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4 days
The purpose of this course is to describe the principles and procedures of Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Studies. HAZOP is a structured and systematic technique for examining a defined system, with the objective of:
Identifying potential hazards in the system. The hazards involved may include both those essentially relevant only to the immediate area of the system and those with a much wider sphere of influence, e.g. some environmental hazards;
Identifying potential operability problems with the system and in particular identifying causes of operational disturbances and production deviations likely to lead to nonconforming products.
An important benefit of HAZOP studies is that the resulting knowledge, obtained by identifying potential hazards and operability problems in a structured and systematic manner, is of great assistance in determining appropriate remedial measures. The course is designed using the tools and techniques identified by IEC 61882:2016.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course you will understand how to:
prepare for a HAZOP study meeting and programme – including defining the scope of the study and choosing the team
choose nodes (parts of the drawings or operation for HAZOP study)
estimate the programme requirements for the successful completion of a study
use facilitation techniques to motivate the team and keep them on task
avoid common problems encountered during study meetings, including challenging behaviours
formulate the HAZOP study report
fulfil the team leader’s role in implementing recommendations and managing the process
FOR WHOM
Anyone with experience of the HAZOP technique who is required to lead HAZOP studies
Process safety engineers, loss prevention specialists, production engineers, process design engineers, project engineers, process programmers and instrument control engineers
Risk Managers
COURSE CONTENT
Introduction to HAZOPWhat is a HAZOP?What are Hazards and Risk?Limitations of HAZOPsEssential Features of HAZOP
Principles of examination
Design representation
Design requirements and design intent
Applications of HAZOP
Relation to other analysis toolsFailure Mode Effect AnalysisAs Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP)Fail Tree AnalysisEvent Tree Analysis
HAZOP study limitations
Risk identification studies during different system life cycle stagesConcept stageDevelopment stageRealization stageUtilization stageEnhancement stageRetirement stage
The HAZOP study procedure
Initiate the study
Define scope and objectives
Define roles and responsibilities
Preparation
Plan the study
Collect data and documentation
Establish guide words and deviations
Examination
Structure the examination
Guidewords and Deviations
Causes, Consequences and Safeguards
Perform the examination
Risk Ranking
Documentation and follow up
Establish method of recording
Output of the study
Record information
Sign off the documentation
Follow-up and responsibilities
Case Study and practical application
TRAINING METHODOLOGIES
Presentation
Case Study
Individual Exercises
Group Exercises
DURATION: 4 Days (Examination on day 4)