Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
On-Site Training
Process Safety Management
16h
The HAZOP technique establishes the concepts, criteria, and tools necessary for identifying process risks in facilities handling chemical, flammable, and toxic substances, at specific levels of engineering and operation.
It is intended for professionals in safety, production, maintenance, engineering, and inspection associated with the metallurgical, chemical, petrochemical, mining, oil, and gas industries.
Format: On-site
Duration: 16 hours
Instructor: M.Sc. Luis Alfonso Sánchez
WHAT KNOWLEDGE WILL YOU ACQUIRE THROUGH THIS TRAINING?
Introduction
- General concepts of process risk analysis.
- Basic review of the technique and its relationship with standards:
- IEC 61511
- IEC 61882
- CFR 1910.119 / OSHA Publication 3132
- Process risk analysis: application
- Industrial background
- Basic definitions
Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Applicable methodologies for hazard identification according to the engineering phase.
- Main additional qualitative risk identification methodologies.
Risk Matrix
- Risk matrix: development, application, and characteristics.
HAZOP Methodology
Definitions
- Strengths and weaknesses of the technique
- Terminology associated with the method
- Guide words
- Process variables
- Deviations
- Responsibilities of the study team
- Node selection and definition
- Documentation required for the risk analysis:
- Facility-specific safety study standards and procedures
- Process description document
- Control and operating philosophy
- Equipment layout / plot plan
- Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
- Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID)
- Cause and Effect Matrix
- Previous risk analysis studies (if applicable)
- Facility risk criteria
- Risk matrix
Application Cases
- Application forms
- Development of the technique and when to apply it
- Differences compared to other methodologies
- Exercise resolution by participants
This training provides both the theoretical foundation and practical application required to conduct structured and effective HAZOP studies in industrial environments.
