The course will cover:

• Appreciate the legal aspects of audits
• Conduct effective Company and Contractors Safety Audits
• The importance of pre audit questionnaires
• Improve your knowledge on safety issues
• Gain skills in undertaking Site Inspections

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand the legal background
• Appreciate all Audit activities
• Gain knowledge about the elements of a Safety Management system
• Successfully undertake Site Inspections
• Assess the Safety Culture of the organization
• Evaluate the Emergency Plans of the Organization

Team Leaders, Managers, Line Managers, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Project Managers, Control Center Operators and Supervisors, Emergency Dispatchers, Security Personnel and CCTV Operators, HSE Officers, HSE Personnel, HSE Professionals, Emergency Response Team members, HSE Managers and Auditors, Health & Safety and Environmental Professionals, Fire Officers, Incident Control Point (Forward Control) Team Members, Supervisors, Inspectors, Advisors, Auditors, Laboratory Personnel

Introduction to Audits, Legislation & Contractors

• Introduction to safety audits and inspections
• The Legal Aspects
• Good Practice for the Oil and Gas Industry
• The New Seveso III Directive
• PSM 1910.119
• Directive 92/57/EEC - temporary or mobile construction sites
• Contractor Selection & Induction
• Risk Management & Risk Assessments
• Evaluating Risk Assessment

 Elements of a Safety Management System: Audits

• Types of Safety Management Systems
• Mechanical Model
• Socio Technical Model
• Elements of Safety – Management Systems
• SMS Policy – Elements of SMS policy statements
• Proactive and reactive monitoring of performance
• ANSI/API 754 Process Safety Indicators for the Refining and
• Petrochemical Industries
• The Auditors’ qualifications
• Audits
• Pre Audit Activities
• On Site Activities
• Post Audit Activities
• Classification of Findings

 Inspections

• Observation Techniques
• Specific audit / inspection systems - physical inspection of the site
• Confined Space Entry
• Work at height
• Scaffolding
• LaddersPPE
• Fire Assessment
• Chemicals
• Work Permit Systems

 Safety Culture

• Safety Culture and Behavioral Safety
• Motivation - Taylor, Herzberg, Vroom, Gueller, Maslow
• ABC Analysis
• What drives behavior
• Natural penalties and consequences
• Auditing the Safety Culture
• Improving the Culture

 Emergencies

• Internal Emergency Plans
• External Emergency Plans
• Auditing emergency Plans
• Audit Reports

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.