A professional development programme for the chemical and process industries

There is an increasing emphasis on the importance of managing ‘human factors’ to achieve improved safety and business performance in the chemical process industries.

Major accidents, including those at Texas City and Buncefield, have once again highlighted the importance of addressing this aspect of performance. However, many of the safety and operational professionals charged with managing human factors have no formal qualifications or training in the behavioural sciences.

To help address this gap, The Keil Centre and IChemE have organised this 12 month development programme. It builds upon the needs identified in the process industries, namely:

• Content covering human factors in process safety, health and safety generally, with links to other aspects of business performance
• A modular course design, with short residential events spread over time, also providing networking opportunities with like-minded professionals
• Consultancy skills development to help implement human factors solutions

 

The events will be of particular interest to:

• Internal human factors advisors/focal points
• Operations managers
• HSE advisors and specialists
• Industry regulators