GQA
Level 2
QN: 610/2076/X
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GQA Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Process Safety Management
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by GQA. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 122 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
GQA
Syllabus Units
7 Units
Guided Hours
122 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
CONTRIBUTE TO ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND IMPROVING PROCESS SAFETY
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate involvement in the accident investigation process
- Demonstrate involvement in the audit process
- Contribute to the delivery of Process Safety Performance Indicators (Leading and Lagging) in the work environment
- Contribute to the process safety improvement plans in the work environment
2
CONTRIBUTE TO IDENTIFYING AND PROFILING RISK/S IN PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify the risk assessment tools relevant to effective process safety management
- Contribute to carrying out the risk assessment process
- Contribute to a risk control action plan
3
Contribute to Leadership in Effective Process Safety Management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Contribute to leading in effective process safety management
- Commit to effective process safety management
- Communicate effective process safety management requirements to relevant stakeholders
- Use and promote process safety management requirements and goals
4
IDENTIFY AND COMMUNICATE PROCESS SAFETY HAZARDS
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify the hazard identification tools relevant to effective process safety management
- Demonstrate the correct use of the hazard identification tools relevant to effective process safety management
- Identify the essential information generated from the hazard identification process
5
IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT PROCESS SAFETY BARRIERS
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate how inherently safer processes and process safety barriers are deployed
- Demonstrate involvement in the implementation of prevention, control and mitigation process safety barriers
- Operate process safety systems
- Maintain standards, procedures and policies relevant for effective process safety management
- Contribute to the management of change process
- Use safety critical tasks and equipment
- Carry out inspection and maintenance as required by schedules to deliver effective process safety management
- Perform appropriate actions for the Emergency Response
6
Understand the principles of Process Safety Management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of ineffective process safety management
- Understand the role of the competent authority regarding process safety management
- Understand the principles of leadership in effective process safety management
- Understand how to identify the major accident hazards
- Understand how to evaluate
- interpret and profile risk/s, throughout the process plant lifecycle, associated with the major accident hazards
- Understand process safety barriers and the concept of inherent safety
- Understand how to investigate process safety management systems and processes
- Understand own responsibility regarding associated regulations, systems and industry models associated with effective process safety management
- Understand how and why continuous improvement is required for an effective process safety management system
7
UNDERSTAND THE RELEVANT REGULATIONS, INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCESS SAFETY
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the Process Safety Leadership Group and their core principles
- Understand the relevant frameworks for effective process safety management
- Understand the relevant regulations
- Understand the Competent Authority
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/2076/X
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- GQA
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Feb 2023