This BTS training course will raise the awareness and understanding of employees to recognize the importance of process safety and how it influences day-to-day work activities. Using the CCPS RBPS approach will provide the foundation to achieving a proactive risk based process safety culture which is essential to operations and work ethics. Aimed at Operations, Maintenance and Technical Services engineers, this training course is expected to improve the competency of the engineers in all process safety aspects that affect their daily work.

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

The CCPS Risk-Based Process Safety training course aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:

• Develop/enhance the Risk Based Process Safety knowledge of employees
• Improve the overall organizational capability and performance through a competent workforce

• Operations, Maintenance and Technical Service Personnel 

The CCPS Risk-Based Process Safety training course will combine presentations with interactive practical exercises, supported by pre and post-test activities plus videos. Delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in group discussions and analysis of real-life case studies. 

Day 1: - Introduction to Safety; Understanding Hazards and Risk 

• Introduction
• Good safety is good business
• Accident Pyramid and Swiss Cheese Model
• Major Incidents as Learning Events
• Why we fail to learn
• Understanding hazard and risk
• Risk matrix
• ALARP
• Risk tolerability
• Program Session
• Case studies

 Day 2: - Risk Analysis Techniques 

• Consequences
• Risk Assessments and Hazard Studies
• Hazards & Risk Registers
• Bow-Tie model
• P&ID
• Hazard identification and risk analysis (HIRA) techniques
• Design safety
• Inherent Safety
• Ergonomics
• Human Error
• Operations
• Program Session
• Case studies

 Day 3: - Operational Considerations 

• Asset integrity
• Causes of overpressure
• Overpressure protection philosophy
• source isolation and relief
• Operational characteristics
• Causes of improper performance
• Preventative Maintenance
• Hazop and Risk-Based Safety Management
• Emergency Response
• CCPS risk based process safety
• 20 4 pillars
• 20 elements
• Program Session
• Case studies

 Day 4: - Culture 

• Management of Change
• Management systems
• Risk-based inspection and testing
• Records
• Human factors
• Leadership and [Safety] Culture
• National and Regulatory Culture
• Corporate Culture and Black Swans
• People
• DuPont and ICI
• Process Safety Performance

 Day 5: - Learning from Events 

• Learning from accidents
• Behavioral safety
• ISC 6 pillars
• Energy Institute PSM framework
• OECD Corporate Governance for Process Safety
• Process Safety Leadership Checklist (CIA)
• Program Session
• Case studies
• Review
• Applying the Learning – Group Vision and Action Plan

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