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Advanced PHA Leader

Process Safety

1 day – Learn the tips, tricks, and secrets that professional analysts use to conduct efficient process hazard analyses (PHAs). Learn how to optimize process sections; conduct meetings; document work for review in regulatory, public, and legal forums; and analyze facility siting issues within the context of a PHA.
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Advanced Root Cause Analysis

Process Safety

4 days – Advanced Root Cause Analysis allows attendees to participate in additional workshops related to causal factor charting, cause and effect trees, interviewing, physical data analysis plans, near-miss definitions and reporting, trending, and metrics. Attendees also learn to use the license-fee-free SOURCE™ root cause analysis methodology for investigating incidents. In addition to learning incident investigation skills, attendees learn how to meet the requirements of standards and regulations for investigations of incidents with health, reliability, environmental, and quality impacts. Attendees also obtain an overview of how to structure an effective investigation program for their company, including how to define near misses, train others to recognize and report incidents, classify incidents for assigning the appropriate investigator(s), and trend data. You will take back to your company an example of a successful incident reporting and investigation program.

Compliance Auditing

Process Safety

2 days – Learn to perform compliance auditing of process safety management (PSM) and risk management program (RMP) systems in accordance with OSHA and EPA regulations. Attendees learn the fundamentals of compliance auditing as well as how to perform compliance auditing of PSM and RMP programs, document the audit results, and structure reports for optimum effectiveness.
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Compliance Auditing with PSM Overview

Process Safety

3 days – Learn to perform compliance auditing of process safety management (PSM) and risk management program (RMP) systems in accordance with OSHA and EPA regulations. Attendees learn the fundamentals of compliance auditing as well as how to perform compliance auditing of PSM and RMP programs, document the audit results, and structure reports for optimum effectiveness.

Conduct of Operations

Process Safety

2 days – Conduct of Operations covers key aspects of Conduct of Operations (COO) such as operating procedures, communications, training, operator routines, configuration control, and investigation of abnormal events. Workshops will demonstrate how to make these practices a way of life in the operations organization.
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Hazard and Accident Analysis

Process Safety

4 days – Learn techniques for qualitatively identifying and assessing the hazards associated with process systems. Learn to choose the most appropriate technique for a given problem. Your organization can use these methods to conduct the rigorous hazard identification, hazard analyses, and accident analyses that are required for Department of Energy (DOE) authorization basis documents (e.g. SAR, BIO).

Hazard Identification

Process Safety

1 day – Hazard Identification teaches workers how to recognize hazards and how to reduce risk as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP). It is intended to give workers practical technical knowledge so that they can effectively implement self-checking protocols such as STOP, Take Two, or STAR. Attendees learn how to identify hazards in the workplace, select and implement effective controls, and design better systems.

Human Error Prevention

Process Safety

2 days – During this course, attendees learn how to examine and categorize specific human errors to identify the conditions and situations that contributed to mistakes. Attendees also discover why most human mistakes are usually caused by error-likely situations.
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Job Safety Analysis

Process Safety

2 days – Attendees learn the basics of the job safety analysis (JSA) process and ways to enhance the technique. In the basic approach, attendees learn how to identify job hazards and develop safe work practices for a task. Attendees also learn to quickly identify and address potential errors that may occur during the performance of the task using checklists of human factor considerations and guidewords.

Management of Change

Process Safety

2 days – Management of Change emphasizes hazard review techniques commonly used to evaluate changes. It also includes sections on improving existing programs for management of change (MOC) and pre-startup safety review (PSSR), plus special topics such as managing changes during the construction phase of major capital projects, managing personnel changes, and using software systems to manage change.
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Mechanical Integrity

Process Safety

2 days – Mechanical Integrity addresses OSHA process safety management and EPA risk management program mechanical integrity (MI) requirements and teaches attendees how to develop an efficient program for confirming mechanical integrity.
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Operating and Maintenance Procedures

Process Safety

2 days – During the course, experts will provide an assessment of how well your current procedures are written and whether they address applicable requirements (attendees should submit procedures for review). You will thoroughly cover the issues you face in creating or upgrading your operating and maintenance procedures.
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Process Hazard Analysis Leader

Process Safety

4 days – Learn practical methods for performing process hazard analyses (PHAs) of systems, procedures, and computer software using the hazard and operability (HAZOP), what-if, and checklist analysis techniques that address federal regulatory requirements. Qualify as a "knowledgeable" PHA leader, as required by OSHA and EPA, and be eligible for certification as a PHA leader. (There is also a 5-day course [110S] that includes a license and training on our HazardReview Leader™ software)

Process Safety Management Compliance

Process Safety

3 days – Interpret the performance-based requirements of the OSHA process safety management (PSM) regulation and the prevention program portion of the EPA risk management program (RMP) rule ("the PSM regulations"), and develop and implement a cost-effective PSM program for a single facility or an entire corporation.
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Process Safety Technology

Process Safety

3 days – Learn the basic process safety terminology (flammability limit, risk, design basis relief scenario, etc.), how to identify hazards, frequently encountered oversights (common traps) in process designs, basic risk assessment methodologies, and how to select appropriate levels of protection against a hazard (e.g., interlock levels). The course begins with a brief introduction to process safety management as described in various industry initiatives and government regulations (e.g., OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.119, EPA's 40 CFR 68).

Resubmitting EPA RMPlans

Process Safety

1 day – Learn how to evaluate and update your existing risk management plan (RMPlan) to comply with the 5-year resubmission requirements of EPA's risk management program (RMP) rule (40 CFR 68). This course provides expert guidance and proven techniques for assessing and updating RMPlans in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Revalidating Process Hazard Analyses

Process Safety

2 days – In this course attendees learn how to efficiently revalidate process hazard analyses (PHAs). By learning how to use a revalidation decision tree, attendees gain a productive revalidation tool that accounts for management goals, previous documentation, PHA quality, and operating history.
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Risk Based Process Safety

Process Safety

2 days – This course teaches you how to use the Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) guidelines to design a new process safety management (PSM) system, correct a deficient PSM system, or improve PSM practices. This new framework for process safety builds upon the original ideas published by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) in the early 1990s. It integrates industry lessons learned over the intervening years; applies the management system principles of plan, do, check, act; and organizes them in a way that will be useful to all organizations – even those with relatively low-hazard activities – throughout the life cycle of a process or operation.

Risk Management Program Compliance

Process Safety

1 day – Learn about the mandated components of a risk management program (RMP) and how to implement a compliance strategy. Learn the basics of hazard assessments, emergency response programs, and risk management plans (RMPlans) as well as the current rulemaking and enforcement initiatives such as EPA audits.

Root Cause Analysis and Incident Investigation

Process Safety

3 days – Learn to use the license-fee-free SOURCE™ root cause analysis methodology for investigating incidences. This methodology will help attendees initiate a root cause analysis incident investigation, gather data for investigating all types of incidents, collect data through interviews and parts analyses, apply powerful techniques for causal factor identification, avoid future incidents by developing appropriate recommendations to address causal factors and root causes, structure reports for optimum effectiveness, develop your data-trending process to identify systemic problem areas, and more.
Purchase the RootCause LEADER software with this course at a discounted rate.
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Root Cause Analysis for Supervisors

Process Safety

2 days – This 1½-day version of our popular Root Cause Analysis course is designed for personnel performing investigations of simple incidents. The focus of the course is on identifying causal factors, root causes, and recommendations for human performance problems and equipment issues.

Sound Safety Culture

Process Safety

2 days – Sound Safety Culture addresses organizational culture as an intrinsic and key element in the successful implementation of both process safety and conventional safety programs. Learn to assess current plant culture, determine changes that need to be made, establish an environment to foster change, and measure the effect of culture change.

Understanding Codes and Standards

Process Safety

2 days – Learn the codes, regulations, and standards that may affect your facility. Attendees will examine the broad range of codes and standards, review their relationship to OSHA's process safety management regulation, and learn how to implement a costeffective maintenance program.
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Combustible Dust Explosions

Risk/Hazard Analysis

2 days – Combustible Dust Explosions provides fundamental information on combustible dust explosions as encountered in the chemical, pharmaceutical, plastics, energy, and related industries. Primary emphasis is on the cause, course, and consequence of such explosions. Significant emphasis is placed upon the guidance provided by industry consensus standards, such as those issued by the National Fire Protection Association.

Consequence Analysis

Risk/Hazard Analysis

5 days – Consequence Analysis covers current regulatory requirements, including source term modeling (release rate, pool formation and evaporation, and aerosol formation methods); atmospheric dispersion modeling (meteorological concepts and passive and dense vapor cloud dispersion methods); fire modeling (pool fire, jet fire, boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion [BLEVE] fireball, and flash fire methods); explosion modeling (vessel rupture, BLEVE, vapor cloud explosion, and confined explosion methods); data and correlations for evaluating personnel injury and facility/equipment damage resulting from toxic exposure, fires, and explosions; public and commercial software available for performing consequence analyses; and risk analysis methods.

Enterprise Risk Management

Risk/Hazard Analysis

2 days – Learn the basic concepts of Enterprise Risk Management and practice applying many of the concepts, including (1) issuing a more definitive risk doctrine that provides a clear vision of how the organization will use risk-based information to improve decision making in all branches and at all levels of the organization, (2) developing holistic measures of organizational risk management performance that extend beyond traditional incident databases, (3) using risk levels to optimize audit/inspection planning, scheduling, and implementation, and (4) making the process of understanding risks more effective and efficient.

Explosion Prevention

Risk/Hazard Analysis

2 days – This course provides fundamental information on the different types of chemical and physical explosions most commonly encountered in the chemical and petrochemical industries. Primary emphasis is on the cause, course, and consequence of such explosions. Vapor cloud explosions are covered in some detail, and other explosions (e.g., dust explosions, pressure vessel ruptures, BLEVEs, condensed phase explosions) are also addressed.

Facility Siting Hazards Analysis Techniques

Risk/Hazard Analysis

3 days – Learn what you need to do to satisfy the hazards analysis portion of OSHA facility siting requirements using either a consequence or risk-based approach. This technical course is designed for the process safety professional who performs facility siting studies.

Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)

Risk/Hazard Analysis

2 days – LOPA helps the analyst make consistent decisions on the adequacy of the existing or proposed layers of protection against an accident scenario. The decision-making process is ideally suited for coupling with a company's risk-decision criteria, such as comparison to targets set by your company for controlling risk to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP).
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Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Techniques

Risk/Hazard Analysis

5 days – You will learn the most commonly used techniques for identifying chemical-process industry hazards; quantifying their likelihood; and assessing the reliability, availability, and dependability of process systems. This course will help you assist in your company's compliance with OSHA's regulation for Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals and other industry risk management initiatives.

Quantitative Analysis Techniques

Risk/Hazard Analysis

5 days – Learn how to get quantitative answers to your questions and also how to identify the systems, subsystems, and components that contribute the most to your loss exposure. The first day provides the background and skills necessary to understand risk and reliability terminology and to use system-level tools such as fault tree analysis, event tree analysis, and layer of protection analysis (LOPA) to model the system-level failures of interest. The second day focuses on calculating basic system reliability characteristics.

Risk Judgment

Risk/Hazard Analysis

1 day – In this course, you will learn the essentials of determining the consequence of a given scenario, estimating the likelihood of it occurring, and the effectiveness of your safeguards against it.

Safety Integrity Level

Risk/Hazard Analysis

2 days – Safety Integrity Level focuses on the principles involved in the design of high-integrity systems that conform to the requirements of ANSI SP 84 (formerly ISA 84.01) or control active pressure protection systems such as those allowed by ASME Code Case 2211. You will learn how to evaluate the need for a high-integrity control system, evaluate potential system architectures, and analyze the system to determine its reliability characteristics.
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Advanced U.S. Environmental Laws

Environmental

2 days – This advanced course on the major environmental regulatory issues teaches how to put information into action. It is designed for senior environmental managers facing compliance challenges with environmental, health, and safety issues while seeking to keep the company competitive. Learn what to expect from EPA and where it is focusing its enforcement priorities.
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Beyond Environmental Bootcamp

Environmental

3 days – This interactive workshop provides an understanding of the complex nature of the major environmental regulations, such as the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), RCRA, EPCRA, and CERCLA. In addition, the workshop teaches the skills needed to evaluate regulatory applicability and the tools to implement programs that achieve and maintain compliance with applicable regulations. Instructors review the background of each environmental law/regulation, guide attendees through the evaluation of the applicability of these regulations, provide expert insights, and teach practical compliance strategies. Attendees work in groups to determine the applicability of the CAA, CWA, RCRA, EPCRA, and CERCLA to a fictional facility under the guidance of the instructor, and learn to develop effective compliance programs. Working examples of permits, environmental records, and reporting requirements are provided. Environmental auditing, inspections, and management strategies are also addressed.

Certified ISO 14001 Lead Auditor

Environmental

4 days – This course is certified by RABQSA and is presented in partnership with Pillar Management Associates (the certified course provider). The course satisfies the training requirement for ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certification.
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Clean Air Compliance Institute

Environmental

4 days – Clean Air Compliance Institute offers a comprehensive look at the Clean Air Act, including Title V permits, State Implementation Plans (SIPs), National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), preconstruction permits, New Source Review, risk management planning, and other topics.

Clean Water Compliance Institute

Environmental

3 days – Clean Water Compliance Institute provides a comprehensive look at the Clean Water Act, including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) process, 404 and storm water permits, and Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) plans, among other topics.

Environmental Compliance Bootcamp

Environmental

5 days – Learn the ins and outs of environmental laws and regulations during this interactive course. Instructors review the background of each environmental law/regulation, delve into the specifics, provide expert insights into how the laws and regulations may apply to your facility, and teach practical compliance strategies. Working examples of permits and reporting requirements are provided in some cases. The course covers all major environmental laws and regulations such as the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), RCRA, EPCRA, CERCLA, and TSCA. There is also a section on PCBs, asbestos, lead, storage tanks, environmental auditing, inspections, and management strategies.

Implementing ISO 14001

Environmental

3 days – Learn how to develop and implement an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) that could be certified by a third-party Audit Service Provider.

ISO 14001/OHSAS 18001 Internal Auditor

Environmental

3 days – This course prepares attendees to meet the internal audit requirements of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. Delegates will learn how auditors interpret the requirements of the standards and how to plan, conduct, and report on the results of an internal HSE management system audit. Auditing methodologies are based on ISO 19011:2002, Guidelines for Quality and Environmental Management Systems Auditing, an international standard. Delegates will practice what they learn in simulated audits and receive sets of forms that can be immediately adapted for use in their own internal audit programs.

Managing Your Waste Contractors

Environmental

2 days – This course is designed to instruct waste generators on how to identify and minimize the liability associated with offsite treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) of waste.
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RC14001® Internal Auditor

Environmental

2 days – This course provides a clause-by-clause review and interpretation of RC14001. It also provides an introduction to RC14001 linkages and themes, including regulatory compliance, significant aspects, reviews of interested parties, documentation and procedures, and continual improvement.

RCRA Compliance Bootcamp

Environmental

5 days – RCRA Compliance Bootcamp will bring you up to speed on the major RCRA regulatory issues and how to put this information into action. The course satisfies the basic Department of Transportation training requirements for HAZMAT employees. It includes sessions on hazardous waste identification, recycling, release reporting, and so on.

SPCC Plans Made Easy

Environmental

2 days – Learn what you need to know to evaluate your existing plan for compliance with EPA's major changes to the SPCC program, including a change in compliance dates. It will also provide practical approaches to compliance. Have your plan reviewed by SPCC experts!
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Stormwater Discharge Regulations

Environmental

2 days – This course will help you learn about stormwater discharge regulations, permits, plans, and best management practices, including stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs).
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U.S. Environmental Laws

Environmental

3 days – Explore the major environmental laws and regulations, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, EPCRA, TSCA, and CERCLA, as well as NEPA, emergency release reporting, liability and enforcement issues, inspections, and management strategies.
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Underground and Aboveground Storage Tanks

Environmental

2 days – Learn what you can do to confirm that your underground tanks are in compliance with the various regulations and requirements. If you are considering switching to aboveground tanks, this course will also give you the basics on design, installation, operations, and maintenance.
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Chemistry Bootcamp

Chemical

5 days – You will be provided an overview of the chemistry principles behind environmental regulations and requirements. Course content includes advanced discussions of solvents, solutes, chromatography, and spectroscopy. This course also provides the background information needed for understanding chemical releases, material safety data sheets (MSDSs), and lab and sample reports.

Chemistry for Non-Chemists

Chemical

3 days – Review the basic chemistry principles behind environmental regulations and requirements. This course gives the background information needed for understanding chemical releases, material safety data sheets (MSDSs), and lab and sample reports.

Managing Chemical Reactivity

Chemical

3 days – This course offers practical tools to help attendees identify, evaluate, and control reactive chemical hazards in order to prevent or mitigate their potential effects on surrounding facilities, equipment, and personnel. Students will also gain awareness of when and where to seek additional assistance.

TSCA and Its International Counterparts

Chemical

2 days – Take an in-depth look at TSCA laws and regulations that govern the manufacture, importation, distribution, and use of chemicals in the U.S., including Premanufacture Notification (PMN), Significant New Use Rules (SNURs), Section 8(e) reporting, and the Inventory Update Rule, as well as laws similar to TSCA in a number of other countries.

TSCA Compliance

Chemical

2 days – Take an in-depth look at TSCA laws and regulations that govern the manufacture, importation, distribution, and use of chemicals in the U.S., including Premanufacture Notification (PMN), Significant New Use Rules (SNURs), Section 8(e) reporting, and the Inventory Update Rule.

ISO 28000 Internal Auditor

Security

3 days – This course will provide you with the necessary information to audit supply-chain management and security. You will be provided with the background of ISO 28000 and be instructed on how to implement and audit system requirements, assess security and supply-chain risks, and develop a checklist. There will be practical application exercises to assist you in understanding the specification and the audit process. (Note: This is the 3-day ISO 28000 Internal Auditor course. Also available is the 4-day ISO 28000 Lead Auditor course.)

ISO 28000 Lead Auditor

Security

4 days – This course will provide you with the information needed to audit supply-chain management and security aspects that are based on this specification. You will be provided with the background of ISO 28000 and be instructed on how to implement and audit system requirements, assess security and supply- chain risks, and develop a checklist. There will be practical application exercises to assist you in understanding the specification and the audit process.

ISPS Code Security Officer

Security

3 days – ISPS Code Security Officer provides a regulatory overview of maritime security requirements applicable to ship, company, and port facility security officers. Its main objective is to present stateof- the-art information, techniques, and tools for the ongoing development and implementation of effective and compliant maritime security programs.
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Maritime Security Implementation

Security

2 days – Maritime Security Implementation provides the information, hands-on classroom practice, and tools needed for post-compliance date implementation of U.S. Coast Guard regulations (33 CFR Subchapter H, Parts 101-106) and the International Maritime Organization's (IMO's) International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code for maritime security.
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Physical Security for Facilities

Security

2 days – Physical Security for Facilities teaches basic defense measures (including protection basics for outside penetration) and how to develop countermeasures to reduce security risk. Course content includes instruction on how to create or improve your organization-wide security plan to improve your defenses against terrorist attacks, theft, vandalism, intruders, etc.
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Security Programs for Chemical Facilities

Security

3 days – Security Programs for Chemical Facilities is specifically designed to provide the safety and health and/or security professional with the knowledge, tools, and training experience needed to implement practical and effective security measures that support the overall business mission of your facilities. Learn what you must know to develop and maintain your security management skills for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

AS9100C Internal Auditor

Quality

3 days – AS9100C Internal Auditor is designed for those who will be planning and/or conducting audits of aerospace quality management systems (AQMSs) under the SAE AS9100C standard. This course is presented in partnership with ATSG (the recognized course provider). (Note: This is the 3-day AS9100C Internal Auditor course. Also available is the 5-day AS9100C Lead Auditor course.)

AS9100C Lead Auditor

Quality

5 days – AS9100C Lead Auditor teaches how to plan and/or conduct audits of aerospace quality management systems (AQMSs) under the SAE AS9100C standard. This course is presented in partnership with ATSG (the recognized course provider) and satisfies the training requirement for SAE AS9100C Lead Auditor certification. Included with the lectures are value-added discussions to share experience.

Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor

Quality

4 days – Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor is designed for those who plan and/or conduct audits of quality management systems under the ISO 9000 standard. Certified by RABQSA and presented in partnership with Pillar Management Associates (the certified course provider), this course satisfies the training requirement for ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification.

Certified ISO 9001/ISO 14001 Lead Auditor

Quality

5 days – This unique training option allows you to take 5 full days of classes (Monday through Friday) and gain both certifications at once for one low price. If you are only interested in certification for Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, you can take the course on Monday through Thursday. If you are only interested in certification for ISO 14001 Lead Auditor, you can take the course on Tuesday through Friday.

Certified ISO 9001/OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor

Quality

5 days – This unique training option allows you to take 5 full days of classes (Monday through Friday) and gain both certifications at once for one low price. If you are only interested in certification for Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, you can take the course on Monday through Thursday. If you are only interested in certification for OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor, you can take the course on Tuesday through Friday.

ISO 9001 Internal Auditor

Quality

3 days – ISO 9001 Internal Auditor provides an introduction to eight quality management system principles and an explanation of how they relate to ISO 9001:2008. Learn auditing tools associated with the concept of nonconformity and handling nonconformities detected during an audit, the importance of managing the audit, the system approach to an audit, the concept of system mapping and its benefits in planning an effective internal audit program, and the characteristics of an audit report that bear on its quality. Course content includes the need for and importance of positive reporting of the audit results; the importance and nature of effective communication in the audit process; and the possible obstructions or barriers to effective communication, including psychological and cultural issues.

ISO 9001 Process Mapping

Quality

N/A days – ISO 9001 Process Mapping teaches how to evaluate and apply continual improvement in all processes, including defining the processes within an organization; process methodology and process audit techniques; planning, conducting, and reporting on the process audit; identification and reporting of nonconformities in the process audit; and auditing and conversation threads with top management.

ISO/TS 16949 Internal Auditor

Quality

3 days – This course provides an introduction to and explanation of quality management and quality management systems, and it reviews quality vocabulary and the TS 16949 standard. Course content also includes an explanation of audits and their purpose and planning, and the way to approach, perform, and report an audit. Learn about the responsibilities, personal attributes, and selection of auditors. Also included are the various tools available to assist auditors.

Nonconformities, Corrective and Preventive Action

Quality

1 day – The objective of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge and practical skills to conduct a true root cause investigation, develop effective corrective actions to prevent recurrences, and understand the importance of identifying sources of potential nonconformities for effective preventive actions.

Physical Security Inspections

Quality

2 days – The Physical Security Inspections workshop provides the knowledge and tools to assess security system performance and compliance status and to assist in optimizing return on security investment. This is a roadmap for not only conducting physical security system inspections, but also interpreting the results. Leave this workshop with important checklists, question sets, report formats, and other useful knowledge and information to help protect your facility.
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Supply Chain Management

Quality

2 days – Optimize your business performance with formal methods to enhance and refine your supplier relationships. Drive your supplier from a compliance-based system to a performance-based program. Introduce processes for improvement initiatives at the suppliers' organization by reporting quality defects, costs and on time delivery with the goal towards reducing cycle time. Develop a deep understanding, knowledge and skill needed for success.

Reliability Management

Reliability

2 days – Reliability Management defines reliability and presents the fundamental principles for achieving reliability excellence. Attendees will examine the critical elements of reliability management policies and will self-assess those of their own companies. Practical, systematic methods of finding weaknesses in systems most likely to lead to reliability problems will be outlined. Techniques for correcting underlying root causes of reliability will also be presented. The importance of, and approaches for, establishing a sound reliability strategy and culture will be discussed.

Reliability-centered Maintenance

Reliability

3 days – Learn the analysis steps and tools used to perform traditional reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) analyses and how to apply risk-based decision-making tools in these analyses. This 3-day course discusses potential benefits of RCM studies and their associated programs, provides the technical tools for evaluating and prioritizing potential process equipment failures so that effective failure management strategies (i.e., maintenance plans for proactive and reactive maintenance, one-time changes) can be developed to control the risk of losses (e. g., productivity, safety, quality), and covers implementing RCM results.

Reliability-focused Design

Reliability

2 days – This course on reliability- focused design is specifically aimed at meeting the needs of individuals involved in improving reliability through engineering and design activities. The best design practices for producing inherently more reliable processes are presented in the course.

Understanding Codes and Standards

Reliability

2 days – Learn the codes, regulations, and standards that may affect your facility. Attendees will examine the broad range of codes and standards, review their relationship to OSHA's process safety management regulation, and learn how to implement a costeffective maintenance program.
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Certified OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor

Safety

4 days – Certified OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor is for those occupational health and safety (OH&S) professionals who wish to become auditors for the internationally accepted norms and regulations relating to the OHSAS 18000 standard. This course is certified by RABQSA and is presented in partnership with Pillar Management Associates (the certified course provider).
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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know

Safety

2 days – This course is designed to help you fulfill your Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) reporting requirements, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 reporting and the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). There will be opportunities to complete reporting forms, develop plans, and calculate quantities of chemicals present.

OSHA Compliance Bootcamp

Safety

5 days – OSHA Compliance Bootcamp provides an in-depth review of OSHA's general industry standards and a comprehensive look at the requirements for the more frequently referenced standards and letters of interpretation. It presents detailed information on how to implement the provisions of the OSH Act in the workplace, your rights and responsibilities under the OSH Act, what to expect from an OSHA inspection, the appeals process, written program requirements, training requirements, and recordkeeping. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are viewed as the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.

Regulatory Inspection Planning

Safety

2 days – Learn how to plan for and manage inspections by regulatory agencies. This course uses OSHA inspection examples, and will help you evaluate or develop your process for many types of inspections that are possible from regulatory agencies. This course is designed for all types of private and public sector organizations. It uses OSHA inspection examples such as OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) Refinery National Emphasis Program (NEP), Chemical Facility NEP, combustible dust NEP and record keeping NEP.

ISM Code Internal Auditor

Marine

3 days – This concentrated course focuses on the ISM Code and the requirements for the internal audit program. This course is intended for marine companies that are both just starting out with their Safety Management System and those who have already established an internal audit program and wish to improve it.

ISPS Code Security Officer

Marine

3 days – ISPS Code Security Officer provides a regulatory overview of maritime security requirements applicable to ship, company, and port facility security officers. Its main objective is to present stateof- the-art information, techniques, and tools for the ongoing development and implementation of effective and compliant maritime security programs.
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Maritime RCA / Incident Investigation

Marine

2 days – This course is a special adaptation of our root cause analysis (RCA) and incident investigation techniques for the maritime industry. and was developed in partnership with American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and uses their Guidance Notes on the Investigation of Marine Incidents as a reference.
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Maritime Security Implementation

Marine

2 days – Maritime Security Implementation provides the information, hands-on classroom practice, and tools needed for post-compliance date implementation of U.S. Coast Guard regulations (33 CFR Subchapter H, Parts 101-106) and the International Maritime Organization's (IMO's) International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code for maritime security.
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