"HAZID" Course

Relevance and Objectives

In the modern world, safety and environmental protection are priority tasks for any industrial organization. This is especially true for hazardous industrial facilities where emergency situations with severe consequences for people, property, and nature may occur. Therefore, it is important to conduct comprehensive risk analysis at all stages of the life cycle of such facilities, starting from design and planning.

The objective of the HAZID training course is for participants to acquire skills in:

• Identifying hazards at early stages of design and planning of hazardous industrial facilities.
• Qualitative risk analysis and determining necessary risk management measures.

Benefits of HAZID for Enterprises

• Reducing the risk of accidents and incidents at hazardous industrial facilities.
• Improving safety and environmental friendliness of facilities.
• Saving costs and time by identifying and eliminating hazards at early stages of design and planning.
• Strengthening reputation and trust in the company from stakeholders, regulators, and clients.
• Compliance with international standards and regulations for risk management.
• Increasing efficiency and reliability of facilities.
• Developing a safety culture and risk awareness among personnel.
• Developing personnel skills and competencies in risk identification and assessment.
• Obtaining valuable information and recommendations for further risk analysis and management.

Who This Course Is For

The HAZID course is relevant and useful for everyone involved in designing, operating, or controlling the safety of hazardous industrial facilities.

What Participants Gain

Participants will be able to improve their qualifications through enhanced skills and increased competency in risk management. After completing the course, they will learn to:

• Identify potential hazards at hazardous industrial facilities at early stages of design and planning.
• Assess the probability and consequences of possible emergency situations.
• Develop recommendations for eliminating or reducing risks.
• Apply HAZID methodology in accordance with international standards and recommendations.
• Participate in interdisciplinary teams and working groups for conducting HAZID.
• Prepare reports on HAZID results.

How the Training Is Conducted

• Format: in-person or online (by choice). Classes are held in a friendly atmosphere with comfortable coffee breaks.
• Course duration: 2 days.
• The course is conducted in Russian.
• All course participants will receive a digital copy of materials.

Training Program

Introduction to the course, group acquaintance, training rules.

Module I. Legal and Regulatory Acts in Industrial Safety:

1. Structure of laws and subordinate acts of the Russian Federation.
2. Regulatory guillotine, Government Decree of the Russian Federation No. 1192 of August 6, 2020.
3. Risk management system: basic standards used in risk management, concepts and risk assessment methods.
4. Legal and regulatory acts (LRA) in industrial safety of hazardous production facilities.
5. Federal Law No. 116 "On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities."
6. Rostekhnadzor Order No. 533 of December 15, 2020.

Module II. Risk Assessment Methods and Risk Management

1. Stages of industrial safety development.
2. Basic definitions.
3. Risk management system.
4. GOST R ISO 31000 – fundamental site for risk assessment.
5. Risk assessment methods according to GOST R ISO 31010-2011.
6. Methods and ways of hazard identification and risk assessment according to GOST R ISO 17776-2012.

Module III. Hazard Identification HAZID

1. Introduction to qualitative hazard assessment HAZID.
2. Interrelation of HAZID/ENVID/HAZOP analyses.
3. Main stages of HAZID preparation and conduct.
4. HAZID checklist according to GOST R ISO 17776-2012.
5. Risk matrix.
6. Necessary data for conducting HAZID session.
7. HAZID team composition.
8. Conducting HAZID study.
9. HAZID recommendations.
10. Action plan for implementing HAZID recommendations.

Module IV. Practical Assignments on HAZID Methodology:

1. Examples of conducting HAZID analysis.
2. Filling out report tables for conducted analysis.
3. Preparing recommendations.
4. Solving practical assignments for conducting HAZID analysis and preparing reports.
5. Analysis of customer materials with HAZID facilitator (by agreement).
6. Testing.

Upon successful completion of testing, a certificate of successful course completion is issued.