Overview
Process Safety Concepts is the first in a series of eight training workshops specially designed to help people tasked with safety responsibilities gain the engineering and management expertise needed to operate a plant safely.
This practical 1-day workshop covers essential concepts on process safety management, the risks, as well as methodologies used to assess hazards. Through this workshop, you will:
- Be able to recognise process hazards in operating plants and field operations
- Understand the effects and impact of hazardous chemicals on people, equipment and environment
- Learn about common safeguards used to prevent loss-of-containment incidents
- Discover ways to control and mitigate the severity of hazards
What You’ll Learn
- Why process safety management systems are needed
- Industrial hazards and causes
- Overview of safety standards: OSHA 1910.119, SS506 Part 3, IEC 61508 and IEC 61511
- Inherently safer principles
- Key process safety requirements at each stage in the process plant lifecycle: From conceptual design to operations, maintenance and modifications
- Layer of safety and protection: Preventive and mitigation measures
- Engineering controls: Instrument control process alarm/trips, emergency isolation valves, pressure safety valve, gas detection, fire protection and safety critical equipment
- Risk assessment and management (with industrial accident case studies)
Who Should Attend
Managers, engineers, operators, safety advisors and risk management practitioners
SITizens Learning Credits (SLC) - Eligible Course
This course is SITizens Learning Credits (SLC) eligible. Please refer to the
user guide how to register for courses utilising your SLC.
Find out more about
SITizens Learning Credits (SLC).
Certificate and Assessment
A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who
- Attend 75% of the workshop; and
- Sit for short quizzes during the workshop
A Certificate of Attainment will be issued to participants who:
- Attend 75% of the workshop; and
- Sit for short quizzes during the workshop; and
- Submit a written portfolio within 1 month of the workshop (write-up on how the participant is able to apply the materials taught in their work)
Participants who successfully obtain all 8 Certificate of Attainment in the Process Safety series will receive an SIT Specialist Certificate in Process Safety.
Continuing Professional Development
This workshop is eligible for the following continuing professional development units:
Schedule
| Duration |
Venue |
| 1-day |
SIT@Dover, 10 Dover Drive, Singapore 138683 |
Fees
| Category |
Full Fee |
After SF Funding |
| Singapore Citizen (Below 40) |
$856.00 |
$256.80 |
| Singapore Citizen (40 & above) |
$856.00 |
$96.80 |
| Singapore PR/ LTVP+ Holder |
$864.00 |
$259.20 |
| Non-Singaporeans |
$864.00 |
Not Eligible |
When applying for this course, in the "Remarks" field, please:
- Inform us if you are a registered Workplace Safety and Health Officer (WSHO) to claim SDUs.
- Provide your PE registration number if you are a Professional Engineer to claim PDUs.
Note:
- All figures include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.
- You can opt for either SF Series Funding or Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy. Both cannot be combined.
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Learn more about funding types available
Terms & Conditions:
SkillsFuture Funding
In order to be eligible for the 70% training grant awarded by SkillsFuture, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident or LTVP+ Holder
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
To be eligible for the 90% enhanced subsidy awarded, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen
- Be at least 40 years old
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SIT reserves the right to collect the balance of the programme fees (i.e. the potential grant amount) directly from the applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) should the above requirements not be fulfilled.
What Past Participants Say
“Prof Lim is very knowledgeable in this field and is very willing to share his experiences with the participants.”
–
Workshop participant
"[I was able to] enhance my knowledge on process safety required for the Major Hazard Installation's Safety Case Regime submission."
–
Workshop participant
"I got to know some tools that I did not know before."
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Lee Han Ping, Reliability & Inspection Specialist, Pfizer Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
SIT reserves the right to make changes to published course information, including dates, times, venues, fees and instructors without prior notice.
Course Series
These modules are stackable towards a
Specialist Certificate in Process Safety or can be taken individually as a single module as follows:
PS Workshop 1: PHE3019A Process Safety Concepts
PS Workshop 2: PHE3019B Fire and Explosion Prevention
PS Workshop 3: CHE6011A Designing and Engineering for Safe Operations: Runaway Reactions and Dust Handling
PS Workshop 4: PHE3019C Relief Systems: Types, Characteristics and Design Considerations
PS Workshop 5: CHE6011B Process Hazard Analysis
PS Workshop 6: CHE6011C Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
PS Workshop 7: CHE6020A The Human Factor in Process Safety
PS Workshop 8: CHE6020B Quantitative Risk Analysis
Participants who successfully obtain all 8 Certificate of Attainment in the Process Safety series will receive an SIT Specialist Certificate in Process Safety.
