Course description
Learn about risk assessment in the process industries and why it is key to protecting businesses against the potentially devastating impact of process safety incidents.
You will develop the skills and knowledge needed to identify, assess and communicate process risks from a safety, environmental or business perspective – from a simple qualitative approach to fully quantified assessments.
The course can contribute to satisfying the 'Risk Assessment' competence when applying to become a Professional Process Safety Engineer.
This course is available as either an individual or group training. To get rates and book for your team, please contact the provider.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
- Anyone involved in the risk assessment process
- Plant/process operators including maintenance functions
- Process safety engineers and loss prevention specialists
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By the end of the course, you will understand how to apply the principles of:
- individual and societal risk
- risk tolerability
- As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP)
- the five-stage risk assessment process and when to apply the different types of process risk assessments
- 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.
Training Course Content
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
Reviews
Average rating 5
.... with a high level overview of the concepts and how to apply them in situations. Helen was fantastic and catered well to different experience levels."
All the handouts and pre-recorded videos were helpful. The group interaction was good and I found it interesting to see how people's perspective was different depending on their...
Expenses
Please visit the IChemE website for up-to-date course prices.
Discounts are available to companies booking more than one place. Bookings must be made at the same time to receive the discount.
- 2 places – 10% discount
- 3 places –15% discount
- 4 or more places – 20% discount
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Institution of Chemical Engineers
IChemE is the qualifying body and learned society for chemical, biochemical and process engineers. We facilitate the development of chemical engineering professionals and provide connections to a powerful network of around 30,000 members in more than 100 countries. We are...
Sending the material out prior to the live sessions for pre-reading was very beneficial.