Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (OHC) Course

Introduction:

The importance of effective occupational health and safety (OHC) training in the oil and gas industry is highlighted by extensively reported examples of major process safety incidents, including the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the Buncefield oil storage depot explosion (2005), the 1988 Piper Alpha oil platform explosion (both occurring in the UK) and the BP Texas Refinery explosion in 2005.

All organizations invest considerable amounts in training and guiding their Team Leaders, Managers, Engineers, and Supervisors on new leaner and higher-efficiency production methods. However, incidents continue to occur, resulting in human harm and financial loss. This occupational health and safety (OHC) course aims to rectify the loss cycle by attaining superior occupational health and safety competencies.

This occupational health and safety (OHC) course provides a valuable understanding of occupational health and safety. It is a serious step towards developing competencies that will enable further progress in these fields. The increased competencies of the delegates will result in cost savings and increased efficiencies within the company. It covers Safety Management, Hazard Control, and Process Safety Management.

Targeted Groups:

• Senior Technical Personnel.
• Engineering/Project/Process personnel.
• Supervisors.
• Team Leaders.
• Safety Management Personnel.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this occupational health and safety (OHC) course, participants will be able to:

• Enhance their skills in identifying root causes for incidents in the Petroleum and Construction sectors.
• Identify all risks associated with their work environment.
• Become familiar with oil and gas risk assessment techniques.
• Implement advanced risk management techniques for incident prevention and control.
• Identify key regulations that govern safety at work in the construction industry.
• Define Hazard risk and control measures.
• Discuss common hazards and risk controls that can occur during scaffolding operations.
• Explain the purpose of and procedures for investigating incidents and how the lessons learned can be used to improve health and safety in the industry.
• Explain the hazards inherent in oil and gas from raw materials and products' extraction, storage, and processing.
• Outline the risk management techniques used in the industry.
• Explain the purpose and content of an organization's documented evidence to provide a convincing and valid argument that a system is adequately safe in the oil and gas industries.

Targeted Competencies:

Upon the end of this occupational health and safety (OHC) training, participants' competencies will be able to:

• Utilize management and leadership criteria to improve Safety Leadership.
• Apply key interpersonal and behavioral safety techniques to influence and improve overall safety.
• Strategies to prevent incidents and accidents and the correct procedures for handling these situations.
• Use advanced Safety Coaching techniques to increase individual safety performance.
• Create, adapt, and improve the safety climate and culture of the organization.

Course Content:

Unit 1: Health, Safety, and Environmental Management in Context:

• Learning from incidents.
• Hazards inherent in oil and gas.
• Risk management techniques used in the oil and gas industries.
• Safe systems of work.
• Hydrocarbon process safety I.
• Process Safety Management (PSM).

Unit 2: The Foundations of Process Safety:

• Learning from Accidents.
• Good Practice Standards for the process industry (EU and USA).
• Permit-to-work system.
• Case Study.
• Shift handover key principles.

Unit 3: Hazards and Controls:

• Physical Hazards (Noise, Vibration).
• Electricity Hazards.
• Work Equipment Hazards.
• Manual Handling Hazards.
• Workplace hazards (Temperature, Violence and Bullying, Slips and Trips, Work at Height).
• Transport Hazards.

Unit 4: Hydrocarbon Process Safety:

• Mechanics of failure.
• Safety-critical equipment control.
• Safe containment of hydrocarbons.
• Plant operation and maintenance.
• Start-up and shut down.
• Fire hazards, risks, and controls.
• Furnaces and boiler operations.

Unit 5: Risk Assessment Techniques:

• Framework for risk assessment.
• Hazard and Operability Study' HAZOP.'
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis' FMEA'.
• The Bow-tie model.
• Safety Integrity Level 'SIL' selection.
• Hazardous Area Classification.

Unit 6: Fire Protection and Emergency Response:

• Fire and explosion in the oil and gas industries.
• Types of fire.
• Types of explosions.
• Fire and explosion risk analysis.
• Fire and explosion protective systems.
• Emergency Plans and Response.

Unit 7: Construction Safety Management:

• Introduction to Construction Safety.
• Risk Assessment in Construction Work.
• Form Overview and Work Information.
• Construction Safety Management.

Unit 8: Safety and Health in Construction:

• Manage Safety and Health in Construction.
• Risk Assessment for Construction Sites.
• Planning for Safety.
• Construction Plant and Equipment, Electricity and Other Services.
• Safety and Health in Construction.

Unit 9: Health & Safety for Scaffolding:

• Manage Safety and Health in Construction.
• Duties and Risks.
• Erecting, Dismantling, and Modifying a Scaffold.
• Health & Safety for Scaffolds and Scaffolding Work.

Unit 10: Safety Advisor Development:

• Advisor roles and responsibilities.
• Leader and communicator of your company, HSE.
• Facilitate change.
• Regulatory standards compliance.
• Risks and Hazard Assessment and Reporting.