Safety Compliance and Site Inspection

Ref	HS 150
Dates	13 - 17 February 2011
Venue	Dubai
Fees	US$ 3850
CPE Credits	30

INTRODUCTION

Organisations, as a minimum requirement, must demonstrate compliance with health, safety and environmental ‘HSE’ legal requirements. They should also demonstrate compliance with the HSE Management System. An essential part of any HSE-MS is to provide some means of measuring performance against these requirements and to provide feedback for management review. The HSE Audit and site inspections are essential elements in providing this function. Auditors, whether experiences or new need to have the necessary experience in HSE to conduct an effective audit. In this programme you will learn to:

Prepare and conduct effective Company and contractors HSE Audits
Enhance your background for relevant HSE issues
Gain necessary skills in carrying out physical site inspections
Prepare HSE audit reports

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Experienced and new auditors linked to the organization’s HSE MS
All HSE personnel
Managers and supervisors responsible for HSE functions
Individuals responsible for controlling contractors

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

Describe the Company’s HSE Management System Elements
Understand the role of risk assessment and risk management
Develop a plan and implement vertical and horizontal audit systems
Be familiar with the requirements of HS(G)65, BS 8800, OHSAS 18000 and ISO 14000
Carry out effective site inspections to sample behavioral and physical aspects of the site and its workers
Measure improvements in safety culture
Describe the role of projects HSE reviews
Be able to prepare audit reports

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

Participants will learn by active participation during the programme through the use of exercises, questionnaire, syndicate and group discussion, training DVDs and discussions on ‘real life’ issues in their organisations.

PROGRAMME SUMMARY

The programme covers all the essential skills in HSE needed by both experiences and new auditors. There will be discussions on elements of HSE Management Systems and the role of HSE audits and verification by site inspection on essential elements such as risk assessment and risk management. The programme will concentrate on enhancing knowledge on HSE issues, including promoting and developing positive safety culture within the organisation

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

DAY 1 - Introduction to safety audits and inspections

Introduction to risk assessment and risk management
Working with contractors and other organisations
Permit-to-work Systems
What should HSE Management System cover
Standards for HSE Management Systems
Projects Health, Safety & Environmental Plans - Mechanism for audit and review for each stage of the project

DAY 2 - Elements of HSE Management Systems

Types of HSE Management Systems
Elements of HSE - Management Systems
HSE Policy - Elements of HSE policy statements
Types of self-audit systems
Proprietary HSE audit software systems
Quantitative audit systems
Proactive and reactive monitoring of performance
Measurement techniques
Advanced Audit techniques

DAY 3 - Behavioural Safety

Motivation and employee involvement
Development of positive safety culture
What is safety culture
How to promote safety culture
How to measure safety culture
Behavioural Safety and employee’s involvement
Selection of outcome indicators

DAY 4 - Inspection and observation procedures

Engineering integrity
Site inspections and observation techniques
The Safety Case Concept
Specific audit/inspection systems: fire protection and site activities
Permit-to-work systems
Preparation of audit reports and action plans

DAY 5 - Emergency preparedness

Elements of an emergency plan
Auditing emergency plans
Procedures for preparing action plans
Auditing contractors
Procesures for preparing action plans

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