RHM 302
Health, Safety, and Environment-HSE
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHM 302 | 23-25 March 2026 | Online | 2000 |
| RHM 302 | 16-18 Nov 2026 | Doha | 2700 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
COURSE OVERVIEW
Most people who get hurt at work were not being careless. They were experienced. They were competent. They had done the task before many times, without incident. And yet on that particular day, in that particular combination of circumstances, something went wrong. Understanding why that happens, not in abstract theoretical terms but in the specific, recognizable patterns of how incidents actually occur in O&G facilities is the foundation of genuine personal safety.
This course is not a compliance course. It is not a review of HSE regulations and procedures that you already know exist. It is a course about the human reality of safety in a process plant: why competent, experienced people make decisions that lead to injury, why safety systems that look strong on paper fail in practice, and what specifically you can do , in your role as an operator, technician, or supervisor , to change the outcome in the moments that matter.
The course focuses on the areas where people in O&G facilities are most commonly hurt: high energy work activities (permit to work, isolation, working at height, confined space entry, hot work), chemical and occupational health exposures, and the human factors that determine whether the controls in place are actually effective in real conditions. By the end of the course, participants will understand not just the HSE requirements that apply to their work, but why those requirements exist, and what they look like when they are working correctly versus when they have quietly stopped protecting anyone
COURSE OUTLINE
5 days
Day 1: Why People Get Hurt
o The Human Side of HSE
o The HSE System: Compliance vs. Safety.
o Human Factors, Normalization of Deviance & Situational Awareness.
o Communication Failures, Fatigue & the Speak Up Culture.
o Job Hazard Analysis & Toolbox Talks as Operational Safety Tools.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 01: See the incident from inside each decisionmaker's perspective before asking who got it wrong.
• Exercise 02: Trace the specific conditions that shaped the first two dangerous decisions and identify what would have changed each outcome.
• Exercise 03: Surface the three conditions in your own workplace that are most systematically undermining the quality of safety decisions every shift.
• Exercise 04: Run a real JHA on the task that injured two people at Site Uniform and find the hazards the original team missed.
• Site Uniform Anchor Scenario: All case studies and exercises draw from a single O&G facility where four decisions by four people combined to injure two workers, revealed one module at a time across all three days
Day 2: The HSE Requirements That Protect You Most
o Permit to Work: The Barrier Behind the Authorization.
o Lockout/Tagout & Isolation: The Six Steps That Cannot Be Skipped.
o Working at Height, Confined Space Entry & Hot Work.
o Chemical Exposure, PPE & Occupational Health.
o Exercises:
• Exercise 05: Trace exactly where the PTW system broke down.
• Exercise 06: Find three deficiencies in the site uniform work permit.
• Exercise 07: See the fourth decision that completed the incident chain.
• Exercise 08: Determine whether the PPE specified for the Site Uniform task matched the actual hazards.
• Exercise 09: Identify three open turnaround recommendations the operating team does not know exist.
Day 3: Practical Workshop
Morning Session: Diagnose three ambiguous field safety decisions in isolation, a JHA that was not done properly, a work permit that was formally complete but substantively flawed, and the speak up moment that almost did not happen.
Afternoon Session: Reconstruct the complete Site Uniform shift, identify the four connected safety barrier failures, and present the analysis to the HSE Manager.
Individual Quiz Assessment: 20 questions. Minimum passing score: 60%.
INSTRUCTOR
Petro Teach Instructor
The Instructor is a Petroleum Engineer, holds M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, and is Specialist Natural Gas Engineering. He has over 20 years of hands-on O&G industry experience spanning gas processing, crude treatment, production operations, and technical training across onshore and offshore environments in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
His operational background includes five years as OJT Instructor at production facilities in the Middle East, AGRU Package Leader roles, and extensive experience as Process Engineer across upstream and downstream O&G facilities.
Since 2015 he has been a Senior Lecturer on IFP Training’s international instructor roster, delivering advanced gas processing, thermodynamics, field processing, and operations training to engineers and operators across three continents.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
Operations and maintenance professionals who work in environments where HSE requirements govern their daily activities:
o Field Operators, Panel Operators, and Process Technicians
o Maintenance Technicians, Mechanics, and Craft Personnel
o Operations Supervisors, Shift Supervisors, and Team Leaders
o Contractors and subcontractors working on O&G production or refining sites
o Junior Engineers and graduate trainees in their first operational role
o Safety Representatives and HSE Coordinators at the field level
Recommended experience: Minimum 1 year working in a process plant, refinery, or O&G production environment. Prior HSE training is not required, this course builds on operational experience, not on prior classroom learning.
COURSE LEVEL
Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
o Explain why experienced, competent people still have accidents using the human factors concepts that describe how judgment fails under real working conditions
o Conduct a basic Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) for a field task, identifying the hazards, controls, and residual risks before work begins
o Describe what an effective Permit to Work system actually controls and recognize the signs that a PTW system has become a compliance exercise rather than a safety barrier
o Explain the specific hazards of working at height, confined space entry, and hot work, and identify what must be verified before each activity begins
o Describe their personal rights and responsibilities regarding chemical exposure and occupational health in the workplace
o Recognize the early warning signs that safety culture in their team or plant is deteriorating, and understand what they can do about it
o Apply a structured incident analysis approach to understand what really happened in a workplace injury beyond the immediate cause
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