Element 1: Process safety leadership
1.1 Process safety management meaning
1.2 Process safety leadership
1.3 Organisational learning
1.4 Management of change
1.5 Worker engagement
1.6 Competence
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Activity
Consultation
What do we mean by consultation and how is it
different to informing?
How do you consult with workers?
Key terms
Consultation
The two-way exchange of information between
parties, in this case between employer and
worker. This is different from and far more effective
than the one-way exchange when people
are simply ‘informed’ of a decision that has already
been taken.
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When consultation is needed
Introducing changes that affect health and safety (new
plant/processes/work methods, etc.)
When implementing new technology
When appointing safety advisers
Development of training plans
Reviewing health and safety performance
Learning lessons from incidents and near misses.
Benefits and limitations of consultion
Benefits Limitations
• Improves relationships with
workers and contractors • Not all matters can be consulted
on
• Demonstrates management
commitment to process safety • Takes time (which might not be
available)
• Improves safety culture
• Poor consultation processes are
• Gains co-operation from workers worse than no consultation!
• Harnesses workers’ practical
knowledge.
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Consultation groups
Safety committees Discussion Safety circles
Worker and groups Informal
management Volunteers ideassharing
representatives, interested in a group who
facilitates two-way topic discuss safety
communications matters
Departmental meetings Email and web forums
Health and safety agenda Helps engagement with
item/discussions allow workers based remotely or
workers to voice concerns who work outside core
hours
Why include
workers?
• Gives accurate picture of how Management must prioritise
tasks are being carried out worker engagement
• Enables practical suggestions for • Management participation
improvements and control demonstrates commitment
measures • Schedule meetings and
• Less resistance to procedural activities, ensure workers
change are given time to attend
• Incident investigations carried out • Hold people accountable.
more thoroughly and accurately.
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Element 1: Process safety leadership
1.1 Process safety management meaning
1.2 Process safety leadership
1.3 Organisational learning
1.4 Management of change
1.5 Worker engagement
1.6 Competence
Key terms
Competence
The ability to undertake responsibilities and to
perform activities to a relevant standard, as
necessary, to ensure process safety and prevent major
accidents. Competence is a combination
of knowledge skills and experience and requires a
willingness and reliability that work activities will be
undertaken in accordance with agreed standards,
rules and procedures.
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The role of competence in safe
working and behaviours
Training in how to do the job safely is essential
‒ Operational procedures
‒ Emergency procedures and specialist training
Benefits of training:
• Understand role so work more safely
• Train to standards
• Correct work methods used
• Higher productivity from fewer mistakes
• Workers feel valued.
Competency management
Example of a training matrix:
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Competency management
Assess
Build emergency
competency as
Establish policy management
an ongoing
skills
process
Determine
Gain ownership
minimum Maintain and
and
competency develop skills
commitment
standards
Analyse skill Continually
Recruit workers
gaps development
Process safety training
At all levels:
‒ Process safety leaders;
‒ Managers/supervisors/designers/safety advisers/newly
qualified managers
‒ Operators and technicians
Training to include:
Non-standard
Standard Emergency
operations (e.g.
operations training.
shut-down)
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Activity
Competency matrix
Develop a health and safety competency matrix
for the following roles on a chemical plant:
• Operator
• Shift leader
• Plant manager
Element 1:
summary
1.1 Process safety management
meaning
1.2 Process safety leadership
1.3 Organisational learning
1.4 Management of change
1.5 Worker engagement
1.6 Competence.
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NEBOSH HSE Certificate in
Process Safety Management
October 2023 specification
Element 2: Management of process risk
Learning outcomes:
2.1 Understand the purpose and importance of establishing a process safety
management system.
2.2 Recognise common risk management techniques to reduce process
safety risk.
2.3 Understand what effective asset management, plant maintenance and
inspection strategies would consider.
2.4 Understand the essential nature of permit-to-work systems, and the key
features that they should contain.
2.5 Recognise how shift handovers should be safely managed.
2.6 Help their organisation manage contractors.
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Element 2: Management of process risk
2.1 Establishing a process safety management system
2.2 Risk management techniques used within the process
industries
2.3 Asset management and maintenance strategies
2.4 Role, purpose and features of a permit-to-work system
2.5 Safe shift handover
2.6 Contractor management
Reasons for developing a PSMS
Legal/compliance
Moral reasons Business reasons
reasons
• Avoidance of • Often a clear • Avoids losses
incidents and legal associated with
disasters requirement disasters
• Societal • Industry best • Avoids loss of
expectations practice production from
• Duty of care • May be internal incidents
company • Meet business
standards objectives
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Activity
Business reasons for PSMS
Watch a video on the Deepwater Horizon
disaster (2010) as an illustration of the
business reasons for having an effective
process safety management system.
.
Key elements of PSMS
Management of
Strong leadership Hazard analysis
Change
Detailed Understand
Sets direction and
understanding of consequences
determines
process hazards before changes
culture
and risks are made
Operation within Competence
design intent management
Under all
conditions
Ongoing training
including start-up
and maintenance (Continued)
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Key elements of PSMS
Control of Emergency
Asset integrity
contractors response
Control of Maintenance Foreseeable
selection and (planned and incidents, eg loss
activities breakdown) of containment
Performance
Incident recording
monitoring and
and investigation
auditing
Leading and
Investigation to
lagging indicators
learn lessons
reviewed