Principles and Practices of Risk Assessment

Two-day short course

Overview:

Hazard identification and risk assessment are key elements of a process safety management system. This course, suited to those starting their careers in process safety, will start with a review of the existing legal requirements for risk assessments in US and EU countries, an overview of some of the most common process hazards and hazards identification techniques, with particular attention to the principle features of effective risk assessment. This includes an in-depth analysis of the risk estimation and evaluation techniques as well as the implementation of risk reduction measures.

Course Content:

• Regulatory framework in the US and EU countries
• Definitions and concepts (hazards, risks)
• Hazards Identification (Introduction to process hazards, Process Hazard Analysis)
• Risk estimation (level of risk assessment, calculation method for individual risks)
• Risk evaluation (risk criteria, risk matrix, ALARP concept)
• Individual risk / societal risk
• Risk reduction measures

Who should attend?

This course is introductory and intended for those who are starting a career in process safety management. Delegates are likely to have a degree in engineering or science or equivalent industrial experience. Experience of working in the process industries will be an advantage. A course manual is provided in theform of a hard copy of the overheads used and a certificate is awarded to those who successfully complete the course. Delegate numbers are normally restricted to a maximum of 25.

Course Instructors:

Dr. Simon Waldram trained as a chemical engineer in both the UK and the USA. He has over 25 years experience as an academic and 15 years as an industrialist during which he was technical director, and latterly also director for business development, for HEL Ltd. Before retiring in 2010 he was professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He has published widely, is a chartered engineer (CEng.) and chartered scientist (CSci.), a European registered engineer (Eur. Ing.) and a fellow of the Institution of ChemicalEngineers (FIChemE).

Dr. Luc Véchot obtained a PhD in chemical engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne (France) in 2006. In January 2007, he joined the Fire and Process Safety Unit of the Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL) in Buxton (United Kingdom) where he held the position of process safety engineer for 3.5 years. He joined the faculty at Texas A&M University at Qatar in September 2010 as an assistant professor of chemical engineering. He is currently in charge of teaching process safety engineering courses as well as process safety research activities at the university.

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