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Learn more about the Continuing and Professional Education courses offered by Texas A&M University at Qatar.
Acquire Innovative Technical Skills
Introduction to ISO 17025
This course is a comprehensive look at the latest revision of the ISO 17025 and its documentation and internal auditing requirements. You will gain critical insight on the interpretation of the requirements of this laboratory standard and you will also receive a detailed review of the accreditation process.
You will learn how to design and develop laboratory documents and quality manuals. The quality manual will be examined as to its impact on laboratory operations and what purpose it serves. You will learn what information it should contain, what writing style is most effective and how to keep your documents and quality manual up to date.
This course also gives attendees the knowledge needed to establish an internal quality audit program as required by ISO 17025, and to initiate the sequence of activities involved in scheduling, planning, conducting, reporting on and closing out internal quality audits. Participants will be able to employ effective techniques of auditing and the ability to develop the auditing procedures, scheduling and recording systems needed to sustain the program.
After the completion of this training, participants will:
- Understand the ISO 17025 quality management system standard
- Apply proper techniques in laboratory quality management and its standard operational procedures, accreditation, documentation and auditing (laboratory auditing) in accordance with the ISO 17025
- Recognize the requirements of an ISO 17025 accreditation and review the accreditation process
- Develop, implement and maintain a long term effective laboratory quality system in the long run in compliance with the requirements of ISO 17025
Who Should Attend
This course provides an overview of all significant aspects and considerations of laboratory quality management in accordance with the international standard ISO 17025:2017 for those who are involved in the laboratory accreditation, documentation and auditing. This includes laboratory managers, superintendents, supervisors, scientists, chemists, analysts and other lab technical staff. Further, the course will be of great value for quality managers, quality engineers, quality auditors and management representatives.
Introduction to Linear Finite Element Method
Course Overview
The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a numerical and computer-based technique of solving a variety of practical engineering problems that arise in different fields. It is recognized by developers and users as one of the most powerful numerical analysis tools ever devised to analyze complex problems of engineering. The present course is designed to bridge the gap between the theoretical finite element knowledge and its industrial applications by providing sufficient insights into the relationship between the physical data (e.g., loads, boundary conditions, constitutive behavior) and the finite element equations. The lecturer will present the details of underlying theories and the derivation of the governing equations, finite element model development, and applications.
This course is intended to provide graduate students, engineers, and researchers in engineering and applied science with the theory and applications of linear finite element analysis of problems from heat transfer, fluid mechanics, solid and structural mechanics, and general field problems. The course will also enable participants to develop their own FEM code.
Who Should Attend
The course is aimed at graduate students, engineers, and researchers working in:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mathematics
- Materials science
- Numerical analysis
Those who are involved with the analysis of differential equations arising in engineering and applied science and who are using or plan on using commercially available finite element packages to analyze such problems are encouraged to register.
Participants are assumed to have knowledge of the basic principles of engineering. Basic knowledge of the finite element method is an advantage, but not essential.
Air Quality Tools for Environment and Risk Assessment Studies
Introduction of the fundamentals of air pollution with a consideration of the measurement and modeling methods and a commentary on current worldwide and local air quality policies and standards. The course also describes the health impacts of air pollution and outlines the main preventing and controlling mechanisms.
In addition, it outlines the most important aspects of toxic gas releases and emergency response modeling tools. Finally, participants will receive a hands-on experience using one of the preferred atmospheric dispersion models by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the same models are also recommended for local environmental impact assessment studies).
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for engineers and consulting companies who often have to prepare relevant studies, personnel from industrial facilities who need to improve their related procedures and address technical challenges, and public services such as scientists and engineers who review environmental studies and policy makers.
Principles of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
This course is intended for maintaining and improving the efficiency and the productivity of the participants. It will develop an accurate understanding of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and psychometrics concepts and the related tools used in HVAC. This course will also establish the commonly used vocabulary and skill set used in HVAC system design and analysis.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for mechanical engineers who are involved in the HVAC system design and analysis.
Principles of Heat Transfer and Heat Exchangers
In this course, the basic concepts of Heat Transfer will be presented. This course offers an introduction to Heat transfer. It covers fundamentals of heat transfer; and heat exchangers; cooling and heating systems. The course introduces and applies the physics of heat transfer mentioned above through discussing engineering problems related to heat exchanger designs.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for engineering graduates working in the power, petrochemical, refrigeration, petroleum industries or professionals who want a general overview of the fundamentals of heat exchangers.
Vibration Engineering and Machine Condition Monitoring
The objective of this course is to teach engineers and technicians vibration engineering principles and their applications in industry settings. After completing this course, the participants will be able to model vibration systems, analyze vibration systems, and use vibration techniques for machine condition monitoring.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for:
- Design, protection and operation engineers and technicians
- Power station engineers and technicians
- Engineers and technicians working in industrial facilities
Harnessing Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Materials to Grid Connection
Photovoltaic-based electrical energy is enjoying unprecedented global and regional growth. Within Qatar that are a number of initiatives ranging from research and development, teaching, manufacturing, integration, sales, and service. Continued expansion of the solar energy market benefits from partnership between academia at Texas A&M University and Qatar leaders and companies.
This course is oriented toward stakeholders in industry, government, and research. It contains three modules that will cover the topics of solar materials design and synthesis, diffuse (photovoltaics; PV) and concentrating solar technologies, and balance of systems for grid-integration.
The first module will introduce different photovoltaic systems and in particular compare the market to the current organic solar cell performances and technologies. It will also cover material design and synthesis, processing of photoactive layers and a brief outline into plastic electronics. The second module will discuss the solar resource assessment methods, and the various technologies of solar energy conversion to thermal and chemical energy. It will elaborate on concentrating solar power, the differences with PV, and the environmental impact assessment of all solar technologies. The final module will examine the electrical characteristics of the PV module and methods to interconnect them to the ac power grid. We will explore the electrical model and develop an understanding of how to extract maximum power and ensure operation at the module maximum power point. We will also look into aspects of the balance of systems and develop an understanding of cost-drivers.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed to appeal broadly to anyone working in or dealing with solar photovoltaics. On the technology side this includes material scientists, chemical and electrical engineers who are interested in learning about the current state of the art. Participants from business, finance, and government sectors may benefit from the workshop as a technology primer.
Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things
The course will cover key areas of the rising field of Artificial Intelligence and its connection to the emerging pervasive Internet-of-Things (IoT). Businesses and governmental institutions and researchers are counting on IoT and AI to produce huge amounts of data that can help cities improve safety by predicting traffic accidents before they occur, supply doctors with real-time insight into critical patient information from embedded biochips, enhance productivity across industries through predictive maintenance on equipment and machinery, create smarter homes with connected appliances, and provide critical communication between self-driving cars. The possibilities that IoT brings to the world are endless. The course will introduce IoT standards and protocols, fundamentals of AI and machine learning, and sample applications.
Who Should Attend
IT professionals in all ministries (Interior, Transportation, Health, ports), government corporations and companies.
Cyber Security and Wireless Communications
The huge information network linking machines and human beings altogether is vulnerable to attacks, known as cyber-attacks. These attacks may target a server machine within the network or directly an end-user, preferably a human user. The number of cyber-attacks for spying, financial/economic, and military purposes is dramatically growing nowadays as fast as the amount of digital information processed and exchanged by machines and human beings. Cyber Security is a relatively recent scientific field where cyber-attacks are studied, analyzed, and counter-measures are proposed. However, the battle for protecting information should be planned on a long-term basis with a continuous update of counter-measures. Indeed, computer and network systems are continuously updated letting hackers and spies find new backdoors and new methods to launch their cyber-attacks. In this course, we study the fundamentals of cyber security, we describe the main security concepts, we give introductory notions of principal network and software attacks. Hints for protecting a cyber system are deduced. Our course also comprises a description of the most recent wireless communications standards. It is completed by two lab sessions on two special topics such as cloud security, hacking an operating system, or WiFi security at the intranet level.
Who Should Attend
This course is useful, whether attendees are engineers, scientists, or standard computer users, in helping to keep the public aware of recent cyber threats and protecting their data while using computers and communication devices.
Mobile and Wireless Security
The heart of the Internet is mainly based on fiber optics devices and packet routers to carry and route a huge amount of data between countries and continents. However, at the last mile of the Internet, the common method for users to access and share information is to utilize wireless networks. Such networks include both mobile cellular networks and Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) networks. Wi-Fi is used in almost all locations such as homes, offices, malls, coffee shops, and airports. This extensive use of wireless networks brings many threats to Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of information. This course will cover the basics of wireless networks and will show principal attacks on a wireless network involving the three components of the CIA triads. Attacks to be explained and demonstrated in class include: Man in the middle attack using ARP spoofing. Attacks to capture login credentials, bypass SSL certificates, and steel cookies. Injecting key logger and html files into the target web page. Attacks to create fake browser updates to hack into the client computer. We will cover some Wi-Fi protection techniques including how to detect ARP spoofing and prevent ARP table poisoning, and how to detect and kill Meterpreter sessions.
Who Should Attend
This course is useful, whether attendees are engineers, scientists, or standard computer users, in helping to keep the public aware of recent cyber threats and protecting their data while using computers and communication devices.
Penetration Testing and Forensics
Computer systems are nowadays a main component of our professional and social life. Computers refer to big computing machines (servers), personal workstations and desktops, laptops, and mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Computer security or cybersecurity deals with the protection of computer systems from the theft and damage to their hardware, software or information. A computer system runs an operating system that plays the role of an interface between the user’s applications and the hardware. The most famous operating systems are Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and iOS by Apple, and Linux (many versions). Each operating system has its own vulnerabilities. However, all these systems have in common a list of weaknesses leading to universal cyber-attacks. In this course will describe the basics of the cybersecurity principles, and will show how to make penetration testing and forensic investigations. All major operating systems will be used in our demos.
Who Should Attend
This course is useful, whether attendees are engineers, scientists, or standard computer users, in helping to keep the public aware of recent cyber threats and protecting their data while using computers and communication devices.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in computer programming.
Programmable Logic Controllers and their Applications
The objective of this course is to teach engineers and technicians how to use and program programmable logic controllers (PLCs). After completing this course, the participants will be able to program any PLC effectively to control a given process. Participants will also gain hands-on experience in a flexible smart manufacturing prototype.
Course overview:
- Overview of flexible smart manufacturing and PLCs
- How to program a PLC
- Hands-on: Logic Exercise
- Basic instructions
- Registers and shift registers
- Number systems and codes
- Fundamentals of logic
- Hands-on: Siemens PLC
- Timers
- Counters
- Data manipulation
- Math instructions
- Hands-on: Siemens PLC-SIM and the flexible smart manufacturing prototype at MEENTAMUQ
Who Should Attend
This course is highly beneficial for engineers and technicians who work on designing, protecting, and operating different industrial facilities.
Asphalt Pavement Recycling
Pavement materials removed from existing asphalt roadways, parking lots, and driveways are known as Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP). RAP, when properly processed by crushing and screening, consists of well-graded aggregates that are either fully or partially coated with asphalt binder. RAP processing is typically completed either at a central processing facility or on the job site (in-place processing). By incorporating RAP in new asphalt mixtures, there are many potential benefits. The constituent materials in RAP, asphalt and aggregate, will replace a portion of the virgin materials needed to produce new asphalt mixtures leading to financial savings and construction of more environmentally conscious roads. RAP has other valuable uses including: granular base or subbase material, stabilized base aggregates, and embankment fill materials. This course will introduce the participants to the different methods of processing RAP, asphalt mixture design incorporating RAP, and testing methodologies to evaluate the performance of mixtures incorporating RAP.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for professionals and engineers working for government agencies, contractors and consultants dealing with material characterization, design and construction of asphalt pavements.
Asphalt Mixture Design
This course will cover the design process for asphalt mixtures. It includes aggregate and binder selection, measuring material properties, development of trial blends, volumetric calculations and analyses, Superpave mixture design criteria, mixture performance tests, RAP in asphalt mixtures, and selection of mixture type. Furthermore, the definition of, and the different approaches to develop a balanced mixture design (BMD) and a Performance Engineered Mixture Design (PEMD) will be introduced. The course will focus on the mixture design process in Qatar Construction Specifications (QCS). One day of the course will include a visit to an asphalt plant and a paving site.
Who Should Attend
Engineers who are working for consultants, contractors and agencies that deal with pavement design and construction.
Pavement Management Systems: Integrating Pavement Preservation into Decision Making
This course introduces the basics components of a Pavement Management System and how the products of that system can be used as decision-making tools for the development of a pavement preservation/rehabilitation and construction program. Attendees of the course will also be introduced to the following: the concept of pavement preservation and its applicability within a transportation agency, pavement preservation strategies, and common pavement distresses.
Preventive maintenance programs are an integral part of pavement preservation whereby roadway assets are maintained through the early application of low-cost treatments to roads in good condition to extend their functional life. Implementing these preventive measures is difficult because it is still common practice to allocate funding to fix roads in poor condition first. A pavement management system can justify the benefits associated with preventive maintenance if it is properly integrated with the other preservation efforts. In this course, ways to integrate preventive maintenance into pavement management models and analyses will be presented.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for engineers who are working for consultants, contractors, Laboratories and agencies that deal with pavement design and construction.
Construction of Pavement Unbound and Stabilized Layers
This course will improve the expertise for construction of quality infrastructure, which is an important aspect of Qatar's economic development. This course is aligned with the Energy Security national priority.
The course will cover the following topics:
- Properties and Specifications for Unbound Sub-grade and Base Layers.
- Field Control Parameters.
- Construction Methods and Best Practices.
- Cement Stabilization Criteria.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for engineers who are working for consultants, contractors and agencies that deal with pavement design and construction.
Hazardous Areas Classifications and Intrinsic Safety
Hazardous areas exist in many industrial and commercial facilities, so this course is designed to provide the participant with an understanding of the characteristics of flammable materials, classification of hazardous locations, types of electrical equipment used in hazardous locations, typical wiring systems, in addition to the inspection and maintenance guidelines. This course has been designed to provide participants with an understanding of the recommended practices to promote the uniform installation of intrinsically safe systems for hazardous (classified) locations. Intrinsic safety is the only method accepted for the most Hazardous Areas. This course provides participants with an understanding of the principles of intrinsic design, and provides a step-by-step explanation of the assessment process, with detailed guideline on design, installation, and maintenance of intrinsically safe systems for hazardous (classified) locations. Part of this course is structured to provide an explanation of grounding principles and how grounding systems operate according to the NEC and IEEE standards. Participants will also gain an understanding on how these systems are installed, tested, and maintained. Electrical Grounding is an essential tool to minimize hazards. Upon completion of this course, participants should have a better understanding of the principles related to grounding systems, and better understanding of the hazardous conditions associated with working in industrial and commercial facilities.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for electrical engineers, electrical technicians, maintenance planners, supervisors with operation and maintenance responsibilities, and others who work in an industrial plant setting.
Electric Motors and Drives — Control, Faults, Protection, Troubleshooting and Maintenance for Industrial Applications
Electrical motors play a vital role in numerous industrial applications for process and production. Electric motor drives are known as backbone of any industry and are used in various applications such as in the oil and gas industry, refining, petrochemicals, seawater desalination, power & utilities, mining, cement, marine, transportation, etc.
This course is structured to provide participants with an understanding of the principles of design, operation, control, protection and maintenance of electric AC/DC motors and their drives in industry and provide the participants with the necessary knowledge on the typical wiring systems, testing, inspection, maintenance, and troubleshoot of electric motor drive system guidelines.
Moreover, upon the completion of this course, participants would have a better understanding of the principles related to various motor drive systems and better awareness of required engineering practices in regard to motors and drives operation and maintenance. Laboratory based experimental sessions are included to provide better understanding of the topic.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for electrical engineers, electrical technicians, maintenance planners, supervisors with operation and maintenance responsibilities, and others who work in an industrial plant setting.
Electrical Transformers and Switchgears — Faults, Inspection, Testing, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Power transformers are critical components of an electrical power system. Electrical transformers serve the crucial function of transforming the power system voltages to higher or lower values to meet the transmission, distribution, and utilization level requirements. Their reliability, availability, life cycle cost, and residual life expectancy depend to a significant extent on how they are designed, built, operated, and maintained. This course introduces the principles of construction, testing, operation and maintenance of transformers in power systems and will provide the participants with the necessary knowledge for the power and distributed transformers typically used within the industry.
Moreover, this course has been designed to provide participants with an understanding of the transformer load effects and identify transformer failure modes. Also, the course will help the attendees to gain the essential knowledge about the medium voltage and high voltage switchgear operations, fundamentals, troubleshooting, and maintenance. The approach will be a general theoretical description with selected case studies of switchgears and transformers elements’ operation and protection. PSS and/or ETAP Software will be used to demonstrate the case studies.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for electrical engineers, electrical technicians, maintenance planners, supervisors with operation and maintenance responsibilities, and others who work in an industrial plant setting.
Fundamentals of Electricity and Electrical Safety
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of and computations related to DC and AC electricity. Emphasis is placed on DC/AC circuits, components, and operation of equipment. It introduces the basic concepts of electricity and control in industrial applications with the necessary fundamental tools to ensure a basic understanding of electromechanical energy conversion, electrical theory, terminology, and application.
This course has been designed to cover the layout, planning, and installation of wiring systems in industrial facilities. It provides the participants with a knowledge of equipment selection, specifications for an application, and protection according to electrical code requirements.
This course provides an overview of basic electrical safety in workplace with electrical hazards. The participant will be aware of the hazards when working around electrical devices.
The course aims to increase the participants with knowledge on the basics of electric power system design, operation and troubleshooting. It will help them gain proper knowledge to operate electrical power system more efficiently, securely, and safely.
The course approach consists of a general theoretical description of the industrial power system components, operation, and protection. PSS and ETAP Software will be used to demonstrate the design with faults and protection analysis.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for electrical engineers, electrical technicians, maintenance planners, supervisors with operation and maintenance responsibilities, and others who work in an industrial plant setting.
Design, Fault Analysis and Protection of Industrial Power Distribution Systems
Industrial power distribution system is the most vital component in terms of its effect on reliability, quality of service, and cost of electricity in industry. This course will introduce the design aspects for proper functioning of electric power industrial distribution system. The discussed approach is vital for safety, maintenance, troubleshooting and efficient operation of modem Industrial plants. The course will review the components of power distribution system, which includes various transformers, medium voltage switchgears, motor control centers, electric motors, panel boards, lighting loads, variable speed drives, etc. It will also review all the types of faults that may occur within power distribution system and their consequences. Moreover, the course will provide a practical and comprehensive description of the principles and concepts of analysis and operation of protection schemes for various power system elements such as feeders, transformers, motors, generators etc.
This course has been designed to provide the participants with a demonstration of all the aspects for proper industrial power distribution system design including system planning, equipment selection, specification and application, and protection according to electrical code requirements. The course aims increasing the participants' knowledge in the field of power system design, operation and troubleshooting. It will help them gain proper knowledge to operate their electrical power system more efficiently, securely and safely.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for electrical engineers, electrical technicians, maintenance planners, supervisors with operation and maintenance responsibilities, and others who work in an industrial plant setting.
Power Quality and Management in Modernized Power Systems
Today’s industrial power systems are complex and contain several power sources and loads with different levels of importance. Power disturbances often cross the meter boundary between utility and customer causing many problems such as motor overheating and transformer failure, unexpected tripping, inaccurate measurement, and voltage sags and swells. The ability to quickly identify and remedy power quality problems will help ensure metering accuracy, lengthen the lifetime of electrical equipment and improve power system availability.
This course has been designed to provide participants with an understanding of the issues that affect the power quality within an industrial power plant, the impact of power quality on the operation of the electrical equipment, and the remediation techniques used to reduce such impact.
On completion of this course, participants should have a better understanding of the technology related to the power quality and power management within industrial power systems. The course approach will be a general theoretical description of the technology related to the power quality and power management within industrial power systems for achieving optimum efficiency. Laboratory based sessions are also included to consolidate the theoretical explanations.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for electrical engineers, electrical technicians, maintenance planners, supervisors with operation and maintenance responsibilities, and others who work in an industrial plant setting.
From Integrated Geological Modeling to Production Forecasts
The aim of the course is to recap main technics required to build an Integrated Reservoir Model using Geostatistics and to explain different potential workflows for Field Development and/or History Matching Processes. This course will introduce basic concept of Geostatistics such as variogram, explain upscaling technics, and methods to quantify uncertainties associated to production forecasts.
Who Should Attend
This course is highly beneficial for Geoscientists, Petroleum and Reservoir Engineers, Professionals from Oil and Gas Industry.
Introduction to Well Completions and Stimulation
Introduction to completions: completions classification; casing and tubing; wellhead and surface equipment; well deliverability; artificial lift. Well stimulation: formation damage; candidate selection of chemical treatments; sandstone acidizing; carbonate acidizing; acid placement and distribution in long intervals; stimulation equipment.
Who Should Attend
This course is highly beneficial for E&P professionals such as production, reservoir and process Engineers, geologists and other specialists involved with completions and stimulation with 0-10 years of experience.
Participants should have knowledge in petroleum or chemical engineering, or geology degree.
Well Productivity and Production Enhancement
This course will cover well productivity and performance. Specific topics that will be covered include well inflow and outflow performance, NODAL analysis, well surveillance, and problem diagnostics. Participants will also learn about candidate recognition for production enhancement and productivity enhancement by stimulation (matrix stimulation and fracturing), workover, and artificial lift.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for professionals involved in oil/gas fields and who wish to enhance company performance by learn affecting well performance. These professionals include petroleum engineers, production engineers, reservoir engineers, and field supervisors with more than two years’ experience.
Enhance Safety Behaviors
Gas and Dust Explosion Hazards and Best Practices for Prevention and Mitigation
The emphasis of this course is the technical understanding of gas and dust explosion phenomena. It enables attendees to better understand gas and dust hazards, to recognize potentially serious events, and to implement effective safeguards. The course will prove helpful to experienced engineers, safety supervisors, and operating managers who are committed to safe workplaces. The course will provide a unique opportunity to attend a dust explosion demonstration in MKOPSC Process Safety Laboratory.
Who Should Attend
The course has been designed for PSM manager, HSE managers, engineers and operations personnel employed by industries where the presence of hazard zones created by gas and dust is very likely.
Toxic Gas Releases in the Oil and Gas Industry
This course provides an understanding of the properties and effects of toxic gas releases found within the oil and gas industry, with particular attention to hydrogen sulfide (H2S). This course explores various toxic gas release prevention and mitigation measures, concentrating primarily on the selection, location and use of available gas sensing devices. The capabilities and limitations of commercially available (toxic) gas detection technologies will be discussed. The course is focused on fixed gas detection and the optimization of their location using computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and gas release modelling techniques.
Who Should Attend
- Safety engineers, managers and supervisors
- Personnel involved in the design, operation or modification of an offshore and onshore oil and gas facilities (platforms, FPSOs, terminals, etc.)
The course is targeted towards individuals who are involved with the design and safe operation of complex onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities and processes where there is the potential for a hazardous gas release with specific reference to hydrogen Sulfide including those involved with general safety, process safety, plant operations, loss prevention, instrumentation, and instrumentation maintenance.
Hazardous Chemicals Management
It is imperative to understand proper handling and management of hazardous chemical to minimize and eliminate hazards associated with chemicals at a workplace. Apart from this, it is also important to ensure that the usage hazardous chemicals is done in a proper manner that is compliant to the legal requirements.
This course will raise awareness on the understanding of proper management and handling of toxic as well as hazardous chemicals. It will introduce participants on the concept of toxicity and the types exposure limits typically used for hazardous chemicals. An overview of the toxic material classification according to Globalized Harmonious System (GHS) and the National Fire and Protection Agency (NFPA) will also be provided. Along with the familiarization of different types of Personal Protective Equipment, this course will also provide an in-depth understanding of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for hazardous chemicals.
The course will help attendees to improve chemical management at workplaces, to prevent or control chemical hazards, and to protect persons at work against such hazards.
Fundamentals and Practices of Process Safety and Loss Prevention
This short course is designed to teach and apply the fundamentals of chemical process safety. The content is comprehensive and provides extensive analysis, worked out examples, and case histories. The primary emphasis of this course is to summarize the important technical fundamentals of chemical process safety. The emphasis on the fundamentals helps the practicing engineer understand the concepts and apply them accordingly.
The course starts with a brief overview of the management systems that must be in place in a modern plant in order to implement process safety. Appropriate discussion and problem solving time is provided for each of the areas of toxicology and industrial hygiene, hazard identification, consequence analysis, quantitative risk assessment, and risk reduction measures. The course also introduces two important concepts that are often overlooked, i.e., inherently safer design and multiple barriers of protection.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for those who working in the process industry and would like to obtain a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of chemical process safety and loss preventions. Delegates are likely to have a degree in engineering or science or equivalent industrial experience.
Quantitative Risk Assessment in Process Plant
The objective of this course is to gain a solid understanding of the Quantitative Risk Assessment.
The course starts by presenting the concept of risk assessment and the scope of Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA). It will then provide a detailed description of the different types of Scenario Frequency Assessment and Scenario Consequence Analysis and tools required for QRAs. The concepts of risk criteria for risk decision will be discussed along with different types of risk representations from the well-known Risk Matrix to individual risks and societal risks contours.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for engineers who work in the process industry and would like to obtain a comprehensive overview of the Quantitative Risk Assessment process. Delegates are likely to have a degree in chemical or mechanical engineering or science or equivalent industrial experience.
Laboratory Safety
This course provides an overview of the fundamentals of safety management in a laboratory.
The first part of the course will raise awareness on the common chemical and physical hazards associated to the work in chemical engineering / chemistry laboratories. The attendees will learn about hazard communication, safe work practices, hierarchy of risk control strategies from inherent safety to personal protective equipment and emergency preparedness. The teaching will be supported by several historical case studies, demonstrations and videos.
The second part of the course will teach the attendees write an effective risk assessment for their work in the laboratory through a series of interactive in-class activities where the attendees will have to identify the hazards associated to an experimental set-up, identify the protection and mitigation barriers, evaluate semi quantitatively the risks associated to the setup and propose risk reduction measures.
The course will provide the key elements to understand why laboratory safety matters and will help the attendees to affirm or reaffirm their commitment to excellence in safety. A visit of a laboratory is scheduled at the end of the session.
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for those who are involved in chemical engineering / chemistry laboratories work (laboratory technician, laboratory managers, laboratory safety coordinator and researchers).
Introduction to HAZOP — Becoming an Active Participant
Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) studies can be one of the most powerful tools your facility has for identifying process hazards within the operating facility. Do you understand your role in the HAZOP process? Are you contributing to your fullest extent? HAZOP process? Are you contributing to your fullest extent?
This course will provide an understanding of why we do HAZOP, the objectives of a HAZOP review, what is expected from a participant in a HAZOP and how to be an active participant in the HAZOP process. In addition, the course will also teach participants how to read a HAZOP report and what the HAZOP report can teach us about the process hazards and safety systems in place to minimize the risk of catastrophic events.
Who Should Attend
The class is intended to be an introductory course for technical and operating staff who regularly attend HAZOP reviews or who expect to / plan to attend HAZOP reviews in the future.
In addition, this class will also benefit operations staff as it will provide valuable instruction on how to read HAZOP reports and use the information within a HAZOP report to improve the safe operation of their process plants.
HAZOP Leadership: From Good to Great
Are you looking to transform the quality of your Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) studies? Do you want to do more than just comply with the standard or do more than just continually improve? Are you looking to make a step function change in the analysis of process hazards within your plant?
This 5-day course will transform the way you lead HAZOP reviews. The class goes beyond traditional HAZOP courses and challenges facilitators to embrace their role in the future possibility of zero process safety accidents. In addition to providing attendees with detailed instruction on the need for HAZOPs, the objective of HAZOP, the HAZOP process and the application of guidewords to lead a HAZOP team through the successful completion of a HAZOP Review, the class will introduce the concept of demanding more from the HAZOP team, leading them to uncover “what they didn’t know they didn’t know.”
Who Should Attend
The class is intended to be a HAZOP Facilitation course for experienced professionals who already have a good understanding of process safety management, have participated in HAZOP reviews and either want to become a great facilitator or want to make a more meaningful contribution to the HAZOP reviews they attend. While not mandatory, it is recommended that attendees take the Process Safety Management course or HAZOP refresher course offered by The Center prior to this class.
HAZOP Revalidation – Best Practices for Effective Revalidations
HAZOP Revalidation is a critical aspect in the prevention of catastrophic accidents, but revalidations can be time consuming and result in burdensome and difficult to implement recommendations for the operating plant. Depending on the quality and availability of previous HAZOP reports, revalidation requirements can vary greatly. How much time are you taking to revalidate a HAZOP review? Are your revalidations generating recommendations that are costly to implement or that are not consistent with the level of risk within your facility? Do you wonder how other companies address issues such as changes in industry standards & practices?
This course will provide attendees with an understanding of:
- The purpose, objectives and expected outcome of the HAZOP revalidation process.
- How to address advancements in code standards and industry practices occurring after the design of the facility.
- When is it appropriate to consider multiple failures in the HAZOP revalidation.
- Best practices for HAZOP Revalidation after Changes to your HAZOP Methodology (i.e.: adding Risk Ranking, switching to a New Risk Matrix or adding LOPA to the HAZOP process)
- How to capture recommendations related to the use of Inherently Safer Designs and design modifications so that they get proper consideration in the HAZOP and during recommendation close out.
- Incorporating MOCs, incidents and near misses into the revalidation process; and
- How to streamline the risk ranking process to reduce HAZOP Revalidation time requirements.
Who Should Attend
The class is intended to be an interactive course for technical and operating staff who regularly attend HAZOP revalidations or who expect to / plan to attend HAZOP revalidations in the future. In addition, this class will also benefit engineers and operations staff as it will provide valuable instruction on critical issues related to the prevention of catastrophic accidents within industrial facilities.
Blast and Fire Response of Structures in Oil and Gas Facilities and Mitigations
The primary objective of this course is to offer fundamental understanding on blast and fire engineering that can be applied for both onshore and offshore oil and gas structures. The course content encompasses the state-of-the-art methods developed for analyzing blast and fire events and their influence on human and infrastructures.
This course will not only enhance the capacity of participants on basic principles applied to blast and fire engineering, but also will provide them with numerous practical applications by pulling in real-world problems accomplished in each area.
Who Should Attend
All practicing structural engineers, technical safety engineers involved in design and assessment of onshore and offshore oil and gas structures and similar.
Gas Detection Engineering
This course will provide an overview of functional safety in process plants with an emphasis on gas detection systems. The class will provide a brief introduction to the different gases typically found in process plants and their characteristics. The fundamentals of gas detection techniques will be also discussed. Participants will also get the opportunity to understand different types of gas detection sensors, their properties and their classification. Finally, the best practices for gas detection technology application along with comparisons of the International (IEC 61508) and European (EN 50271, EN 50402) standards are provided for practical applications.
This course will provide the attendees an understanding of the fundamentals of gas detection systems which includes effective designing of the detection systems, its operation and the appropriate maintenance routines.
Who Should Attend
Design engineers and plant staff who would like to gain a better understanding of gas detection systems for effective design, operation, and maintenance activities.
Detailed Incident Investigation
In spite of all our best efforts, accidents and incidents occasionally occur. These unplanned or undesired events can adversely affect a company’s work operations and may include work-related injuries, occupational illnesses, property damage, spills and fires. Accident investigations are necessary to identify accident causation and ensure the effective implementation of corrective actions. A minor incident or near-miss incident also requires a thorough investigation as this may reveal significant potential for a serious future incident should the conditions be left uncorrected.
This course will provide the attendees with an overview and basic knowledge of incident investigation; theory, approach, investigation process (e.g. setting up investigation team, mandate), methods and tools, and reporting of incidents (including follow-up). In addition, this course will give you a broad understanding of the accident investigation process, looking at the benefits of accident prevention and putting the emphasis on practical training exercises and real-life case studies. Participants will also learn how to uncover the ‘who, what, why, when and how’ of each incident, and how to analyze data to prevent injuries, property damage and financial losses.
Who Should Attend
The course has been designed for managers and supervisors with responsibility for reporting and investigating accidents within their work areas.
Introduction to the Risk Reduction Measures and Layers of Protection Analysis
Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) is a popular risk analysis technique. It is conducted after a process hazards analysis has identified hazardous events needing further analysis to better understand the functional and risk reduction requirements for the safeguards.
This course discusses the quantitative assessment of initiating event frequencies and the robustness of safeguards.
The course stresses understanding of event propagation, the attributes required for safeguards to be qualified as Independent Protection Layers (IPL), and the proper determination of hazardous event frequencies. Evaluating enabling conditions and the appropriate use of frequency modifiers in PHA and LOPA are discussed, as well as the interrelationship of risk criteria and analysis boundaries. The course addresses how to document risk gaps in LOPA recommendations, including using LOPA to assign the target Safety Integrity Level (SIL) to identified Safety Instrumented Systems {SIS). Workshop examples are used to illustrate the methodology and emphasize key learning points.
Who Should Attend
The class is beneficial for process safety managers, process safety specialists, process engineers, operations personnel, instrumentation and electrical personnel, LOPA facilitation trainees, LOPA facilitators, and PHA facilitators.
Reducing Risks through the Management of Change
Within industrial plant operations, change is inevitable. Process Operations view change as a means of: improving operations, increasing throughput, enhancing product quality, streamlining operations, optimizing staffing levels, cutting costs, etc. However, process safety professionals recognize that change is a means of introducing or increasing risk: An effective management of change process will merge safety concerns and operational needs into a single focus on "Safe Operations" enabling operations to implement desired plant modifications while managing new or increased risks through a systematic process.
The focus of this course is technology transfer, providing instruction on the underlying risk reduction concepts of management of change. It goes beyond the checklist requirements of the management of change and presents a challenging look at how diligent efforts undertaken by staff involved in the MOC process will save lives, improve operational performance and increase equipment reliability.
Who Should Attend
The class has been designed for management, technical and operating staff who originate or review MOC (Plant Change Request) documentation.
Increase Business Acumen
Culturally and Socially Responsive Business Communication
Participants will engage in and practice culturally and socially effective and appropriate forms of business and technical communication, such as reports, e-mails, and presentations. Participants will identify and practice practical strategies for dealing with cultural differences which shape behavior and influence business interactions in particular ways.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for local business professionals. This includes but is not limited to engineers, research assistants, and administrative assistants.
Foundations of Business Communication
Attendees will explore effective business and technical writing practices, with a focus on audience analysis, rhetorical knowledge, and workplace genres. Attendees will also learn strategies for collaborative writing and professional presentations.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for local business professionals. This includes but is not limited to engineers, research assistants, and administrative assistants.
Building Better Business Habits
Effective Technical Communication, especially Intercultural Technical Communication, is a necessity for the multi-ethnic workforces that comprise Qatar’s companies and universities.
Oftentimes our workload becomes heavy, and we forget basic components that facilitate our message and intention. We need to self-analyze for purposes of e-mail tone, intercultural communication, and audience analysis so that our audience can recognize the message as well as take appropriate action.
Attendees will explore politeness and effectiveness of business communication practices, whether this is in the form of a report, an e-mail, or a professional presentation. Intercultural communication and appropriateness for audience will also be addressed.
Business tips and other materials will be provided.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for local business professionals. This includes but is not limited to engineers, research assistants, and administrative assistants.
Presentation Skills
The core objective of this training is to create effective presentations with technical information that is clear, succinct, educational, and a good match for the audience. In addition, participants will have several opportunities to practice their presentation skills. Further, the objectives of the program could be listed as follows:
- Increase participants' confidence and interpersonal skills
- Determine audience's level of technical awareness
- Develop a presentation that matches the technical background of the audience
- Present complex or highly technical information, using a well-planned, succinct, time-bound and logical approach
- Use visuals to effectively demonstrate a proposal
- Practice delivering an engaging presentation, with activities and games
- Answer questions confidently and effectively
- Utilize feedback from other participants in the training to make the presentation even more effective or powerful
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for local business professionals. This includes but is not limited to engineers, research assistants, and administrative assistants.
Business and Technical Report Writing
The course is designed to train the fundamentals of effective report writing, providing participants with the required skills and confidence to generate compact and well-thought out documents. In the same way, engineers and technicians are educated and trained for many years to become expert in their technical fields, but this does not necessarily include the art of writing. Most technical people admit that writing is not their strength, and at the best of times, constitutes a boring, dull and difficult chore. In addition, they acknowledge that it is critically important to be able to express themselves clearly and convincingly in writing. Good technical writing skills can make a big impact on business and career success.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for local business professionals. This includes but is not limited to engineers, research assistants, and administrative assistants.
Deep Tech Entrepreneurship Program
This program will give participants the right toolset and mindset to unlock the potential of deep tech by setting the foundations of a successful venture: How to identify a clear value proposition and market fit for a science-based innovation, how to test it and showcase an idea for a new business to key stakeholders, including investors. This hands-on training program will cover several methodologies (Design Thinking, Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas, etc.) but also give firsthand insight on the deep tech ecosystem and latest trends.
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for students and researchers involved in new technologies as well as entrepreneurs who desire to dive into the deep tech startups scene and even build their own company.