Workshops

BLW 201- Hazardous Area & ATEX Training

Hazardous Areas are those areas of plants or facilities where there is a risk of explosion due to flammable, volatile liquids & vapors, as also explosive dusts. Thus hazardous areas are present in Oil & Gas exploration & production, oil refining, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, fertilizer plants, shipping terminals and ships that carry hydrocarbons, large agricultural processing and storage plants, power plants, natural gas production and processing facilities and many more. The design of equipment and instrumentation/electrical devices in such areas has to be suitable for use in these areas. The Hazardous Area Training workshop will cover all the information and techniques that you need to keep these areas safe to operate.

This training program enables participants, to learn all about Hazardous Areas including the basic concepts of hazardous areas, area classification concepts and methods, material and temperature classification, standards (North American & European/IEC/ATEX), how to implement these in YOUR plant or facility,  do practical exercises in area classification. Learn from leading Industry experts and interact with them.

This workshop also covers Hazardous Area Instrumentation & Hazardous Area Equipment including ATEX Non-Electrical Equipment. It includes the basics of explosion protection, various methods of explosion protection including Explosionproof/Flameproof, Intrinsic Safety, Increased Safety, Non Incendive and more. Learn about applicable national and international standards, design and installation of hazardous area instrumentation, ATEX & IEC-Ex guidelines, maintenance and inspection, labelling of equipment, precautions to maintain the explosion protected design. For more details please see here.

BLW 202 - HAZOP  & CHAZOP Training

HAZOP stands for Hazard and Operability Study and is one of the most popular Risk Assessment techniques in use today in industries such as Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical manufacturing and other similar process industries. The methods that were developed are now in use in other engineering sectors too, such as in Electrical HAZOP and Software HAZOP. However this classroom training workshop is focused on the process industry sector and is highly detailed and intensive. It also covers CHAZOP (Computer HAZOP or Control HAZOP), that is now even more important due to to increased reliance on computerized control systems such as DCS, PLC/SCADA and SIS, which are themselves vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Led by leading industry professionals with individual experiences of at least 25 years, this is a great way to learn about HAZOP & CHAZOP, if you have the time and inclination to spend two days in a classroom type setting. You not only learn about this from the experts, but you can also ask them questions about the problems that you faced while carrying out safety and risk assessment studies in your earlier projects. More information here.

BLW 204- Industrial Hygiene Training

Industrial Hygiene deals with the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, prevention, and control of environmental factors and stresses arising  from the workplace which may cause sickness, impaired health and well being of workers. Understanding IH is very important for any Industrial professional who is concerned with the health and safety of workers in any industry. This classroom style workshop is an easy way to learn all bout this important subkect from industry professionals who have decades of experience in industries that deal with hazardous materials and difficult workplace conditions such as dusty atmospheres, high noise levels and other factors, that have significant Industrial Hygiene aspects.

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BLW 105- Understanding Fire & Explosion Fundamentals

Fires and Explosion hazards are major incidents that can disrupt a company's operations completely and in some cases, even bankrupt it. Thus these risks need to be thoroughly understood. This training course helps you understand the mechanisms by which fires and explosions can occur. This gives you a greater insight into how you can design your processes and facilities to avoid them or in case they occur, how to mitigate the effects as much as possible.

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BLW 205- Preventing Fires and Explosions Training

Preventing Fires and Explosions is the only way of dealing with the risk of fire/explosion in many industries, because once such an incident occurs, it causes widespread destruction and damage to people, assets and the environment. This training course is an indepth workshop conducted by professionals from industry who have a vast experience in designing and installing systems and processes that reduce the risk of fires and explosions to a very low number.  Note that this training can only be attended after completing Workshop BLW 105 which deals with the basics of fires and explosions.

This classroom style face to face training workshop is led by industry professionals who have a deep understanding and knowledge of the subject. More details here.

BLW 206 - LOTO ( Lockout Tagout) Training

LOTO is an acronym that stands for Lockout Tagout. Many accidents continue to occur in workplaces because workers and managers are either ignorant of LOTO procedures or the company management does not have a formal procedure in place. Any machine be it a pump, or a reactor with an agitator or a static vessel with steam heating, (just to give cite some examples) has several connections to it that give it energy inputs (electricity, steam, compressed air, etc) and material inputs (raw materials, Nitrogen, etc). These connections need to be isolated before a worker can start maintenance on it or carry out some other non operational activity such as a product change over. To prevent accidents while doing this, there have to be a strict adherence to LOTO procedures.

This classroom style face to face training workshop will help you understand these procedures and if your organization does not have them, it will help you to make your own procedures and systems. More details here.

BLW 207 - GHS ( Globally Harmonized System) Training

GHS is an acronym that stands for Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. It is a system developed by the United Nations and is now GHS defines and classifies the hazards of chemical products, and communicates health and safety information on labels and safety data sheets. The goal  is to have same set of rules for classifying hazards, same format and content for labels and safety data sheets (SDS) that will be adopted and used around the world.

Although GHS is a 'non-binding' system of hazard communication developed by United Nations, it has become mandatory in many countries around the world including OECD countries. The latest revision to this was released in August 2019 and it is known as Revision 8. This workshop will give you a comprehensive understanding of this system and the latest changes to it, so that your organization can easily comply with it. More details here.

BLW 108 - Understanding Occupational Safety and PPEs Training

Many Workplaces have hazards that can injure workers. We can do several things to minimize the risk of injury to workers from these hazards. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Occupational Safety procedures ensure that workers can be protected from these workplace hazards. Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE for short), is an important part of ensuring occupational safety in the workplace.

This classroom style face to face training workshop is led by industry professionals who have a deep understanding and knowledge of the subject. More details here.

BLW 303 - Process Safety and Environment Management Workshop

This comprehensive 5 day workshop covers Process Safety Management as well as Environment management in detail. It consists of 13 modules on Basics of Process Safety Management (PSM), Basics of Environment Management (EM), Industrial Toxicology, Industrial Hygiene, Safety & Environmental Standards, Legal Requirements,  Fires & Explosions and their Prevention, Hazardous Area Classification and management, Chemical Reactivity, Flares & Relief Systems, Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Safety Procedures.

This classroom style face to face training workshop is led by industry professionals who have a deep understanding and knowledge of the subject. More details here.