NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Process Safety

Course Overview:

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Process Safety is a specialized qualification designed to provide professionals with essential knowledge of process safety management (PSM) in high-hazard industries.

The course focuses on preventing major accident hazards by addressing the technical, operational, and human factors that can lead to catastrophic incidents such as fires, explosions, toxic releases, and loss of containment.

It equips learners with a clear understanding of:

• Process safety principles and risk management

• Hazard identification and control in process industries

• Asset integrity, change management, and emergency preparedness

• Roles and responsibilities in maintaining safe process operations

This qualification is particularly relevant to industries such as oil & gas, petrochemicals, chemicals, fertilizers, energy, and manufacturing, and aligns with international best practices for managing process-related risks

 

Course Contents:

Element 1: Process Safety Leadership

1. Process safety management meaning

2. Process safety leadership.

3. Organisational learning.

4. Management of change.

5. Worker engagement.

6. Competence.

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Element 2: Management of process risk

1. Establishing a process safety management system.

2. Risk management techniques used within the process industries.

3. Asset management and maintenance strategies.

4. Role, purpose and features of a permit-to-work system.

5. Safe shift handover.

6. Contractor management.

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Element 3: Process safety hazard control

1. Operating procedures.

2. Safe start-up and shutdown.

3. Safety critical performance standards.

4. Utilities.

5. Dangerous Substances.

6. Electricity/static electricity.

7. Reaction hazards

8. Bulk storage operations

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Element 4: Fire and explosion protection

1. Fire hazards.

2. Fire and explosion control.

3. Dust explosions.

4. Emergency preparedness.

 

Who Should Attend:

• People from all around the world work in processing industries such as oil and gas, chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals.

• Ideal for managers, safety representatives and health and safety advisors working within the process industries.