Many recent process safety incidents have highlighted the major safety, environmental, financial and reputation effects that can damage a company's long term performance. These incidents demonstrate the importance of having a clear understanding of the strategic required for process safety management throughout an organisation. The prescriptive view of strategic planning must account for the accelerating pace of global competition and the changing requirements for individual and company performance, ensuring the safety and welfare of its employees. This course highlights the major challenges and consequences a company could face if it neglects being proactive when it comes to HSE.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Executives and senior managers whose roles dictate the future strategy of the organisation,site leadership teams, managers, supervisors, engineers, HSE personnel and others involved in the design, operation, modification or maintenance of major hazard process plant.

COURSE PROFILE

• How to identify and assess the hazards and risks associated with hazardous substances and process plant
• The implications of PSM on the complete life cycle of the plant from design through operation and modification to decommissioning
• The key features of an effective process safety management system
• The need for multiple independent layers of protection
• Assurance processes for effective PSM
• The importance of human factors
• How to build an effective process safety culture
• How to investigate incidents and near misses
• How to continuously improve process safety performance
• Organisation structure and culture

-          The effect of poor design

-          The company mission

-          Purpose, strategy, goals, values and standards

-          Culture as a means of identifying and solving problems

-          Entrepreneurial behaviour

• Strategic management

-          The global marketplace: cross-border integration

-          Developing autonomous business units

-          Advancing capabilities across business units

• Corporate and sector strategy

-          Managing the diversified business

-          Developing corporate advantage that improves positioning

-          Anticipating potential areas of risk

 

• Strategic leadership

-          Theories of leadership

-          Identifying the link between leadership and achievement of organisational objectives

-          Contingency approaches to leadership

• Developing an agile organisation

-          Coping with shifting markets

-          Designing a capacity for change

-     Talent Management

SKILLS ATTAINED

At the end of the course delegates will be able to

• Oversee the development of a process safety management system giving due recognition to the organisation resource and commitment that is necessary to support such a system.
• Determine an appropriate organisational design
• Align company vision with strategy
• Develop comprehensive strategies
• Make effective decisions
• Identify and set organisational objectives
• Develop inspirational leadership skills
• Implement knowledge management tools
• Identify and handling risks
• Plane and prepare for change