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Postgraduate CUR-ENR530-2019

Process Safety and Risk Management

Study the best practices for ensuring safety and risk management in the process engineering sector. Register the impact regulatory and human factors have on safety processes. Learn to identify hazards and estimate risk likelihood and consequence.

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Duration

14 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 02 Mar 2020
Curtin University

Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

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  • 2019
  • 2020

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. apply discipline knowledge, principles and concepts to evaluate potential solutions to manage risk
  2. think critically, creatively and reflectively in the area of process systems and risk management
  3. communicate effectively while solving risk management problems
  4. reflect on the development of skills (professional practice).
Topics covered
    • The motivation: Major Accidents
    • Risk and Risk Management
    • System, Function and Failure
    • Risk Identification: Plant Hazards
    • Risk Identification: Human Factors and Safety Culture
    • Risk Analysis: Consequences
    • Risk Analysis: Likelihood
    • Risk evaluation and risk treatment 1
    • Risk evaluation and risk treatment 2
    • Managing safety during operations
    • Managing safety during operations
  • Study resources

    • Instructional methods

      • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
      • Online assignment submission
      • Podcasting/Lecture capture
      • Online Quizzes/Tests
      • Standard Media
    • Online materials

      • Printable format materials
      • Online Assessment
      • Audio-Video streaming
      • Quizzes
Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core
  • CUR-COE-MAS-2019
  • CUR-COE-GDI-2019
  • CUR-COE-GCE-2019
Elective
  • OUA-PSU-GCE-2019
  • UNE-PRO-GCE-2019

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

This subject introduces students to the practice of process safety and risk management as it is performed in the process engineering sector. Fundamental risk and process safety concepts are discussed, and many historical accident scenarios are reviewed to help students gain an appreciation for the complexities involved in managing risks in the process industries. Students assess measures of risk, as well as social issues of risk perception. Risk management across the life cycle of a process system is explored, in conjunction with inherently safer design principles. Key methods around hazard identification, consequence modelling and likelihood estimation, as precursors for estimating risk, are thoroughly examined as a central part of process safety and risk management practice. Broader issues around process safety management systems, human factors, complex systems, resilience engineering and regulatory matters are also considered. This subject uses a problem-based learning framework and develops systems thinking skills.

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Pamphlet Present and Group Int (40%)
  • Written assignment & task (20%)
  • Group Risk Assessment Report (40%)
Textbooks


Textbook information is pending.

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