Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

Facilitator/Leader Training

The purpose of this PHA 3-day training course is to assist personnel at chemical plants, Petrochemical plants, and Petroleum Refineries in becoming proficient in leading and documenting Process Hazard Analyses by becoming familiar with various qualitative hazard review techniques and industry best practices for conducting and documenting PHAs.

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TYPICAL COURSE CANDIDATES

Managers and engineers responsible for conducting PHAs at chemical plants, petrochemical plants, and petroleum refineries, as well as project engineers, operators, PSM coordinators, or EH&S managers.

 COURSE SYLLABUS

The PHA Leader Training Course will include coverage of the following topics:

• An overview of the US OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) regulation, 29 CFR 1910.119, and the accident prevention Program Level 3 requirements of the US EPA Risk Management Program (RMP) regulation, 40 CFR 68, and how the various elements of the regulations work together to manage risk in a plant.
• How to prepare for the PHA, including how to select the scope of the specific PHA and select the appropriate PHA team members.
• Detailed instruction of the various qualitative hazard review methodologies used in PHAs, including:
• Hazard and Operability (HAZOP)
• What-If
• Checklists
• Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA) Appropriate circumstances for the application of the aforementioned techniques will be employed.
• Extensive workshop exercises that involve the practice of facilitating PHAs using the various qualitative techniques with coaching demonstrating industry best practices for leading PHAs.
• How to document a PHA in a complete, detailed, and thorough manner.
• Overview of the ISA standard 84.00.01-2004 for Safety Instrumented Systems.
• How to incorporate safety integrity level (SIL) selection in a PHA.
• How to use a PHA for Management of Change (MOC).
• How to revalidate a PHA.
• How to use certain PHA documenting software to document a PHA (i.e., PHA Pro or Hazard Review Leader).

 Following completion of this course, each class attendee will receive:

• A training notebook containing a copy of all slides, course notes and problem solutions, and generic templates for various hazard review methodologies.
• A certificate of course completion.

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE INSTRUCTOR

Ms. Amanda Fenyves, MBA, Owner and Principal Engineer at Integral Engineering Group, LLC, will be the instructor for this class. Ms. Fenyves has conducted over 75 PHAs of varying complexities over the past 10 years for over 40 different facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. While the vast majority of PHAs Ms. Fenyves has conducted has been for petroleum refineries, Ms. Fenyves has also performed PHAs for petroleum pipelines and terminals, petrochemical plants, specialty batch chemical plants, and nuclear fuels processing plants, giving Ms. Fenyves a broad base of experience from which to draw. Ms. Fenyves also has taught courses on hazard review techniques to various companies throughout the U.S.