Learn to Lead PHA & HAZOP Studies with Confidence
PHA/HAZOP Facilitation Course Overview
What separates a great PHA/HAZOP facilitator from an average one? In this Risk Alive webinar, experienced process safety expert Bryce Boehmer shares the hard-won lessons from a 30+ year career facilitating over 4,000 Process Hazard Analyses across oil & gas, pipelines, nuclear, chemical, pulp & paper, and offshore drilling operations worldwide.
If you are preparing to lead your first HAZOP, sitting on PHA teams as a participant or scribe, or looking to sharpen your facilitation skills, this session gives you a clear, practical roadmap for what good facilitation actually looks like, and how to develop the judgment that no textbook can teach. Strengthen your process safety knowledge or take the next step in your career!
Date: November 12, 2026 | Time: 12:00 PM ABT (Alberta, UTC-6) | Duration: 60 Minutes | Online | Free Registration
10:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM CST, 1:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM GMT, 7:00 PM CET

Bryce L Boehmer
Chemical Technology Diploma, PHA Facilitator, TapRoot Investigation/RCA, SIL-D/LOPA Facilitator, Instructor
Webinar Agenda
Welcome & Introductions
- Meet Bryce L Boehmer and hear about his facilitation background and goals for the session.
The "Art" of Effective Facilitation
- PHA vs. HAZOP fundamentals, differences, and how they fit together.
- What facilitation really involves.
- Why PHA & HAZOP really matter.
About the PHA/HAZOP Facilitation Course
- Course breakdown and who it’s for.
- Learning outcomes, practical skills, certification, and career value.
- How to continue building expertise.
Instructor Q&A
- Addressing common facilitation challenges.
About the Speaker
Bryce Boehmer
Chemical Technology Diploma, TapRoot Investigation/RCA, HAZOP & SIL D/LOPA Facilitator, Instructor
With 30+ years of technical and process safety expertise and more than 4,000 PHAs facilitated across virtually every processing industry, from offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea to modern pipeline operations, Bryce brings a depth of real-world experience that few instructors can match. He is an active member of the Process Safety Community of Practice at Energy Safety Canada and has spent the last several years teaching the next generation of facilitators through Risk Alive's training programs.
About the PHA/HAZOP Facilitation Course
This 3-day course is for people who want to lead Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) studies. You’ll learn how to plan and run PHAs efficiently and effectively. The course covers the principles behind each of the major PHA methods (HAZOP, What-if?, Checklist, FMEA), how to manage challenging personalities on the PHA team, and how to avoid the common pitfalls and traps that derail a study. From the afternoon of Day 2 through Day 3, you’ll take turns leading a study team through practice HAZOP and What-if sessions, with coaching and feedback from the instructor.
Attending HAZOP sessions as a team member? Take the 1-day Introduction to PHA / HAZOP. It explains how PHAs work and how to contribute effectively as a participant.Recommended prerequisite for both: P&ID and Engineering Drawings Interpretation (on-demand). Every PHA is built on P&IDs, so being able to read them confidently will help you get far more out of either course.
Why Learn with Risk Alive
Our Training Benefits
- This course is led by practitioners like Bryce Boehmer, who has personally facilitated over 4,000 PHAs worldwide and is still actively facilitating today.
- You learn through real case studies, live examples, and hands-on facilitation exercises drawn from situations Bryce has actually lived through, the conflicts, the missing information, the design errors caught at the last minute.
- We can tailor the training to your company’s processes, units, or data, making it ideal for onsite or private sessions.
- You can join the training online from anywhere or attend it in person in our Calgary classroom.
- You may be eligible to access government grants to help support training costs.
- You can earn CEUs (Continuing Education Units) or PDHs (Professional Development Hours) to support your professional development.
- You can learn with our Risk Intelligence Companion by searching through anonymized industry PHA data - causes, consequences, safeguards, and risk rankings from real studies.
How to Register for the Webinar
1. Complete the quick registration form below for free
2. Receive your calendar invite with a webinar link by email
3. Join our webinar online from any place
Learn to Lead PHA & HAZOP Studies with Confidence
- Date: November 12, 2026
- Time: 12:00 PM ABT (Alberta, UTC-6)
10:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM CST, 1:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM GMT, 7:00 PM CET - Duration: 60 Minutes
- Format: Free Online Webinar