HAZOP Studies/Advanced PHA Concepts Combo Course | AIChE

HAZOP Studies, Other Hazard Evaluation Procedures and Advanced Concepts for Process Hazard Analysis Combo Course

Process hazard analysis today is a complex job that demands deep knowledge.  

Take this highly interactive, instructor-led combo course to learn and practice the basic and advanced methods and tools of process hazard analysis.

We’ve combined AIChE’s HAZOP Studies and Other PHA Techniques for Process Safety and Risk Management course with our Advanced Concepts for Process Hazard Analysis course to give you the most up-to-date and thorough PHA training available.

Spend the first three days learning how to identify and eliminate hazards in your workplace and prepare for, conduct and report an effective PHA. The next two days, go beyond the basics as you engage in the hands-on practice you need to confidently apply HAZOP and other PHA methods in your workplace.

Featuring expert hazard risk/evaluation instructors, guided exercises, group interaction and the PHA techniques successfully being used in the process safety industry today, this combo course is a fast way to build new skills for PHA veterans, novices, and everyone in between.

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Note: For face-to-face in-person format, attendees will receive an electronic version of the textbook if registering within 3 weeks of the course start date due to printing and shipping time constraints. 

 

Here’s a preview of what you’ll learn:

HAZOP Studies and Other PHA Techniques for Process Safety and Risk Management (CH157): 

 
  • Apply the anatomy of a process safety incident.
  • Analyze a process using the HAZOP Study methodology to determine what can go wrong.
  • Use tools and techniques for analyzing scenario risks and the adequacy of safeguards.
  • Identify what can go wrong with a procedure-based operation.
  • Select a PHA method that is appropriate to the complexity of the process under study.
  • Prepare to lead and document a process hazard analysis.
Advanced Concepts for Process Hazard Analysis (CH754):

 
  • Draw a bow tie / barrier diagram using a standardized approach.
  • Use Excel spreadsheets and apply the cause-by-cause HAZOP Study approach to analyze an example process.
  • Calculate risk analysis importance measures.
  • Determine the required safety integrity level for a safety instrumented function.
  • Identify what can go wrong in a process having chemical reactivity hazards.
  • Employ readily available resources to estimate the effects of various loss events.
 

Who Should Attend:

Any engineer who conducts or is involved in process safety hazard analysis – including:
  • Chemical engineers
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Process engineers
  • Process safety/risk managers
  • Facility managers

Day One (CH157)

8:00 – 8:30 

Registration

8:30 – 9:00 

Introductions; Course Overview

9:00 – 10:00 

PHA requirements and standards

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon 

Anatomy of process incidents; Inherent safety reviews

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 3:00 

Basic concepts of the HAZOP Study methodology

3:00 – 3:15 

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 5:00

HAZOP scenario development



Day Two (CH157)

8:00 – 8:30 

HAZOP Scenario Development (continued)

8:30 – 10:00 

Application of HAZOP Study to a continuous process (workshop exercise)

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon

Determining the adequacy of safeguards; Documenting findings and recommendations

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:30 

Preparation for the PHA and first team meeting

2:30 – 3:00 

Overview for other techniques; Checklist Analysis

3:00 – 3:15 

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 4:30

Application of What-If Analysis to continuous process (with workshop) 

Day Three (CH157)

8:00 – 9:30 

Application of FMEA to continuous process (with workshop)

9:30 – 10:00 

Introduction to Fault Tree Analysis; Method selection

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon

Hazard evaluation of procedure-based operations (with workshop)

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00 

PHA updates and revalidations

2:00 – 2:30 

PHA completion and reporting

2:30 – 2:45 

Afternoon Break

2:45 – 4:30

Comprehension check and review



Day Four (CH754)

8:00 – 8:30  

Registration

8:30 – 9:00 

Introductions; course overview

9:00 – 10:00  

Bow-Tie Analysis

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – 12:00 

Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

12:00 – 1:00  

Lunch Break

1:00 – 3:00  

Conditional modifiers; HAZOP/LOPA

3:00 – 3:15  

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 5:00 

HAZOP/LOPA of example process (workshop exercise)



Day Five (CH754)

8:00 – 10:00  

Concept of importance measures applied to PHAs (workshop exercise)

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – 12:00 

Using a PHA to identify Safety Instrumented Systems and determine Safety Integrity Levels

12:00 – 1:00  

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:30  

Tools for assessing impacts of PHA scenarios

2:30 – 3:00  

Evaluating chemical reactivity hazards in PHAs

3:00 – 3:15  

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 4:30 

Additional topics of interest; course wrap-up

 

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Day One (CH157)

8:30 – 9:00 

Introductions; Course Overview

9:00 – 10:00 

PHA requirements and standards

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon 

Anatomy of process incidents; Inherent safety reviews

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 3:00 

Basic concepts of the HAZOP Study methodology

3:00 – 3:15 

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 5:00

HAZOP scenario development



Day Two (CH157)

8:00 – 8:30 

HAZOP Scenario Development (continued)

8:30 – 10:00 

Application of HAZOP Study to a continuous process (workshop exercise)

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon

Determining the adequacy of safeguards; Documenting findings and recommendations

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:30 

Preparation for the PHA and first team meeting

2:30 – 3:00 

Overview for other techniques; Checklist Analysis

3:00 – 3:15 

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 4:30

Application of What-If Analysis to continuous process (with workshop) 

Day Three (CH157)

8:00 – 9:30 

Application of FMEA to continuous process (with workshop)

9:30 – 10:00 

Introduction to Fault Tree Analysis; Method selection

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon

Hazard evaluation of procedure-based operations (with workshop)

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00 

PHA updates and revalidations

2:00 – 2:30 

PHA completion and reporting

2:30 – 2:45 

Afternoon Break

2:45 – 4:30

Comprehension check and review

Day Four (CH754)

8:30 – 9:00 

Introductions; course overview

9:00 – 10:00  

Bow-Tie Analysis

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – 12:00 

Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

12:00 – 1:00  

Lunch Break

1:00 – 3:00  

Conditional modifiers; HAZOP/LOPA

3:00 – 3:15  

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 5:00 

HAZOP/LOPA of example process (workshop exercise)



Day Five (CH754)

8:00 – 10:00  

Concept of importance measures applied to PHAs (workshop exercise)

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – 12:00 

Using a PHA to identify Safety Instrumented Systems and determine Safety Integrity Levels

12:00 – 1:00  

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:30  

Evaluating chemical reactivity hazards in PHAs

2:30 – 3:00  

Tools for assessing impacts of PHA scenarios

3:00 – 3:15  

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 4:30 

Additional topics of interest; course wrap-up

 

Day One (CH157)

8:00 – 8:30 

Registration

8:30 – 9:00 

Introductions; Course Overview

9:00 – 10:00 

PHA requirements and standards

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon 

Anatomy of process incidents; Inherent safety reviews

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 3:00 

Basic concepts of the HAZOP Study methodology

3:00 – 3:15 

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 5:00

HAZOP scenario development



Day Two (CH157)

8:00 – 8:30 

HAZOP Scenario Development (continued)

8:30 – 10:00 

Application of HAZOP Study to a continuous process (workshop exercise)

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon

Determining the adequacy of safeguards; Documenting findings and recommendations

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:30 

Preparation for the PHA and first team meeting

2:30 – 3:00 

Overview for other techniques; Checklist Analysis

3:00 – 3:15 

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 4:30

Application of What-If Analysis to continuous process (with workshop) 

Day Three (CH157)

8:00 – 9:30 

Application of FMEA to continuous process (with workshop)

9:30 – 10:00 

Introduction to Fault Tree Analysis; Method selection

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – Noon

Hazard evaluation of procedure-based operations (with workshop)

Noon – 1:00 

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00 

PHA updates and revalidations

2:00 – 2:30 

PHA completion and reporting

2:30 – 2:45 

Afternoon Break

2:45 – 4:30

Comprehension check and review



Day Four (CH754)

8:00 – 8:30  

Registration

8:30 – 9:00 

Introductions; course overview

9:00 – 10:00  

Bow-Tie Analysis

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – 12:00 

Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

12:00 – 1:00  

Lunch Break

1:00 – 3:00  

Conditional modifiers; HAZOP/LOPA

3:00 – 3:15  

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 5:00 

HAZOP/LOPA of example process (workshop exercise)



Day Five (CH754)

8:00 – 10:00  

Concept of importance measures applied to PHAs (workshop exercise)

10:00 – 10:15 

Morning Break

10:15 – 12:00 

Using a PHA to identify Safety Instrumented Systems and determine Safety Integrity Levels

12:00 – 1:00  

Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:30  

Tools for assessing impacts of PHA scenarios

2:30 – 3:00  

Evaluating chemical reactivity hazards in PHAs

3:00 – 3:15  

Afternoon Break

3:15 – 4:30 

Additional topics of interest; course wrap-up

 

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  • Course ID:
    CH759
  • Source:
    CCPS - Center for Chemical Process Safety
  • Language:
    English
  • Skill Level:
    Intermediate
  • Duration:
    5 days
  • CEUs:
    3.75
  • PDHs:
    37.50
  • Accrediting Agencies:
    Florida
    New Jersey
    New York
    RCEP