Who is it for?

People from all around the world who work in process 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.

It is recommended that learners should already have an underpinning knowledge of health and safety issues, and many will have gained another NEBOSH qualification.

COURSE CONTENT

Element 1: Process Safety Management

• Process safety and process safety management systems; differences between process safety and personal safety
• The role of leadership in process safety
• Organizational learning: lessons learned, incident investigation, benchmarking and sources of process safety information
• Management of change
• Worker and contractor consultation
• Competence and training

Element 2: Managing Process Risk

• Purpose and importance of a process safety management system and its key elements
• Risk assessment principles and common risk management techniques
• Asset integrity, plant maintenance and inspection strategies
• Permit-to-work systems
• Safe shift handover
• Selecting, assessing and managing contractors

Element 3: Process Safety Hazard Control

• Standard operating procedures
• Safe start-up and shutdown of process plant
• Performance standards for safety critical systems and equipment (FARSI)
• Hazards and controls: steam and water; electricity and static electricity
• Physical forms of dangerous substances and how they determine process risk
• Chemical reaction hazards and protective measures for thermal runaway
• Bulk storage of dangerous substances

Element 4: Fire and Explosion Protection and Emergency Response

• How fires and explosions occur in process industries, and their control measures
• Dust explosion hazards and control measures
• Purpose, features and requirements of an emergency plan

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• How to establish a process safety management system
• Asset management and maintenance strategies
• Safe start-up and shutdown of process plant
• Performance standards for safety critical systems and equipment
• Hazards and controls for chemical reactions, bulk storage of dangerous substances, and fire and explosion
• The purpose and features of emergency plans

EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS

Assessment type: Multiple-choice examination(40MCQs), conducted online

Assessment dates and registration

• Assessments are held on a fixed date every month and are taken after the course is completed.
• The assessment is available for a 24-hour window. Learners can start at any time in that window but have 90 minutes in total to finish.
• The assessment is submitted through NEBOSH’s online assessment platform and marked by NEBOSH.

Results and certificate

• Results are issued within 15 working days of sitting the examination.
• The qualification parchment is normally issued within 20 working days of confirmation of a successful PSM1 result.
• Learners who are referred can re-sit. There is no limit to the number of re-sits.