This 45-minute self-paced online module provides an overview of competence management in the context of process safety management (PSM) and will help you ensure that workers have the right skills, experience and capability to undertake safety critical tasks.
This is Module 9 of 15 from the EI's Process Safety Management full training course, designed to provide an introduction to PSM and illustrate how the PSM Framework can be applied to identify address the hazards that are involved in the most industries and provide assurance that risk is being managed to a tolerable level. Each module can be purchased individually, but individuals will benefit most from the full course covering all 20 elements.
Based on content from the EI’s renowned High level framework for process safety management guidance ('PSM framework'), a comprehensive process safety management framework which captures industry good practice in PSM, and taught by a leading expert in process safety and former deputy director of the UK Health & Safety Executive, using recorded presentations and exercises.
Format
Length
Date
Location
Member
price
Non-Member
price
Self-paced Online
45 minutes
N/A
Anywhere
Member price: £90.00 + VAT
£90.00 + VAT
Non-Member price: £115.00 + VAT
£115.00 + VAT
Agenda
Purpose:
- To ensure people have the right skills, experience and capability to undertake safety critical tasks.
- To ensure that sufficient personnel are on duty to undertake key functions.
Topics covered:
- Importance of having organisational staffing levels and competencies for each job role clearly set out
- Importance of including roles and responsibilities for process safety in job descriptions
- Recruitment and selection for critical roles based on competency
- Matching people to tasks / jobs
- Developing and maintaining competency and training matrices developed and maintained - tracking and monitoring delivery of training and refresher training
- Induction training and supervision for staff new into safety critical roles
- Routine monitoring of safety critical tasks performance
- Performance appraisals for jobs with process safety critical function
- Routine monitoring of working patterns and overtime
- Human factors and performance influencing factors within critical tasks
- Types of human error and causes:
- Job-related
- Organisational factors
- Personal factors
What will I learn?
- How human error can contribute to a major incident
- Appropriate stages in staff recruitment and performance appraisal for those undertaking safety critical tasks
- How essential competencies and development requirements can be captured in a Competency and Training Matrix
- How to ensure people have the right skills, experience and capability to undertake safety critical tasks
- How to ensure that sufficient personnel are on duty to undertake key functions
Who is this suitable for?
- Anyone who would like to develop and expand their understanding of process safety, within the energy sector and the wider network, such as water, power and nuclear sectors.
- Anyone involved in major hazard processes, design and operations
- Safety professionals
- Engineers
- Graduates
How good is it?
- Taught by a leading expert in process safety and former deputy director of the UK Health & Safety Executive
- Based on the EI’s renowned High level framework for process safety management guidance document, which provides the energy industry with a consistent and effective approach to answer two key questions with confidence:
- How will we assure the integrity of the operation?
- How will we know we are doing it?
Tutor profile
Mr I Travers AMEI
Ian is a world expert on process safety management, leadership and the establishment and implementation of key performance indicators for major hazard industries, Ian holds the Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Franklin Medal for his outstanding contribution to Process Safety. Ian was the former Deputy Director (Chemical Regulation) UK Health and Safety Executive and has over twenty-five years’ experience in the regulation of chemical and major hazard industries and in the investigation of major incidents to discover the underlying causes. He is an expert on process safety management, leadership and the establishment and implementation of key performance indicators for major hazard industries. Ian holds the Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Franklin Medal for his outstanding contribution to Process Safety. Ian has over twenty five years’ experience in the regulation of chemical and major hazard industries and in the investigation of major incidents to discover the underlying causes. He led the joint HSE and industry response to the major fire and explosion at the Buncefield fuel depot in the UK and established the UK Process Safety Leadership Group. He also chaired the international expert panel to publish the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines on Process Safety Governance which is now the global benchmark on Process Safety Leadership and is also a member of the Energy Institute process safety committee.