Process and Systems Safety Engineering

• Specialist personnel including managers, engineers and other technical specialists should attend Part 1
• Technical specialists or management roles that oversee the application of effective process safety strategies should attend Part 2

• Part 1: There are no entry requirements to enrol in Part 1 of this course
• Part 2: To be eligible to enrol in Part 2, you must complete Part 1 or have an existing understanding of the fundamentals of process safety

Part 1: Introduction to process safety fundamentals

Part 1 will help you:

• explain the fundamental differences between personal safety, process safety and systems safety, and functional safety
• describe key elements of process/systems safety management systems (PSMS) and how to assess these
• understand how systems safety analysis can be integrated into other safety and risk management processes
• identify opportunities for improvement.

Part 2: Application and critique of process safety approaches

Part 2 will help you develop skills in:

• performing and/or critiquing the quality of key process safety approaches associated with risk assessment, risk treatment and event investigations
• developing and assessing recommendations derived from process safety approaches
• critiquing process and identifying S.M.A.R.T improvements to process safety management systems.

This is an in-person course that will require roughly 48 hours to complete.

• 20 hours of study using online materials
• 4-day in-person workshop (Parts 1 and 2)
• Part 1: 10 hours online study + day 1 and 2 of workshop
• Part 2: 10 hours online study + day 3 and 4 of workshop

Part 1 assessment will include:

• a quiz
• a process safety diagnostic exercise.

Part 2 assessment will include:

• critiquing 2 different process safety analyses.

Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Completion to verify their skills and achievements.