Risk Assessment within Production Operations

Introduction

This Risk Assessment within Production Operations training course develops the practical capability required to identify hazards, assess operational risks and evaluate whether existing controls provide adequate protection against major incidents. Production facilities depend on multiple technical, procedural and human barriers to maintain safe operations. Effective risk assessment therefore requires more than recognising hazards; professionals must understand how controls can fail, how changes affect process safety and how human and organisational factors influence risk.

The training course progresses from fundamental risk-assessment concepts to HSE management systems, process safety, major-incident analysis and human factors. Participants will apply BowTie analysis, Layers of Protection and LOPA concepts while examining contractor control, plant isolation, permit-to-work systems and management of change. Major-incident case studies are used to explore barrier failure, root causes and human error. The training course concludes with emergency response and safety culture, connecting risk assessment with the wider systems required to prevent, prepare for and respond to serious operational events.

This GLOMACS Risk Assessment within Production Operations training course will highlight:

• Applying structured hazard identification and risk-assessment principles
• Using BowTie, barriers and Layers of Protection to evaluate risk controls
• Strengthening process safety through effective HSE management systems
• Learning from major incidents, system failures and root-cause analysis
• Understanding human factors, human error and operational reliability
• Connecting risk assessment with emergency preparedness and positive safety culture

Objectives

By the end of this Risk Assessment within Production Operations training course, participants will be able to:

• Apply systematic risk-assessment principles to production operations.
• Evaluate process-safety hazards using BowTie, barrier and Layers of Protection concepts.
• Assess key HSE management controls, including contractor management and plant isolation.
• Analyse major incidents to identify immediate, underlying and root causes.
• Evaluate human factors and their influence on operational risk and barrier effectiveness.
• Strengthen risk control through monitoring, emergency preparedness and safety culture.

Training Methodology

This Risk Assessment within Production Operations training course combines expert-led presentations, facilitated discussions, syndicate exercises and detailed industrial case studies. Participants will apply risk-assessment tools to realistic production and process-safety scenarios and examine how technical, procedural and human barriers can be defeated. Major incidents will be analysed using evidence, event sequences and root-cause principles. Practical exercises involving BowTie analysis, LOPA concepts, human factors and emergency preparedness reinforce the connection between risk assessment and operational decision-making.

Organisational Impact

Organisations will benefit from:

• More systematic identification and assessment of production risks
• Stronger understanding of process-safety barriers and control effectiveness
• Improved contractor, permit-to-work and plant-isolation controls
• Better identification of weaknesses that could contribute to major incidents
• Stronger incident investigation and root-cause analysis practices
• Improved integration of risk assessment, emergency preparedness and safety culture

Personal Impact

Participants will develop:

• Greater confidence in identifying hazards and evaluating operational risk
• Practical understanding of BowTie, LOPA and barrier-based risk assessment
• Improved ability to recognise process-safety and system-control weaknesses
• Stronger capability in analysing incidents and identifying root causes
• Greater awareness of human error, violations and human reliability
• Improved understanding of emergency response and positive safety culture