Course details

The technique of Hazard and Operability Studies, or in more common terms HAZOP, has been used and developed over approximately four decades for “ Identifying potential hazards and operability problems” caused by deviations from the design intent of both new and existing process plants.

HAZOP is an abbreviated term for HAZard and OPerability study. It is a technique that identifies the potential hazards and operating issues with the design and construction of equipment and plant and involves the interaction of a multi-disciplinary team. This course covers the explanation of the HAZOP techniques and how to apply such techniques in the process safety.

Who to Attend:

  • Production Managers
  • Safety Engineers & Safety Managers & Safety Offcers
  • Maintenance Engineers
  • Operations Personnel
  • Process Engineers
  • Instrumentations Engineers
  • Fire Personnel

Objectives:

  • To be familiar with HAZOP Techniques.
  • To act as a member of a HAZOP Team.
  • To be able to carry out HAZOP Studies.

Course Outlines:

Day One:

  • Examples of Major Disaster accidents
  • Hazardous Materials (Flammable & Combustible Substances).
  • Hazardous Areas:
  • IEC Standards
  • ATEX Directive (EC)
  • NEC – USA
  • CENELEC (EN)
  • Process Safety Management (PSM – OSHA)
  • Group Workshop

Day Two:

  • Hazard Identification
  • Introduction to HAZOP/Need for HAZOP/What are HAZOPS?
  • Components of HAZOP
  • Standard Guide Words
  • Intention, Parameters, and Deviation
  • Preparation for carrying out HAZOP/HAZOP Team
  • Group Workshop

Day Three:

  • Applying HAZOP
  • HAZOP Examples
  • HAZOP Results/Recordkeeping
  • Group WorkShop

Day Four:

  • HAZOP Examples
  • HAZOP Application
  • Process Hazard Analysis
  • FMEA & Fault Tree
  • Group Workshop

Day Five:

  • Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
  • Safety Integrated Levels (SIL)
  • Group Workshop
  • Final Exam.
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About EHS Academy

EHS – Academy (Cairo – Egypt) was established in April 2010 and EHS – Training Centre (Dubai – UAE) was established in June 2011 as an Occupational Safety & Health Training and Consultant Companies.

The founder and owner of EHS – Academy and EHS – Training Centre, Mr. Wagdi Fouad Seffain has conducted  since 1981 thousands of International and National Safety & Health Training CTheirses in Egypt and the Middle East, and more than 20,000 persons attended these cTheirses.

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