By the end of this Process Safety Management Audit - OHSAS Safety Audit 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 global franchise 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
Day 1: Overview of Process Safety Management System Audits
- Audit vs. inspection
- Process safety audits vs. process safety management system audits
- PSM audit requirements
- OSHA National Emphasis Program (NEP)
- What are the goals or objectives of an audit?
Day 2: The Audit Process
- Scoping and staffing
- Data collection
- Reporting
- Quality assurance
- Third-party compliance audits—tips and traps
Day 3: Auditing Techniques
- Techniques for audit scoping based on risks, past incidents or past audit results
- Assessment of PSM management systems
- Understanding the 14 Elements
- Data collection techniques
- Audit reports
Day 4: Auditing Approaches
The following series of presentations will review key points for each of the 14 Elements of the PSM standard. We will emphasize facets of the program elements that have been identified as weaknesses from previous OSHA PSM compliance audits.
- 1910.119(c): Employee participation
- 1910.119(d): Process safety information Auditing Approaches
- 1910.119(e): Process hazard analyses
- 1910.119(f): Operating procedures 1910.119, 1910.120(q), and 1910.38a
- 1910.119(g): Training
- 1910.119(h): Contractors
- 1910.119(i): Pre-start-up safety review
- 1910.119(j): Mechanical integrity
- 1910.119(k): Hot work
- 1910.119(l): Management of change
- 1910.119(m): Incident investigation
- 1910.119(n): Emergency planning and response
Day 5: Interview Scoping Workshop
Course participants will prepare interview forms to conduct interviews with a mock plant staff during this program segment.
- Purpose of interviewing
- Approaches for conducting effective interviews
- How to identify staff to interview
- Interviewing tips and traps
- Conducting Interviews