NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety - IOG

Day 1

• Introductions
• Group Discussion: Why investigate accidents and near-misses?
• Types of Incident
• Basic Investigation Procedures
• Learning from Incidents
• The importance of learning lessons from major incidents
• The failures that lead to such incidents
• Group Exercise

Day 2

Session 4 – 4.1 Overview of previous day training
4.2. An Organization’s Documented Evidence              

• Examples of documented evidence (safety cases and reports)
• Where such evidence is used
• The purpose of such documented evidence

• The content of safety case and safety report documents

• The scale of contractor use
• Contractor Management, Ownership, and Representation Contractor responsibilities
• End of Module Exercise
• Safe handover - understanding the hazards

• The controls available in PSM
• Management of change controls

• The role and purpose of a permit to work
• Key features and types of permits
• Interfaces with adjacent plant and other contractors
• Lock-out / tag-out systems and isolation
• End of session summary and close

Day 3

Session 7 - 7.1. Overview of previous day training
 7.2. Principles of Safe Shift Handover

• Emphasis on written communication
• Two-way communication
• Shift handover – how it should be conducted

• Asset integrity
• Risk-based maintenance
• Importance of safe operation, SOPs, and maintenance
• Control of ignition sources during maintenance
• Cleaning and gas-freeing

• Hazards and controls associated with safe start-up and shut-down
• Water and hydrates
• Testing and commissioning
• Review and Homework setting

• Forces on Materials
• Creep 
• Stress 
• Stress-Corrosion Cracking
• Thermal Shock
• Brittle Fracture
• Meaning of “Safe Operating Envelope”
• Use of Knowledge of Failure Modes in Initial Design, Process, and Safe Operation Failure of the Annular Rim

• Other types of failure – welds
  
• IOG Element 3.2 NDT Testing Exercise
  

• Emergency shut-down (ESD) equipment and systems
  
• Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) for instrumentation
  
• Procedures for by-passing ESD
  
• Blowdown facilities and flare types
  
• Drains, sewers, interceptors
  
• End of session summary and close

Day 4

Session 11 - 11.1. Overview of previous day training
11.2. Safe Storage of Hydrocarbons

• Hazards and risks including overfilling
• Floating-roof and fixed-roof storage tanks and tank bunding
• Filling of tanks
• Pressurized/refrigerated vessels for LPG/LNG/CO2=
• Loss of containment – BLEVEs/CVCEs/UVCEs
• Decommissioning
• Management of simultaneous operations

• Lightning
• The fire triangle
• Electrostatic charges
• Identifying ignition sources
• Hazard-area zoning for safety

• Use of furnace and boiler operation
• Hazards and risks of operating boilers and furnaces

• Leak and Fire Detection Systems
• Passive Fire Protection
• Active Fire Protection
• Specific Examples of Fire Protection Systems

• Leak and fire-detection systems; fire protection systems
• Extinguishing systems
• Fire protection systems for specific equipment
• End of session summary and close

Day 5

Session 14 - 14.1. Overview of previous day training
 14.2. Emergency Response

• Emergency plans
• Alarms, medical-emergency planning
• Principles of escape evacuation and rescue offshore
• Onshore fire teams; training and drills
• External support and liaison with emergency services

Session 15 - 15.1. Marine transport

• Hazards of Vessels and Working Over Water
• Loading and Unloading of Vessels at Marine Terminals
• Control of Marine Operations, Certification of Vessels, Inspection, and Approvals

• Roles and Responsibilities of Marine Co-ordinators, Masters, and Crews
• Personnel Transfers and Boarding Arrangements
• Personal Protective Equipment Suitability
• Diver Operations

• Road Tankers
• Traffic Management
• Rail

• Mock Exam
• End of session summary and close