Process Hazard Assessment using HAZOP Technique and HAZOP Team Leader Training with John Davies

Course Description
An intensely participative 3 day training course that will both explain the key facets of the HAZOP technique as well as provide ample opportunities for delegates to practice and become familiar with the technique using generic and real life examples.
Course learning outcome:
 to enable delegates to understand the basic HAZOP technique
 to enable delegates to fulfil roles as competent HAZOP team members
 to competently use a risk ranking matrix
 to understand how hazard identification can predict accidents and incidents
 to understand how HAZOP complements other hazard identification tools.
Who Should Attend?
All key persons in the organisation, who by their discipline and/or position are likely to be called on to initiate, participate or review a HAZOP study.
All who have responsibility for the management and supervision of process & safety including but not limited to Senior Management, Plant Managers, Process and Maintenance engineers (all disciplines), Line Supervisors, Team Leaders, Safety Specialists, and Process Training
Instructors.
Course Agenda in Summary
 The forseeability of process accidents.
 Overview of hazard identification techniques
 Background to HAZOP
 HAZOP guidewords and parameters
 The basic HAZOP methodology
 Selection of the study node.
 Recording the study
 HAZOP recommendations follow up and sign off.
 Risk ranking methods
 The HAZOP team and its members, team selection
 Setting up a HAZOP study, planning, resources and duration.
 Additional features of batch processes
 Other forms of the HAZOP study, Procedural, Control System
Course Methodology
From an early stage in the course delegates will have the opportunity to work as a HAZOP
team member undertaking a HAZOP assessment of part of a generic process plant. Successive
exercises will expand the technique to more complex examples beyond individual delegates’
experiences.
Delegates will also participate in the analysis of high profile process industry accidents using
material in the public domain as well as case studies form the presenter’s own experience. At
the end of the course delegates will identify the opportunities missed to prevent a major off
shore disaster using actual video footage as well as reconstruction sequences.