HIRA

Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment

(2 Days Training Programme)

Chennai: 18th & 19th April, 2013

ABOUT THE COURSE:

Health and safety issues are viewed as aspects of vital importance across all industries today.  Inadequate risk assessment and failure to follow recommended controls are common causes of serious accidents.  It is therefore essential to follow a robust hazard identification and risk assessment process to ensure any risks generated is effectively evaluated and controlled.

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) is one of the core elements of health and safety management. It is one of the fundamental tasks that an organization must undertake to demonstrate its commitment to safety by preventing and controlling hazards as well as in conformance with OHSAS 18001:2007 standard. Besides this, it is also one the requirements under the increasingly stringent Health and Safety Legislations. The legislations require an employer to make hazard identification and risk assessment to reduce and prevent legal safety violations and indeed risk assessments form the lynchpin of Health and Safety Management.

The course will provide knowledge and hands-on experience through various practical exercises and case studies. This means the delegates will leave with the ability to carry out Hazard Identification and risk assessments in their workplaces. Delegates will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the course, delegates should be able to:

  • Demonstrate understanding of various hazard identification and risk assessment techniques
  • Undertake hazard identification and risk assessment using appropriate techniques
  • Make use of internal and external sources of information in hazard identification & risk assessment
  • Evaluate and prioritize the risk using qualitative and quantitative methods
  • Apply the principles of prevention, control & mitigation of risk

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

This course should be of particular interest to Health & Safety Professionals, Practicing Consultants, Academic Experts, Management Representatives, Managers and Supervisors, Contractors  who are responsible for health & safety risk assessment and management of various industries viz. manufacturing industries, construction industries,  process industries,     oil and gas industries, pharmaceuticals, service sectors, ports and Govt. Agencies, IT and ITES industries.

 

FACULTIES:

Mr. N. Subramonia Pillai is a safety expert having experience over 3 decades in the field of Occupational Safety. He has conducted lot of hazard identification and risk assessment studies, and training programmes on Safety in various Industries. Mr. Pillai is Faculty Member for National Safety Council, Annamalai University, National Power Training Institute (Govt. of India), MUSTI, ALWAYE, AIIFE, Regional Labour Institute, Chennai (Govt. India) and other private & public enterprises. He has also published a number white papers and books on various topics of Occupational Safety.

Mr. G. Suresh is a safety professional having vast experience in the field of Occupational Safety. He is a professional trainer and has been involved in implementation of OHSAS 18001 and best safety practices in various Industries. Mr. Suresh is a qualified Auditor, who also has a number of risk assessment projects and training programmes to his credit.

 

COURSE CONTENTS:

Day 1

Day 2
Session 1: Introduction

  •   Importance  of   risk assessment in Health & Safety Management
  •   Risk assessment – a legislative perspective
  •   Hazard identification    & risk assessment process

TEA BREAK

Session 2: Internal and   External sources of Information – A Comparative Method

  •   Codes, standard and practices
  •   Safety Checklist
  •   Historical record / data analysis
  •   Safety inspections / audits

LUNCH

Session 3: Common Hazard   Identification Techniques

  •   Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA)
  •   Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP)
  •   Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  •    Failure Mode   Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
  •   Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  •   Event Tree Analysis (ETA)
  •   “What If” Analysis
  •   Case Studies

TEA BREAK

Session 4:

Case Studies &   Practical Exercises

 Session 1: Consequence   Analysis

  •   Fire
  •   Explosion
  •   Toxic Release

TEA BREAK

Session 2: Quantitative Risk   Assessment (QRA)

  •   Modelling Source Term and Dispersion
  •   Modelling Exposure and Damage
  •   Human Errors and Reliability
  •   Risk Criteria and Acceptability of Risk

LUNCH

Session 3: Risk Management

  •   Hierarchy of Controls
  •   Principles of Risk Management
  •   Risk Treatment and Communication

TEA BREAK

Session 4:

Case Studies & Practical   Exercises

FEEDBACK & VALEDICTORY

 

TRAINING METHODOLOGY & COURSE MATERIAL:

This classroom based course is highly interactive.  All our courses use accelerated learning where possible. Courses use PowerPoint slides and other multimedia tools, where appropriate viz. photographs, video clips, etc. Number of practical examples and case studies are given throughout the course.

Delegate will be given a comprehensive set of delegate notes containing copies of the course notes with addition reading material which proves to be an excellent source of reference after the course

 

FEES: Rs. 7500/- per delegate

DISCOUNT: 10% for 2 or more nominations

 

Venue: Chennai – Hotel Deccan Plaza

Workshop date: 18th & 19th April 2013

Last date of registration:  10th April 2013

Fees: Rs. 7500/- per delegate

For registration, please send nomination details to training@infobaseconsultants.com or call +91 9158514026 / 9380780650.