Process Safety Management Audit – OHSAS Safety Audit
Introduction
Process Safety Management (PSM) is a regulation that requires companies to comply with 14 elements to reduce the risk associated with highly hazardous chemicals in process facilities. Compliance auditing is one of the 14 elements and provides a way for companies to self-evaluate their implementation efforts.
This course emphasizes the importance of performing a compliance audit to ensure they are meeting company standards.
Topics in this course include: Compliance Audit, Elements, Preparation, and Conducting an Audit. After completing this course, learners will recognize what a compliance audit is, what PSM elements are included in a compliance audit, and what steps should be taken to perform an effective audit.
Many employers who are required to comply with OSHA’s 1910.119 Process Safety Management (PSM) standard have received basic training in OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standard. This Process Safety Management Audit course will take your knowledge to the next level. It provides an in-depth understanding of audit principles and methods that are key in ensuring an effective audit.
You will learn about audit methodology, which includes documentation, pre-production, review, interview methods, field verification, and audit closeout meetings. Learners will discover how to properly plan, execute, and document a process safety management audit utilizing OSHA National Emphasis Program (NEP) methodology and key principles of the Center for Chemical Process Safety.
This training seminar will highlight:
- Understand a range of approaches for conducting PSM compliance audits
- Assess and allocate required resources to conduct the audits
- Know how to improve PSM programs continuously, and the reliability and deliverability of “cold” as a result of a compliance audit
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this training course, you will be able to:
- Learn how to audit and review process safety information utilizing Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices.
- Discover how to perform the offsite and onsite audit steps.
- Develop your own audit protocol for your specific process safety program.
- Learn proper audit interview processes.
- Understand how to author the audit report.
- Gain an understanding of how to prioritize and plan for audit item closure.
- Communicate effectively with the audit team and management.
- Track audit recommendations to closure.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- PSM coordinators
- Managers responsible for safety
- Operators, mechanics and supervisory staff
- Audit team members
- Managers concerned with the reliability and dependability of systems
- Others who want to learn more about enhanced system safety and reliability