Course description
This course covers fundamental aspects related to safety, hazards, and risks, emphasizing the principles of risk management. It delves into toxicology studies, modeling concepts, and the classification of hazardous materials. Additionally, the curriculum addresses industrial hygiene challenges and source modeling.
Participants will gain insights into fires and explosions, exploring fire classifications and the components of fire extinguishers. The program extends to the design, types, and installation of sprinkler systems, along with an examination of relief systems. Health and safety protocols in the workplace, as well as the application of probability theory in risk analysis, are also integral components of the course.
Furthermore, the course explores accident outcomes and presents case studies of historical disasters. An essential focus is placed on process safety management and the significance of personal protective equipment. This course is particularly valuable for individuals seeking knowledge about safety in chemical plants, encompassing the diverse risks and hazards prevalent in such environments.
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Training content
Safety, Hazards and Risks
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of safety, hazards, and risks, as well as the concept of risk management. You will also be introduced to four significant disasters of the world, fundamental principles related to reaction runaway, and loss statistics problems.
- Learning Outcomes
- Safety and Accident Loss Statistics
- Risk Management and Hazardous Substance Rules
- Nature of Accident and Major Disasters
- Fundamental Principles: Scale Up and Runaway Reactions
- Problems Related to Safety and Accident Loss Statistics
- Lesson Summary
Introduction to Toxicology
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to various toxicology studies, the elimination of toxic substances, and also, dose versus response. You will also be introduced to the toxicological disease process and modelling concepts, as well as the concept of industrial hygiene.
- Learning Outcomes
- Toxicology: Introduction, Routes and Exposure
- Toxicology: Elimination, Responses and Treatment
- Dose Response Relationship
- Dose Response and Threshold Dose: Predictive Models and Extrapolation
- Industrial Hygiene: Regulations and Identification
- Lesson Summary
MSDS Information and Industrial Hygiene
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to the classifications of hazardous material, and also look at the material safety data sheet. You will also be introduced to threshold limit values, noise intensity, as well as personal protective gear.
- Learning Outcomes
- Material Safety Data Sheet I
- Material Safety Data Sheet II
- Industrial Hygiene: Evaluation
- Noise, Vibration and Radiation
- Industrial Hygiene: Control
- Lesson Summary
Introduction to Source Models
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to problems related to industrial hygiene, as well as an introduction to source modelling. You will also be introduced to the source model for gas, the source model for pool boiling, and some problems related to source models.
- Learning Outcomes
- Problems Related to Industrial Hygiene
- Introduction to Source Models
- Source Models for Gas
- Source Models for Pool Boiling
- Source Model Problems
- Lesson Summary
Introduction to Fire and Explosions
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to fires and explosion, as well as modes of heat transfer, and also, the characteristics of flammability. You will also be introduced to the various classifications of explosions, the classifications of fire, and the types of fire extinguishers.
- Learning Outcomes
- Fire and Explosions: Introduction
- Fire and Explosions: Flammability Characterisitics
- Explosion and its Classification I
- Explosion and its Classification II
- Fire Extinguishers I
- Lesson Summary
Prevention of Fire and Explosions
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to the anatomy of the fire extinguisher, as well as vacuum and pressure purging with impure nitrogen. You will also be introduced to electrostatic discharge, and general design methodology to prevent the electrostatic ignition.
- Learning Outcomes
- Fire Extinguishers II
- Problems Related to Fire and Explosion
- Designs to Prevent Fire and Explosion: Inerting and Purging
- Designs to Prevent Fire and Explosion: Static Electricity
- General Design Methods to Prevent Fire
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in Chemical Process Safety - First Assessment
Description: You need to score 80% or more to pass.
- Assessment: Diploma in Chemical Process Safety - First Assessment
Introduction to Reliefs
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to the design of sprinkler systems, as well as the types and installation of sprinkler systems. The topic also examines an introduction to relief systems, the various types of relief systems, and an introduction to relief scenarios.
- Learning Outcomes
- Sprinklers I
- Sprinklers II
- Introduction to Reliefs
- Type of Reliefs
- Relief Scenario
- Lesson Summary
Hazards and Risk Assessment
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to relief sizing, the definition of hazards, and its classifications, as well as the methods of identifying hazards. You will also be introduced to the health and safety at work act, and various tools available for risk assessment.
- Learning Outcomes
- Relief Sizing
- Hazard and Hazard Identification: Introduction
- Hazard Identification Methods and HAZOP
- Safety Reviews and Risk Assessment I
- Safety Reviews and Risk Assessment II
- Lesson Summary
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to the probability theory in risk analysis, as well as the essential elements of the probability theory. You will also be introduced to probability as risk assessment, and the mathematics of the probability theory.
- Learning Outcomes
- Review of Probability Theory
- Quantitative Risk Analysis: Event Trees
- Quantitative Risk Analysis: Fault Trees
- Cause Consequence Analysis and Layer of Protection Analysis
- Bow-Tie Analysis
- Lesson Summary
Introduction to Accident Investigation
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to studies related to accidents, as well as accident near miss. You will also be introduced to dangerous occurrences, the outcomes of accidents, as well as accident causation theories.
- Learning Outcomes
- Accident Research: Introduction
- Accident Causation Theories
- Accident Investigation Procedure I
- Accident Investigation Procedure II
- Jaipur Terminal Fire, India: October 29, 2009
- Lesson Summary
Case Study: Historical Industrial Disasters
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to various case studies around the operations of the Flixbourough petrochemical plant, as well as the safety measures and reactor configuration that led to the Seveso accident. You will also be introduced to the extent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the accident investigations surrounding the Bhopal gas tragedy.
- Learning Outcomes
- The Flixborough UK, Cyclohhexane Disaster: June 01, 1974
- Seveso Accident: July 10, 1976
- The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster: April 26, 1986
- Bhopal Gas Tragedy: December 03, 1984
- Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Investigation
- Lesson Summary
Nuclear Radiation and Safety
Description: In this module, you will be introduced to radioactivity, as well as a definition of process safety management. You will also be introduced to the importance of personal protective equipment, safety laws and regulations, and the effects of a nuclear disaster.
- Learning Outcomes
- Nuclear Radiation
- Process Safety Management
- Personal Protective Equipments
- Safety: Laws and Regulations
- Nuclear Disaster: Earthquake
- Lesson Summary
Diploma in Chemical Process Safety - Second Assessment
Description: You need to score 80% or more to pass.
- Assessment: Diploma in Chemical Process Safety - Second Assessment
Course assessment
- Assessment: Diploma in Chemical Process Safety - Course Assessment
Certification / Credits
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Discuss a summary of the various types of sprinkler systems
- Discuss an introduction and the importance of relief system devices
- Discuss the importance of relief sizing
- Explain the concept of hazards and how hazards are identified
- Explain the concepts of risks and risk assessment
- Discuss the quantitative risk analysis of any hazard or hazard process
- Discuss the cause consequence analysis and the layer of protection analysis
- Identify the methods used in bow-tie Analysis
- Discuss various theories surrounding the causes of accidents
- Explain the importance of process safety management in the chemical process
- Identify the importance of personal protective equipment in industries
- Discuss the various safety laws and regulations in the workplace
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