Process Safety Management (PSM) Training (3 days)

This course will provide an in-depth study of each PSM element, including reviewing examples of specific guidelines and including explanation of how to integrate PSM element requirements into other company programs. Not only does this course help you evaluate program compliance for each element, but it also covers how to expand your PSM program to include the RBPS (risk-based process safety) elements as proposed by the CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety), a division of AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers). Our course is unique in its in-depth coverage of human factors issues missing from 90% of the implemented PSM programs in the world (and missing from the text of the US OSHA PSM regulation).

Case studies and exercises are used throughout the course to illustrate interpretations of the requirements and demonstrate ways to develop an effective PSM program, including several video-based case studies.

What Participants Will Learn:

• To interpret the performance-based requirements of the PSM and EPA risk management standards, as well as learn about related industry standards
• The elements of process safety that are missing from typical PSM systems, including Human Factors elements (verbal communication, human system interface, work environment, staffing/workload, and fitness for duty), Facility Siting element, Project Risk Management, Senior Leadership & Accountability. The Risk-Based Process Safety (RBPS) guide (2007) from CCPS/AIChE will be reviewed as well to see an alternative approach to implementing process safety
• Multiple options for implementing an effective need-specific program
• Specific guidelines for developing cost effective written programs tailored for each PSM element, whether for a single facility or a corporation
• How to avoid costly implementation mistakes by effectively addressing human factors in each element
• Jargon for communicating PSM requirements to others throughout the organization
• For each element
  • How to develop written programs to meet PSM requirements
  • How to incorporate and integrate the PSM element requirements into other corporate programs (other corporate management systems)
  • Key performance indicators
  • How to evaluate program compliance throughout implementation
  • How to begin implementation at our company
  • Additional training necessary for implementation of specific elements
• The course will use actual and generic case studies
  • To illustrate interpretations of PSM requirements
  • To demonstrate developing an effective PSM program that can be adapted for your facility

Take Home:

• Comprehensive course notebook containing
  • Sources of PSM information, including of examples of working systems
  • Clarifications and interpretations of PSM standards
  • Comprehensive list of key PSM performance indicators and how to use them
• Certificate of Completion
• 2.1 CEUs & 2.1 COCs

Instructor: Revonda Tew

Revonda has 25 years’ experience in the chemical industry, including process development, process engineering, and process safety management and evaluation. She holds one US patent. Revonda has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. The first 8 years of her career was hands-on in the chemical industry. In the early 1990’s Revonda led the PSM compliance initiative at a large chemical manufacturing facility, authoring policies and procedures to address industry, regulatory, and company standards, as well as managing their implementation. She was a lead the corporate team composed of representatives from 11 sites that developed the corporate program and training for implementation of the Process Safety Code (as part of Responsible Care). Revonda has been involved with plant emergency response teams as a responder and an incident command post team member.

She has significant hands-on experience having participated in, led and documented about 100 PHAs, numerous management of change (MOC) risk reviews, performed many MOC approvals, participated or led several investigations, and participated or led more than 30 PSM compliance audits and PSM assessments. She has also developed customized training materials for various topics, including MOC, PHA leadership, PSM, PSM auditing, and incident investigation, and she is a lead instructor for these topics. For the past 12 years of her career, she has been a consultant to the chemical industry with PII, were she has provided PSM-related and PHA/HAZOP training and consulting. She has trained more than 2000 staff in PSM implementation and daily is involved in helping clients implement PSM.