Process Safety Management - Process Hazard Analysis

  • Overview
  • Course Content
  • Requirements & Materials
Overview

Process Safety Management - Process Hazard Analysis

Course Description

Many small and large businesses are required to comply with OSHA’s Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous and Explosive Chemicals. Unfortunately, they often do not have the necessary knowledge and experience to perform the most difficult part of the standard, which is the Process Hazard Analysis (PHA). In this course, you will learn how to perform a PHA, methodology, the planning and facilitation of a PHA, and more. This course is a team-based case study course where learners gain insights from real-life cases.

Course Content

PHA METHODS

  • Hazard and operability study (HAZOP)
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • What-if/checklist

PLANNING

  • Preparation
  • PSI

PERFORMING

  • Management
  • Checklist
  • Goals
  • Risks

REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS AND REVALIDATION

  • Draft versus final
  • Recommendations and implementation
  • Reason for revalidation – objective, concept, schedule, budget, and management
Requirements & Materials
Important Information

Are you approved for VA Education Benefits?  The certificate program associated with this course, if offered in classrom format and on the Atlanta campus only, is approved for VA Education Benefits. Courses delivered in an online format or outside the Atlanta campus are not eligible for VA benefits. Details and eligible programs can be viewed from this link.
 

Prerequisites
Materials

Provided

  • Notebook with Appendix – General Resource and Research Information, Appendix – Case Study Documentations

Session Details

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for safety and health professionals who must comply with OSHA’s Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous and Explosive Chemicals.

OSHA professionals working on jobsite

What You Will Learn

  • The critical requirement for an effective PHA
  • The consequences of inaccurate or incomplete PHAs
  • How to evaluate consequences and the magnitude of harm
  • Failure modes, human factors, and facility siting
  • Process hazard analysis methods
  • Best PHA methods of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)
  • The proper documentation of PHAs
Occupational safety and health professionals collaborating on job site

How You Will Benefit

  • Develop the knowledge and experience to perform Process Hazard Analysis in compliance with OSHA’s standard.
  • Understand the consequences of inaccurate or incomplete PHAs.
  • Know the hazardous characteristics of a process.
  • Learn how to evaluate consequences and the magnitude of harm.
  • Understand failure modes, human factors, and facility siting.
  • Learn the best PHA methods of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS).
  • Lead, facilitate, and document an effective PHA process.
  • Coordinate and manage change, Process Systems Safety Reviews, and PHAs.
  • Understand the re-validation of PHAs.
  • Know the basics of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) reviews and Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA).
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The solid OSHA curriculum, fueled with hands-on training, and a strong professional network builds you for a successful safety career.

- Rodrigues "Rocky" Smith
Safety Manager

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We enable employers to provide specialized, on-location training on their own timetables. Our world-renowned experts can create unique content that meets your employees' specific needs. We also have the ability to deliver courses via web conferencing or on-demand online videos. For 15 or more students, it is more cost-effective for us to come to you.

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  • Group Training
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