Personal Development
Two classroom or remote training days
Providing 1.6 CEU (Continuing Education Units) or 16 PDH (Professional Development Hours)
Course Overview
This course is designed to give operations and technical personnel a basic understanding of the principles of process safety management. The training is designed to be interactive, using both group work and case studies to reinforce the learning and understanding.
This overview training course is based upon the Risk Based Process Safety Approach developed by the Center for Chemical Process Safety published in 2007. It also takes into consideration the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) PSM standard.
Note: this training can be adapted to your current organization’s safety program.
Learning Outcomes
- The differences and similarities of occupational and process safety systems and how they work together
- A comparison of current Industry Standard PSM programs
- The importance of each PSM component
- Some key details of each component
- How the application of each element impacts daily work activities
- More knowledge to help you work safely
- How you can use comparisons and analytical approaches to investigate areas that need further investigation
- How PSM integrates into your current safety management system and implementing key aspects of PSM with the field workforce
Course Benefits
- To provide personnel involved with the safe and reliable operation of process facilities with a basic understanding of process safety management
- How it fits into your current safety management system
- How it impacts your work
- Roles and responsibilities for Operations personnel at all levels
Prerequisites or Related Courses
There are no prerequisites for this training course.
Who Should Attend
- Anyone who is working in close proximity to hazardous processes such as Operations and Maintenance Personnel, Supervisors, Engineers and Safety Professionals.
- Anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of process safety and the application of the principles to facilities handling hazardous materials.
Why Choose Risk Alive?
Risk Alive is a specialized process safety firm providing expert PHA facilitation services, industry-leading training, along with the Risk Alive Platform and Risk Intelligence Companion software solutions.
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Senior facilitators with 30+ years of active field experience. Most of our instructors are practicing process safety professionals with decades of hands-on expertise. You learn through real case studies, live examples, and hands-on facilitation exercises drawn from situations our facilitators have actually encountered - the conflicts, the missing information, the design errors caught at the last minute.
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Flexible delivery. In-person in Calgary, in-person on your site, online live, or online on-demand.
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Tailored to your processes, units, and data. For onsite and private sessions, Risk Alive can customize training content to your company's specific processes, units, and operational data, so your team learns on material that reflects their real working environment.
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End-to-end partnership. From senior-led PHA/HAZOP facilitation services, to training your internal team, to equipping them with the analytics and AI software, Risk Alive supports the full process safety competency journey.
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Professional development credits. Participants earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or Professional Development Hours (PDHs) to support ongoing professional certification and career development.
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Government grant eligibility. Many participants and companies qualify for government training grants that can help offset course costs. Contact us to learn which programs may apply to you.
- Complimentary software access. Every course graduate will be given access to our Risk Intelligence Companion on our beta environment which allows you to search through anonymized industry PHA data – causes, consequences, safeguards, and risk rankings from real studies.