HAZOP Technique Training
- Learn HAZOP essentials, methodology, and node selection.
- Understand recording and reporting for process safety.
- Explore different types of HAZOP studies in projects.
- Identify roles of HAZOP participants in safety procedures.
- Discover other hazard identification techniques like BowTie Analysis.
Overview
The HAZOP Technique Training Course spans 3 days and focuses on teaching participants how to conduct Hazard and Operability Studies effectively. The course covers topics such as Process Safety, HAZOP Essentials, Methodology, Recording and Reporting, Node Selection, and the roles of HAZOP Participants. Participants engage in practical exercises to identify deviations in various processes, with a final syndicate exercise on a complex process. The course aims to equip individuals with the skills needed to ensure safety in industrial operations through systematic hazard identification and analysis.
Who should attend
Facilitator, Secretary, Operations Representative, Process Design Engineer, Independent Engineer, Instrument and Control Engineer
Course Content
This three-day HAZOP Technique Training Course provides a practical, in-depth introduction to hazard and operability studies for process industries. Delegates will learn how to systematically identify process deviations, assess causes and consequences, and record clear, actionable outcomes using recognised HAZOP methodology. Through a combination of expert-led instruction, real-world case studies and hands-on syndicate exercises, participants gain the confidence to contribute effectively to HAZOP studies, from node selection through to reporting. The course is ideal for engineers, operators and safety professionals involved in process design, operations or risk management.
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Course Syllabus
Day 1
Day 1 (HAZOP Technique)
09:00 1.1 Welcome & Introduction
- Delegates self-introduction
- Course outline
- Workshop arrangements
- Remembering Trevor Kletz (video)
09:30 1.2 Introduction to Process Safety
- Historical incidents
- Causes of accidents
- Occupational safety vs. process safety
10:00 1.3 HAZOP Essentials
- Deviations, parameters and guidewords
- Simple exercise to identify flow deviations
- Introduction to causes and consequences
10:40 15 mins Break
10:55 Exercise 1: Domestic shower
Individual working to introduce different parameters (flow, temperature and pressure)
11:20 1.4 HAZOP Methodology
- Examples of process deviations
- Different operating modes
- Identifying causes, consequences, safeguards
- Double jeopardy and common mode failure
12:15 1.5 Recording and Reporting
Clarity of wording, numbering system, cross-referencing actions
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Exercise 2: Process HAZOP – Gasoline Storage Tank (tutored)
Tutored exercise to show the methodical approach to finding deviations
14:25 Exercise 3: Process HAZOP – Transfer pipeline
Using flow guidewords and illustrating how the HAZOP findings are recorded.
15:25 15 mins Break
15:40 1.6 Node Selection
Examples which show the application of noding guidance in practice
16:00 Exercise 4: Node selection example
Individual working to mark up a P&ID with node boundaries
16:40 Kahoot Quiz
16:50 Day 1 learned outcomes
Day 2
Day 2 (HAZOP Technique)
09:00 Exercise 5: Process HAZOP – Fuel gas heater
Group working to use all the main process parameters
10:30 15 mins Break
10:45 Exercise 6: Procedure HAZOP – Draining reactor feed vessel
Group working on how to manage HAZOP with incomplete operating procedure
11:30 2.1 Types of HAZOP
- Sequence of HAZOP studies in a project
- Batch HAZOP
- Procedure HAZOP
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Exercise 7: Hot Water Boiler
Group working on a procedure HAZOP for starting a boiler.
14:30 2.2 Roles of HAZOP Participants
- Facilitator
- Secretary
- Operations Representative
- Process Design Engineer
- Independent Engineer
- Instrument and Control Engineer
15:00 15 mins Break
- 15:15 3 Other Hazard Identification TechniquesHazard Identification (HAZID)
- Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS)
- BowTie Analysis
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
16:40 Day 2 learned outcomes
16:50 Kahoot Quiz
17:00 End of Day 2
Day 3
Day 3 (HAZOP Technique)
Introduction to Process HAZOP Syndicate Exercise
Delegates will undertake a HAZOP study of a more ‘complex’ process – gas dehydration and glycol regeneration. Trainer leads the first node for 20 minutes.
09:00 Process HAZOP Exercise – 1st Node by tutor
09:30 Process HAZOP Exercise 1st Node – in Groups
10:15 Feedback on 1st Node
10:45 15 mins Break
11:00 Process HAZOP Exercise – 2nd node
12:15 Feedback on 2nd Node
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Process HAZOP Exercise – 3rd node
15:00 Feedback on 3rd Node
15:15 15 mins Break
15:30 Process HAZOP Exercise – 4th node
16:45 Feedback on 4th Node
17:00 End of Day 3
