DESIGNED FOR

For all staff in the oil and gas and petrochemicals industries requiring a basic awareness of safety techniques and management including: Operations, Engineers, Supervisors, Project Managers, Safety Representatives and non-safety HSE Professionals. It is a core course for any persons who can influence safety within their organization and is also ideal for anyone new to the industry with no prior safety knowledge.

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of human factors which contribute to a safe workplace

• Understand the hazards associated with plant and equipment

• Recognize the physicochemical and health risks linked with hazardous substances

• Identify a broad range of aspects relating to the working environment, from workplace temperature to confined space entry

ABOUT THE COURSE

Recognition of safety-related risks is fundamental to all management and professional roles in industry. This course equips participants with the basic principles of hazard recognition, and safety techniques and safety management. A key benefit is the ability to identify common hazards and how to control them.

A variety of exercises, readings, videos and case studies will be used to understand and practice the leadership, behavioral and other tools used in management systems.

This course is uniquely designed around the PetroSkills Competence Maps for Safety Management at the ‘Awareness’ competence level. It may be taken either independently or in conjunction with other Basic level courses – Basics of HSE Management, Basics of Health and/or Basics of Environment and serves as a foundation for participants seeking accreditation through the NEBOSH International General Certificate.

COURSE CONTENT

• Safety techniques for hazard and effect management

• Process Safety and Hazards Control

• Safety Culture

• Chemical Agents

• Hazard Communication / Product Stewardship

• Biological Agents

• Work Environment

• Fire Safety

• Lockout/Tagout

• Tool Safety

• Machine Guarding

• Motor Vehicle

• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment

• Electrical Safety

• Noise and Vibration

• Radiation and Radioactive Sources

• Construction and Demolition

• Scaffold Safety

• Excavation

• Logistics