Advanced Process Safety Management (PSM)

Introduction

Why is PSM needed? Process Safety Management (PSM) is crucial in the prevention of hazards related to harmful processes and procedures. Through effective management of these processes, organisations can prevent serious injuries and damages caused by faulty processes, procedures, or equipment.
This training program aims to provide its participants with comprehensive knowledge on the topics of process safety, including the history behind it, and the current events and case studies on this domain. It also looks at compliance with international standards and allows your company to take proactive measures to ensure conformity with these guidelines. Participants will also learn how to use several commonly known process safety management tools within their respective organisations.
What areas of organisational safety does the “Process Safety Management (PSM) Certification Training Course” discuss and provide training on? This course will focus on the establishment of process management systems, asset management and maintenance strategies, safe start-up, and shutdown of process plants, performance standards for safety-critical systems and equipment, hazards controls, and the purpose and features of emergency plans.

Objectives

Upon completing this Process Safety Management (PSM) Certification Training Course successfully, participants will be able to:
• Understand how a PSM system can help your organisation manage its process safety risks
• Discover how an effective PSM program can identify, evaluate, prevent, or mitigate chemical hazards caused by process inadequacies
• Learn how to identify process safety and major accident hazards in your organisations and plants, and how to assess the risks involved and define critical controls to prevent hazards
• Become aware of the conceptions of static and dynamic barrier management
• Learn how barrier management can be used to analyse process safety and perform root cause incident investigations
• Obtain hands-on experience with PSM tools by drawing bowtie diagrams, etc
• Learn the attributes of different types of barriers: hardware (plant), human (people), and organisational (process)

Training Methodology

This collaborative Process Safety Management (PSM) Certification Training Course will comprise the following training methods: 

• Lectures
• Seminars & Presentations
• Group Discussions
• Assignments
• Case Studies & Functional Exercises
EcoMan Talent Solutions follows the ‘Do-Review-Learn-Apply’ model.

Who Should Attend?

This Process Safety Management (PSM) Certification Training Course would be ideal and best suited for:
• PSM workforce
• Senior engineers (e.g., reliability, inspection, operations, etc.).
• PSM managers
• PSM supervisors
• Plant or unit managers/team leads
• Heads of sections or operations, maintenance, and inspection, engineering, etc. departments
• Anyone responsible for communicating process safety information to workers

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction & History
• History of Process Safety
• Reasons for Process Safety
• OSHA 14 Regulatory Requirements
• CCPS 20 Elements
• PHAs-Process Hazards Analysis
• Management of Change
Process Safety Leadership
• Process Safety Management Meaning
• Process Safety Leadership
• Organisational Learning
• Management of Change
• Worker Engagement
• Competence
Investigation And Layer Of Protection Analysis (Lopa)
• Mechanical Integrity and Reliability
• Incident investigation
• Overview of LOPA
• LOPA Scenarios
• LOPA for Potential Toxic Gas Exposure – Case Analysis
• Datasheet: HAZOP & LOPA Leadership
• Risk Estimation and Management
• Datasheet: Auditing of Layers of Protection

Module 2: Commit To Process Safety
• Process Safety Culture
• Compliance with Standards
• Process Safety Competency
• Workforce Involvement
• Stakeholder Outreach
Understand Hazards And Risk
• Process Knowledge Management
• Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis
o Biological Hazards
o Chemical Hazards
o Physical Hazards
o Safety Hazards
o Ergonomic Hazards
o Psychosocial Hazards
Manage Risks
• Operating Procedures
• Safe Work Practices
• Asset Integrity and Reliability
• Training and Performance Assurance
• Management of Change
• Operational Readiness
• Conduct of Operations
• Emergency Management
Module 3: Management Of Process Risks
• Establishing A Process Safety Management System
• Risk Management Techniques Applicable in Process Industries
• Assent Management and Maintenance Strategies
• Role and Purpose of a Permit System
• Safe Shift Handover
• Contractor Management
Lessons To Learn From Incidents
• Incident Investigation
• Measurement and Metrics
• The Importance of Auditing
• Management Review and Continuous Improvement
Module 4: Process Safety Hazard Control
• Operating Procedures
• Safe Start-up and Shutdown

• Safety-Critical Performance Standards
• Utilities
• Electricity / Static Electricity
• Dangerous Substance
• Reaction Hazards
• Bulk Storage Operations

Module5: Fire Hazards And Explosion Protection
• Fire Hazards
• Fire and Explosion Control
• Dust Explosions
• Emergency Preparedness
• Emergency Numbers