This 3-day course is designed to deliver expert instruction on how to successfully plan and execute Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) studies efficiently and effectively. This includes understanding the principles behind each of the major PHA methods (HAZOP, What-if?, Checklist, FMEA), learning how to deal with challenging personalities within the PHA team and how to avoid common pitfalls and traps so your PHA studies run smoothly.

We also offer a 1-Day PHA/HAZOP Overview. This one day overview teaches the theory behind conducting Process Hazard Analysis/Hazard Operability Studies. The course benefits anyone who will be involved in PHA's as a participant but not as a leader. To develop the skills necessary to be a leader, registrants should attend the full 3-Day PHA/HAZOP Workshop. The one day overview is the FIRST day of the regular PHA/HAZOP Overview.

• PHA / HAZOP Team Leaders & scribes
• Health & Safety / HSE professionals
• Process Safety Management (PSM) / Loss Management specialists
• Supervisors, managers and engineers responsible for PHA studies

APEGA Professional engineers taking this course as part of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program may be able to claim 24 Professional Development Hours (PDHs).

Mr. Marcel Leal-Valias, CET

Mr. Leal-Valias has 51 years experience in Engineering, Process Design & Drafting, mechanical maintenance, and project management. Mr. Leal-Valias has been a Piping Manager, Construction Site Manager, Project Manager and for the last 21 years, he has developed and become an internationally respected Process Hazards Analysis (PHA/HAZOP) trainer and facilitator performing hundreds of PHA studies for all types of facilities.

German Luna, B. Sc. Chem. Eng.

Mr. Luna is a Bilingual (English- Spanish) Chemical Engineer with more than 25 yrs of experience in Operations, Process Engineering & Process Design for Oil Refineries and Heavy Oil’s Upgraders, Process Safety Management and Petroleum Installations‘ Firefighting.  He has facilitated and participated in Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) studies for PDVSA (Cardon Refinery), SINCOR (Upgrader), IOL Refinery (Saint John, NB)  and most recently (2010) in more than 30 HAZOPS as Facilitator for Encana, Spectra Energy, IPF, Pembina Inc, Shell, ConocoPhillips, etc.  Mr. Luna’s excellent communication and leadership skills, combined with his in-depth knowledge of Oil & Gas Process Engineering make him a successful PHA trainer and facilitator.

Three (3) days of combined classroom instruction and workshop exercises, led by one of Canada’s most well known and respected PHA Chairmen, Mr. Marcel Leal-Valias.

WORKSHOP EXERCISE EXAMPLE

In addition to expert instruction from an experienced, professional PHA facilitator, in the afternoon of Day 2 and for Day 3, you will form a study team with other participants and take turns leading the team through “practice” HAZOP and What-if sessions. The instructor will coach you and provide feedback on your performance. Students will have the opportunity to prepare the drawings, populate the software and facilitate the studies using drawings such as the one below. By the end of the exercises students will be able to facilitate their own HAZOP and What if sessions.