HAZOP and Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) Leader Training Course

• Gain an in-depth understanding of what a HAZOP and PHA system does
• Understand why there is a need for a HAZOP and PHA system
• Define HAZOP and PHA and their role to avoid major accidents in the process industry
• Answer questions like:
o What is HAZOP?
o Why HAZOP?
o How to implement HAZOP and when?
o How to lead a HAZOP study?
o How to close-out a HAZOP review?
• Act as a HAZOP lead and provide support towards your company’s HAZOP and PHA process
• Practice PHA studies using the HAZOP and “What-If” techniques
• Discover the tactics, best practices, and success factors that lead to a successful PHA study
• Understand the meaning of design intent in HAZOP studies
• Use guidewords and parameters in HAZOP studies
• Define guidelines for completing PHA worksheets
• Use risk matrices to rank risks
• Depict the importance of addressing common cause failures
• Define the meaning of enabling events/conditions
• Practice how to address human factors in PHA studies
Course Content
INTRODUCTION
• Overview of PHA
• PHA Regulatory Requirements
• What-If Studies
• HAZOP Studies
• Preparing and Organizing PHA Studies
DESIGN & REVIEW
• Inherent Safety Review
• Subdividing the Process for Study
• Design Intent, Parameters, and Deviations
• Completing the PHA Worksheet
• Recording PHA Studies
HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION METHODOLOGIES
• Investigating WHAT to do WHEN
• What If/Checklist variations
• Process modifications
• Procedural HAZOP
• Methodologies and their uses
• HAZOP – Avoiding traps and enhancing productivity
• Preparation of checklists
• FMEA application and execution
• Preliminary Hazards Analysis: application and execution
• Choice of hazards identification technique
REGULATORY & LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
• Meeting Regulatory Requirements
• Leadership Skills for Managing the Team
• Management of PHA Studies
• Human Factors in PHAs
• Facility Sitting in PHAs
UTILITIES & OPERATION
• Treating Utilities
• Handling Multiple Modes of Operation
• PHA for Process Changes
• PHA for Procedures
• PHA for Batch Processes
QUALITY CONTROL
• Quality Control in PHA Studies
• PHA Report Preparation
• Managing the Follow-Up of PHA Results
• Planning PHA Revalidations
• Conducting PHA Revalidations
• Documenting PHA Revalidations
TEAM LEADERSHIP & EXECUTION
• Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment
• Establishing purpose, overcoming opposition, driving forces
• Choice of PHA to be used and factors in determining the choice
• Estimation of scheduling requirements
• Preparation for PHA sessions
• Thoroughness of analyses
• PHA Leadership: Responsibility and why it requires emphasis?
• Seven key points for exercising responsibility
• List of steps for performing PHAs
• Handling recommendations
• Auditing of PHAs
• Conducting PHA sessions
• Preparation of PHA reports
PHA DOCUMENTATION CONTROL & REPORT GENERATION
• Recording hazard evaluations
• Defining risk matrices
• Documenting recommendations
• Generating reports
• Creating custom libraries
• Creating a PHA Corporate Template
• Document protection and tracking document changes
ADVANCED PHA TOPICS
• Types of HAZOPs
• Improving productivity and efficiency of HAZOPs
• Optimization of node sizes — pro’s and con’s
• Improving productivity and efficiency of HAZOPs
• Method for deriving deviations
• Creation of checklists
• Human factors
• Management of Change (MOC)
• What qualifies for MOC?
• Minimizing hazards through improved layout
• Explosion modelling
• PSI (Process Safety Information)

Methodology
The training methodology integrates lectures, interactive discussions, collaborative group exercises, and illustrative examples. Participants will acquire a blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practical experience, emphasizing the application of learned techniques. This approach ensures that attendees return to their professional environments equipped with both the competence and self-assurance to effectively implement the acquired skills in their responsibilities.

DATE:

1ST BATCH:        6th – 9th May,                   2025     

2ND BATCH:      9th – 12th Sept,                 2025

3RD BATCH:       9th – 12th Dec,                  2025