Understand process safety and systems safety engineering principles and practices, and how to leverage them to achieve better system safety.

The course, which has been co-designed by academic and industry leaders, comprises 2 parts:

• Part 1 introduces you to the fundamentals of process safety and systems safety, and how it can improve health and safety outcomes.
• Part 2 takes what you have learnt and puts it into practice, critiquing key process safety approaches and applying your learnings to a case study.

Part 1: Introduction to process safety fundamentals
Part 1 will help you:

• explain the fundamental differences between personal safety, process safety and systems safety, and functional safety
• describe key elements of process/systems safety management systems (PSMS) and how to assess these
• understand how systems safety analysis can be integrated into other safety and risk management processes
• identify opportunities for improvement.
   

Part 2: Application and critique of process safety approaches
Part 2 will help you develop skills in:

• performing and/or critiquing the quality of key process safety approaches associated with risk assessment, risk treatment and event investigations
• developing and assessing recommendations derived from process safety approaches
  critiquing process and identifying S.M.A.R.T improvements to process safety management systems.

Time commitment
This is an in-person course that will require roughly 48 hours to complete.

• 20 hours of study using online materials
• 4-day in-person workshop (Parts 1 and 2)
• Part 1: 10 hours online study + day 1 and 2 of workshop
• Part 2: 10 hours online study + day 3 and 4 of workshop
   

Assessment
Part 1 assessment will include:

• a quiz
• a process safety diagnostic exercise.
   

Part 2 assessment will include:

• critiquing 2 different process safety analyses.
   

Certification and accreditation
Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Completion to verify their skills and achievements.

Related courses
This course is part of the Risk Management suite. There are 9 courses within this suite – see the other related courses below:
Risk Management 1 – Risk and Critical Control Management
Risk Management 2 – G3 G-MIRM Risk Management Systems
Risk Management 3 – G2 Risk Management for Supervisors
Risk Management 4 – G7: Mine Occupational Health and Safety Management
Risk Management 6 – Bowtie Facilitation Course
Risk Management 7 – Safety Investigation for Supervisors
Risk Management 8 – Safety Investigation and Analysis Management
Risk Management 9 – Introduction to Human Factors and Human-Centred Design in Mining

Who should attend

• Specialist personnel including managers, engineers and other technical specialists should attend Part 1
• Technical specialists or management roles that oversee the application of effective process safety strategies should attend Part 2

Entry requirements

• Part 1: There are no entry requirements to enrol in Part 1 of this course
• Part 2: To be eligible to enrol in Part 2, you must complete Part 1 or have an existing understanding of the fundamentals of process safety