HAZOP Leader
(2 days)

Overview

The aim of this course is to provide participants with the extra skills needed to lead successful Hazard and Operability studies for processing industries.

Throughout the course, over 60 years of in-house knowledge is shared with the course participants from highly respected and experienced course presenters.

Each presenter is frequently approved as HAZOP leaders for major developments as per the requirements of some of our State legislators, for example, the NSW Department of Planning.

All programs are facilitated using a mixture of presentations, class discussion, practical exercises and case studies. The experience and background of the presenters ensures that courses are directly relevant to all participants. The courses are all structured from a practical industrial perspective.

Our presenters maintain close association with industry, government and universities which ensures that our courses reflect the latest in HAZOP thinking.  For example, recent additions include key issues as embodied within AS 61882 (the HAZOP Application Guide), current Orica HAZOP and Hazard Study techniques, HAZOP study requirements with respect to Major Hazard Facility legislation and various unique processing and design examples where the HAZOP technique has been successfully applied.

The courses have been presented externally to industry and government around the world for well over 30 years and form the pillars of Australian HAZOP study methodology today.

The courses are run either in-house or, for the Basic and Leader courses, via a public venue. If requested, courses can run in-house and be customised to meet your demands.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have sufficient understanding of and practice in the disciplines required for leading a HAZOP, so that in their particular business environment, they will be able to maximise the value of the HAZOP process for identifying potential hazards and assessing solutions.

Who will benefit

The course is designed for technical managers, plant managers, design engineers and project engineers who have been trained in HAZOP techniques and gained practical experience by participating in studies.  Previous training in basic HAZOP study techniques and/or significant practical experience in HAZOP studies is required.

Course outline

• Review of basic HAZOP skills

• HAZOP team leadership skills

• Guide Word development for novel processes

• Application to batch systems (Batch HAZOP studies)

• Detailed planning for effective HAZOP

• Protective systems importance in HAZOP

• Complementary HAZOP techniques, e.g. fault and event tree analysis

• Ensuring HAZOP quality

• Auditing – self assessment techniques