This course provides expert knowledge of risks related to construction and maintenance works and insight on how to promote safety practice and ensure safer work conditions and behavior.
Public :
Maintenance, operational and SHE staff who handle work permits and monitor contractors on operating plants.
It is also suited for contractors staff in charge of maintenance and construction works.
Level :Knowledge
Prerequisite :
Provide evidence of a professional experience of at least 3 months within Safety, Operation, Maintenance, or Engineering department belonging to process industry.
Course Content
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
Hazard, risk, accident: definitions and differences.
Occupational hazards: related to products, operation and equipment, workplace, and human behavior.
Identification and classification of hazards during execution of maintenance and construction works.
PRODUCT-RELATED HAZARDS & PRECAUTIONS
Product-related hazards in refineries, petrochemical and chemical plants: main properties (flammable, explosive, toxic, noxious, corrosive, asphyxiating, harmful for the environment), CMR specific case.
Toxicology: threshold limit values.
Flammability: explosive atmosphere (combustible products: gaseous, liquid and solid); oxidizers; ignition sources (flames, self-ignition temperature, sparks and static electricity, etc.).
Preventive measures and precautions: during normal conditions, before and during hot works, in the event of leaks.
WORK-RELATED HAZARDS
Decommissioning: risks related to equipment opening and line breaking, isolation procedure, blinding and spading work. Lockout tag-out procedure.
Material transportation equipment, manual and mechanical handling.
Lifting: recommendations regarding lifting equipment, worksite organization, and team composition.
Work in confined spaces: vessel opening, ventilation, gas testing, entry permit, risk variation during work execution.
Work at height: rules for installing and using scaffolding, MEWP (Mobile Elevating Work Platform), and harnesses.
Hot works: welding, cutting and heating, grinding.
High pressure cleaning: use of cleanup tank trucks. Specific risks linked to vacuum pumping.
Hazardous radiation: working with radioactive sources, X-ray work, specific risks.
Risks related to electrical work and devices.
Specific Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), recommended for each kind of works.
RISK MANAGEMENT & PREVENTION
Safety procedures: work permit types and validity; purposes, application, job safety analysis, precautions, constraints; commitment and responsibility of contractors, maintenance.
SHE and issuing operation department; permit endorsement.
Planning and monitoring safety of contracted works on site: coordination with contractors, co-activity and interface management; preparation of prevention plan and risk assessment.
Hazards resulting from unsafe acts and/or unsafe conditions: sources of hazards, task/risk analysis, managing contractors and subcontractors.
Management Of Change (MOC).
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
understand safety rules and best practices, for different kinds of work,
learn about collective protection measures and personal protective equipment required at work,
be aware of the specific responsibilities of contractors and owners,
improve individual behavior and obtain greater commitment from contractors' personnel for safer operations.
Ways & Means
Detailed case studies based on actual accidents or incidents.
Sharing of experiences among participants.
To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding.
Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com
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