirements- 6th December 2019
8 Fire, Explosion, and Emergency Preparedness- 6th December 2019
9 Project work – Case Study- 13th December 2019
10 Final review and assessment- 13th December 2019

Result announcement and certification, during PDC 2019 – 17th December 2019

All the modules shall be delivered by the subject experts.
Introduction:
Activities at process industries like oil & gas, refineries, and petrochemicals, are associated with high risks. High impact incidents make the industry to relook into their Health, Safety and Environmental management system’s efficacy and improve upon the areas where special attention is required. Based on the disasters that occured in these industries, it is recognized that Process Safety Management is vital to ensure safety of employees, community, environment and sustainability of the business. American Society of Safety Professionals, Kuwait Chapter has recognized the need of enhancing competency in the area of Process Safety Management, for its members and general practitioners in the region. Also ASSP (KC) believes that organizations having competent process safety personnel to manage activities will lead to safer workplaces. With several high hazard facilities operating all around, availability of competent personnel will not only help to prevent loss of life but will also help to protect valuable assets thus contributing to sustainable growth of Kuwait and region. Accordingly, ASSP-KC is introducing a high value “International Certificate Course on Process Safety Management (Course Code PSM60).”

Who can attend:

Managers, Engineers, Supervisors and Officers who are associated with projects, operations and HSE of process related facilities.

What it provides:

The qualification is designed to provide a breadth of knowledge and understanding about PSM that enables qualification holders to contribute effectively to the management of process safety risks.

What it is not:

This qualification is not designed for expert professionals already having extensive experience of process safety working within the processing environment.

Duration:

28 hours class room tuition and 32 hours self study (off-class).

The course has nine modules and will be delivered on five Fridays (6 hours per day).

Assessment:

Final award of certificate is based on composite criteria comprising of:

I. Marks obtained in final written test – a 90 minute multiple-choice question paper (50%)

II. Project work (25%)

III. Attendance and class participation (25%)

Course Module:

1. Introduction to Process Safety Management System

– Historic perspective: the incidents that shaped process safety

– Process Safety Management meaning and importance

– Model for process safety management (including process safety framework, major accidents / accident causes, mechanisms for loss of containment, prevention and control measures, mitigation and emergency measures, process safety strategies)

– Best practices for implementing the essential PSM elements – RBPS

– Workshop “Anatomy of a disaster” Module

2: Management of Process Risk

– Fundamentals

– Establishing a process safety management system

– Introduction to hazards and risks; key hazards and basic science

– Hazard identification techniques overview

– Risk assessment and hierarchy of risk control

– Industrial Process Safety Hazards: Loss of containment

– Risk definition, Risk acceptation criteria, applying ALARP principle

– Risk management techniques used within the process industries Module

3: Operational Risk Control

– Reaction hazards control

– Operations – operational procedures, safe systems of work,

– Role and purpose and features of a permit-to-work system

– Safe shift handover

– Operational readiness, sense of vulnerability

– Design and process hazards of typical unit operations

– Safe start-up and shut-down

– Management of change – change of people, control systems, plant and process

– Safety critical elements

– Hazardous area classification/static electricity

– Dangerous substances handling, bulk storage and transport operations Module

4: Mechanical Integrity

– Asset integrity management and maintenance strategies

– Pressure equipment and protection systems

– Inspection and monitoring

– Important RAGAGEPs

– Contractor management

– Lifecycle approach in Process Safety Module

5: Process Hazard Analysis

– HAZOP with workshop

– Barrier thinking & the Swiss cheese model, Guidelines for failure frequencies

– Layers of Protection Analysis and Safety Integrity Level

– Quantitative Risk Analysis of process hazards

– Inherent safety

– Design safety Module

6: Process Safety Leadership and Worker Participation

– Process safety Leadership

– Worker engagement

– Process Knowledge Management

– PS Competence, Training and Performance Assurance

– Normalization of deviance – Organizational learning

– Learning from Incidents

– Industrial Root Cause Analysis

– Human factors

– Measuring and establishing a good process safety culture in an organization Module

7: Legislation and Other Requirements

– Relevant PSM Legislation, legal framework: US OSHA & RMP, Seveso

– Country specific HSSEMS/PSM requirements

– Process Safety Audit

– Process safety performance measurement

– Management Review and Continuous Improvement Module

8: Fire, Explosion, Toxic release and Emergency Preparedness

– Fire and Explosion hazards – BLEVE

– Fire and explosion control

– Dust explosion

– Toxic release

– Emergency preparedness management Module

9: Project – Case Study

– Explanation of multi-stage case study (on Day one)

– Multi-stage case study presentation and evaluation