Have you made your operator tasks as safe as possible? Can you demonstrate that?

The competent authority expects major accident hazard sites to take all measures necessary to prevent and mitigate the consequences of major accidents. This includes Human Factors, and applies to warehousing, distribution, blending, etc, at upper and lower tier COMAH sites.

Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) is a qualitative approach used to identify potential human failures that may occur when a task is undertaken, identify and categorise the types of human failure, the consequences of those failures, and develop actions to reduce the likelihood and/ or mitigate the consequences of a failure.

This course will introduce the concepts and methodology of an HRA as it is applied to safety critical tasks – those tasks associated with a site’s major accident hazard where any error in the execution of the task may potentially result in a major accident hazard.

By the end of the course, candidates will be able to undertake simple HRAs, or to usefully contribute to more complex HRAs led by a Human Factors practitioner, and be an intelligent customer of Human Factors services.

The course will be delivered in the context of chemical businesses, drawing on relevant case studies and industry specific experience.