Advanced Process HAZOP
Course Code: HS06
Course Objective
- Understand the concepts of Risk Assessment and Risk Management
- Understand the estimation and evaluation of risks – Qualitative, Semi-Quantitative and Quantified Risks
- Techniques for Hazard Identification and Analysis – Check-Lists, Risk Profiling, HAZOP, FMEA and Task-Based Risk Assessment
- Cause-Consequences Analysis – The Role of Fault Trees and Event Trees in Accident Prevention
- Understand HAZOP studies their benefits and their short comings
- Understand the requirements of a Team Leader or Facilitator, scribe and team members during HAZOP studies
- Be able to facilitate a HAZOP study
Target Audience
- HSE Technical personnel
- Project Engioneers
- Maintenance personnel
- Process Engineers involved in design and modification
- Instrumentation and Control Engineers
Course Outline
Day1 - Introduction to Risk Assessment
- Seminar introduction: delegate and tutor introductions; course objectives
- The concepts of hazards, risk and risk assessment
- Methods for risk evaluation
- Integrating risk assessment within Risk Management
- Qualitative, Semi-Quantitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment methodologies
- Feedback and review of Day 1
Day2 - Risk Assessment Techniques: HAZOP
- Introduction to hazards identification and analysis techniques
- Techniques for hazard identification and analysis – HAZOP
- Where and when to use HAZOP and the requirements for a successful HAZOP study
- Team composition for HAZOP studies
- Guide words and process variables used for HAZOP studies
- Syndicate exercise – application of HAZOP to relevant processes
- Report back and review of Day 2
Day3 - Hazop Leadership Techniques
- HAZOP team leader/facilitator requirements
- HAZOP scribe requirements
- Facilitating HAZOP studies, do’s and don’ts
- Information required to allow successful HAZOP studies
- Case study where each delegate has the opportunity to facilitate a HAZOP meeting
- Review of commercial software used for HAZOP and Management of Change ‘MOC’
- Report back and review of Day 3
Day4 - Consequence Analysis
- Theory behind fire, explosion and toxic dispersion modelling utilised in Quantitative Risk Assessments
- Types of fires and their effects on people and equipment
- Types of explosions and their effects on people and equipment
- Review of software available for consequence calculations
- Report back and review of Day 4
Day5 - The Role of QRA
- Introduction to Quantified Risk Assessment “QRA”
- The role of Event Tree Analysis in scenario development
- The role of Fault Tree Analysis for multi-causation analysis
- Applications for ETA and FTA
- Failure data for use in QRA’s
- Societal Risk and Individual Risk
- Review of software available for Quantitative Risk Assessments
- Report back on day 5 and discussion
- Programme review and the way ahead
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