Advanced Process Risk Assessment & Risk Management Conference

Course Category : Risk Management

This advanced conference offers a comprehensive, practice-oriented platform for process risk assessment and risk management, combining state-of-the-art methodologies, in-depth consequence analysis, and safety culture enhancement to support safer, more resilient, and high-performing industrial operations.
Duration: 05 Training Days
Level: Advanced.

Starts On

24 - August - 2026

Ends On

28 - August - 2026

Location

Germany - Berlin

Language

English

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Targeted Audience

  • Management and personnel responsible for risk and incident analysis
  • Production, project, process, mechanical, control, and maintenance staff
  • HSE professionals and coordinators
  • All personnel involved in implementing the company’s HSE Management System
  • Safety, reliability, and risk engineers in high-hazard industries

Targeted Skills

  • Applying advanced process risk assessment techniques
  • Distinguishing hazards from risks and understanding risk assessment
  • Using HAZOP, FMEA, ETA, and FTA in structured risk reviews
  • Understanding the role of QRA in managing major hazards
  • Analysing fire, explosion, and toxic release scenarios
  • Applying advanced incident investigation and root-cause analysis
  • Promoting and measuring a positive safety culture

Expected Outcomes

  • Clearly distinguish between hazard, risk, and risk assessment in process environments.
  • Apply advanced risk assessment techniques relevant to the process industry.
  • Develop strategies for planning and implementing risk reduction action plans.
  • Understand the role of human error in accidents and how to address it systematically.
  • Apply root-cause analysis techniques in incident investigation.
  • Use risk assessment outputs to improve HSE management systems.
  • Balance risk against cost to optimise risk-reduction measures.
  • Enhance capability in using QRA and major hazard concepts.
  • Lead and contribute more effectively to risk assessment workshops and reviews.
  • Support and strengthen a positive, sustainable safety culture within the organisation.

Training Topics Index

  • Introduction to hazard identification and analysis
  • HAZOP methodology and its role in process risk assessment

• Group exercise

applying HAZOP to batch and continuous processes

  • Integrating HAZOP into the overall risk assessment process
  • Review of commercial HAZOP software tools

  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Decision trees and Event Tree Analysis (ETA)
  • Sources of failure and reliability data
  • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) for multi-causation analysis
  • Quantification of ETA and FTA
  • Evaluating individual and societal risks

  • The role of consequence analysis within QRA

• Types of fires

jet flame, pool fire, flash fire, BLEVE

• Types of explosions

VCE, UVCE, pressure bursts, dust explosions

  • Vulnerability analysis
  • Commercial software for modelling releases, fires, explosions, and toxic dispersion

  • Human contribution to accidents
  • Root-cause analysis and management system failures
  • Advanced accident investigation techniques
  • Latent failures and underlying root causes
  • Practical techniques for root-cause analysis and documentation

  • Introduction to safety culture
  • Techniques for improving safety culture
  • Measuring and monitoring safety culture improvements
  • Integrating safety culture into the HSE Management System
  • Leadership and communication for sustaining safety culture