Course objective

• Be familiar with key safety Codes of Practice introduced by major organizations, with particular reference to the Control of Major Accidents Hazards 'COMAH' for onshore installations.

• Develop an awareness of the key elements for implanting the Safety Case concept for fixed and mobile offshore installations.

• Appreciate the role of Incident Root-cause Analysis and best practice used for promoting positive safety culture based on methodologies implemented by major organizations.

• Be able to carry out Task-based risk assessments that focus on human error and management systems failure.

• Develop skill in the application of Projects Health; Safety & Environmental Reviews 'PHSER' best practice, by linking this review with the Capital Value Process 'CVP' and the Company HSE Management System.

• Develop skills in target setting, planning, implementing and measuring performance.

Course content

• Major Hazards Control Best Practice
  • COMAH Code of Practice
  • Elements of COMAH
  • The Safety Case concept
  • Elements of the Safety Case
  • The role of Quantified Risk Assessment QRA in COMAH and Safety Cases
  • HSE Management Systems and major hazards
  • Emergency planning and major hazards
• Root Cause Analysis Best Practice
  • The role of human contribution to incidents
  • Active errors, preconditions and latent failures
  • Incident analysis techniques- best practice
  • Cause Tree and Events & Causal Factors analysis
  • Linking between root causes, conclusions and recommendations
  • Practical application and group work
• Risk Assessment Best Practice
  • Risk assessment- the pitfalls
  • How to make risk assessment effective
  • Evaluation of risks- best practice
  • The task-based approach to risk assessment
  • Applying task-based risk assessment to Work Permits
  • Planning, implementing and techniques for measuring performance
• Human Reliability Assessment Best Practice
  • Human error and accident causation
  • Human error classification
  • The role of task analysis and job-safety analysis
  • Best practice techniques for promoting safety culture
  • Assessing improvement and linking safety culture with the HSE Management System
  • Project HSE Reviews Best Practice
  • Stages of a project
  • Project's HSE Plan
  • Latest PHSER Procedures for linking the review with the Capital Value Process
  • Incorporating PHSER within the Organization's HSE-MS
  • PHSER TOR, protocol and conduct
  • PHSER Documentation requirements and Guide-words
  • PHSER Reporting procedures

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